Sunday, April 27, 2008

First Night


This weekend, Nina and I stayed at the house for the first time. Don't get us wrong, there's still much to do, but it is finally at the point where we have enough amenities to actually spend the night. Our master bath shower is working (but doesn't have a real enclosure yet) and the powder room downstairs is up and running. What else do you need?



The above shot was taken shortly before dusk last night.

The below shot shows our nearly finished kitchen. The sinks and faucets are in, and the fridge has been paneled and turned on. The only thing left is to put up the backsplash (there's a picture in an older post). Check out the stools too.


Below is a view toward the dining/living room. All the dining lights have been installed, and you can see a couple of our dining chairs. The "table" you see is actually our den sofa. In the distance is our recently delivered living room sofa. It's huge.


The other direction...


Our range was hooked up and is now functional. I'm going to burn so much stuff on this thing.


Our guest bath tiles have finally arrived (they were severely delayed), and they're working on finishing up that bathroom now. We didn't realize how irregular these tiles are - they require a 3/8" grout line, which is huge. We're going to use a dark grout which will hopefully make it look more deliberate.


No blog next week, but check us again in two weeks. Cheers.

2 comments:

Meg Simone said...

Congrats! We just had our first night in our new home too - I found your blog via a link on another blog http://greenhousevt.blogspot.com/ we don't have a full kitchen or any interior doors, but it's nice to finally be "in" our house too. Love your design and open concept. Our house is here: http://19ridgeroad.blogspot.com/

congrats and enjoy! :) Meghan Simone (www.megsimone.com)

Frank and Ellen said...

Bill

Stumbled on to your blog tonight. What a beautiful project. Congratulations. I am interested in finding out more about your red cedar siding--where you got it, what grade, and what you ultimately decided about finishing. We are about to receive our cedar this week from Haida in British Columbia and have had quite a challenge trying to find an acceptable finish. Our contractor wants to do the first coat as a factory pre-finish and then put a second coat on in situ. You can reach me at fkonhaus@kontek.com. You can check out our project at www.cassilhaus.typepad.com. Thanks.