Tales of a Building 4/30

Today we went in to see tile on its way down, and paint up! Minus the fact that I've already picked out the walls we are going to need to accent we are very pleased with the way things are turning out. You can see a hint of the colors all together now.

The Foyer is nearly completely tile, I imagine in the next couple days we won't be able to go in to take pictures until the tile is dry. Here is the foyer from the other direction (from the guest bath)

To your left you see what will be the office door.

We had such a nice surprise to see the shower is nearly done. The picture doesn't do the tile justice. A great job by the tile guys!

The tile in the master bathroom. Its a little different than the tile throughout the rest of the house. Though its hard to tell from the photo, if you look closely, it has both cool and warm tones in it which is ultimately why we chose this to go in the Master Bathroom. Its very versatile.

Tales of Building 4/27

The pit has been built! We can't wait to spend evenings out here! Camped out around the fire. I have visions of marshmallows and graham crackers dancing in my head!

This morning I went to the house for a quick set of pics. I found the guys working hard at bricking our mantle with "austin stone".

Here is a closer look at what they are up to!

And now.... the finished product! They did such a wonderful job!

The finished product of the "BS" pit as I assume it will be known as.

He has Risen!

The tales of building 4/23

As I upload photos, its amazing to see how different it looks in the photo. I've been taking these pictures with the Droid camera, rather than a good camera simply because I wanted the quality to always be similar.

This is the view while standing in the dining nook just to the right of the kitchen.

A view of the beam (i <3 this beam) and the kitchen. Through the doorway of on the left side of the photo you will see the lockers in the mudroom.

We have some special plans for the oven hood. But you will have to wait and see!

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Tales of Building 4/9

For my birthday, I want some trees. Actually, I wanted a camera, because I recently sold mine. But instead, I'd like trees for the house.

Today was an exciting day. The beam was put in!!! But not without a little help from T.

But when it was all said and done, it looked as magnificent as I imagined it would!

More beams went up in the Master, Foyer, and Office. But they weren't nearly has difficult to but in as this one!

All done with the wood work! This is what we are left with.

For my birthday I'd like a beam to go in the house.