Working on the Weekends!

Jon and his crew are hustling, working on Saturdays, trying to get all the trimwork finished so that the floors can be stained and the walls can be painted.

Second floor railing goes up! Now the girls can really run around the house:

Can't get enough of our master shower:

Little french doors open to master bedroom from dressing area. There is white paper covering the glass:

Looking into the living room from the dining room:

Jon does all the trimwork himself:

More Tile...

From March 24,2009:

Master Shower:

Master Bath:

Girls' Bathroom:

Covering tile in preparation for painting...

Kitchen:

Rail in upstairs hallway begins:

Eliza's bedroom:

Tile!

The finishing touches are beginning! I wasn't allowed into some of the bathrooms so the pictures are limited...

Here is the girls' bathroom-- blue penny tiles on the floor, white subway on shower, with a row of blue penny accent

Master bathroom-- white marble squares

With marble basket weave under the tub and on shower floor

Laundry room-- I asked for the cheapest tile they had-- and here it is at $3.00 a sq. foot!

Vanities for the master bathroom and the girls' bathroom:

First floor main bathroom:

Alex's office:

View from the hallway of Alex's office (on left) and Kenny's (on right):

Sample of what kitchen floor pattern will look like:

Our wonderful tile expert will wait until he knows exactly where cabinets are to put the black rosettes into the floor. For now, it's just the white hex tiles:

Kitchen...

The trimwork in these doorways is just one of the reasons that our contractor kicks ass-- he needed to do something creative with the wider opening and came up with this:

Powder room floor-- same as accent tiles in master bath:

And finally terra cotta in the mudroom!

Exterior Paint Begins

After our long bike ride, we stopped by the house to check out the painting progress:

Trimwork has begun in Alex's office:

Looking up from foyer:

Looking down from upstairs:

Hardwood Floors Go In