Christmas time is here...

And the house still isn't done... But things are coming along slowly but surely! Check out various projects we've been working on lately.

The new back porch. No more climbing a chicken ladder, you can now use stairs at both entrances. This is temporary, as we can't make up our mind what to build and how.

Our friend, with lawn art in the background (a.k.a. extra handrails)

The kitchen cabinets have arrived, and are ready to be installed when the carpenters are free. 

Also, the hardwood flooring downstairs goes about halfway through the kitchen and dining room.

We can't go much further until the cabinets are installed, because the cabinets are taking up all the unfloored floor space!

We really like the color of the flooring!

The house in last night's snow!

Sarah, varnishing cabinet drawers for Jeff's office.

A dining room table that Jeff and Sarah refinished. 

The house, before the snow!

Look at that grass!

Sarah painted both bathrooms. This is the paint color and tile next to the cabinet before she started.

What do you think? Did we make a good choice?

The paint color next to the upstairs cabinets.

Our Christmas tree... It takes up a lot of space!

One small board for Jeff, one huge board for the house project

The first floor boards are in! Lots has been happening this last month, mostly on the outside as the yard was graded and grass planted. The electrical stuff has also been moving along, so we're getting close to having power. But now Jeff is starting on the flooring, a monumental project for sure. He's starting in the kitchen so that the cabinets can be installed as soon as he has made enough progress.

Also, here are some pictures of my work in architecture school, in case anyone was curious about what I do in studio all the time.

A 3D project... this one only took about 50 hours, 36 of which were spent in one weekend...

Sketches for my current project, an object analysis. That's the handle of a caulk gun, in honor of the house project. Several people in my class had no idea what a caulk gun is!

And the green grass grows all around, all around

I know all of you readers have been waiting a while for updates. Since I am now separated from the site, the camera, and the photos unless someone is kind enough to email me, I haven't had much to put up for you. But that will just make this post even more dramatic and exciting, as lots of progress has been made.

WE HAVE GRASS!

And you can even mow our grass, that's how much we have.

Jonathan and Jeff grading the yard and preparing it.

Isn't it beautiful?

The before.

And the after!

In other house news, the painting continues. Only two bathrooms and the inside of the stairwell to go.

And you can see in the corner of this photo, the kitchen cabinets have arrived. If anyone wants to help put the hardwood flooring in the kitchen so they can be installed...

Electrical progress continues as well. This is part of getting service to the new house.

Enjoy the photos! Hopefully we get more soon involving hardwood flooring and paint!

Painting!

Sandy gets ready...

A good friend helps us.

Sarah paints in Sandy's office. 

The red and gold go on!

The color palette!

Jonathan and a friend paint upstairs. 

Another friend operates the mega ruler!

More painting upstairs.

Jonny takes a break.

The green where the booth will go.

Sandy's office.

The view from Sandy's office to the kitchen.

August Catch Up

My last day taking pictures at the new house - all the rest of my posts I'll be posting from away...

Working on the approach.

Redoing the neighbor's drive.

Close up look!

Guarding the new concrete!

The concrete truck!

The crew hard at work!

The driveway all poured!

A window well in the front of the house- lots of hard work in this!

Cool lighting.

More cool lighting!

With backhoe...

With a CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY!