Jes's eggplant & beat dinner

Jes's eggplant & beat dinner

1st art

We got our cabinets fully installed this weekend, so the kitchen is really coming together. Also, we're putting out some of our stuff (as opposed to contractor's tools and cardboard boxes). Here you can see the first piece of art to be hung. Our wedding gift from Tom. I wish it could tell it's own story of what does glass art do to survive construction, it's a different tale than any of the boxes of "stuff" would have.

Also, we went to Mandola's Vineyard for Jes's birthday, click here for some pics from that

Progress

We moved back in Yesterday. It's good to be home and down to a single rent check. We're very close to having the interior done for all but the new bedroom. Here are the latest pics.

New AC installed and chillin (plug... done by Steve and Don of Total Comfort. Call them w/ all your HVAC needs!)

Speaking of chillin, here's my neighbor Amy enjoying her new lawn. Hi Amy!

The blue floored laundry room and on-demand hot water heater are in... you can set the water temp on the fly if you want really hot for laundry and then a bit cooler for other stuff.

The stained glass is installed and lighting up the hall

And the wood wall that wraps the laundry room is going up. Using a spacer to open the seams and then assembling them so the grooves go around the corner proved to be more complicated than it sounded in my head. You can see the pocket door inside the wall (I recycled the old back door by filling in the knob holes and a cat door in the bottom all with wood and bondo and sanding, lots of sanding...)

Ceiling in main staircase is framed

Don't I wish. April fools in October! I went, with Matt, to this house that's been under construction for the last 5 years and still has about 4 to go. The upside down Christmas tree is a place holder for a large chandelier. Here are a couple of other pics. Suffice it to say, it's a little over the top.

Kitchen is beginning to shine

Here's a pic of our skeletal cabinetry (dressed for Halloween?) and the newly laid Raging Kiwi floors. And... Mike the contractor's butt as he puts the last tiles into place. The wood floors look great too. We had a nice Friday evening happy hour of looking through the dining area window and watching Mike work while dreaming about the very-near-future of living in this house.

Here's a view through the "gallery" (Architect-speak) from the Kitchen into the living room, and you can see the refreshed floors, the new blue walls (a Jes original!) and the delicious new front door (soon to have a door knob). Mmmmmm!