So much progress on the new house

The last couple of weeks have been very busy with the new house.

• Early last week the brick work on the outside was finally finished.





• Then they moved inside and finished the fireplace rocks and placed the mantle.





• Next the cabinets were delivered and installed.


The cabinet maker came on Saturday and delivered and installed the corbels to hold the island counter top. I really like them, not too foo-foo, not too plain.



• Next the finish carpenters arrived and installed all the interior doors and trimmed them out.





• Baseboards were installed.





• Monday work was begun on the closet shelving and little extras inside there.







• Yesterday they trimmed out all the windows and did the window sills.







• Today they were installing the crown molding.







• The painters came yesterday and began the caulking and prepwork before painting begins. This will take longer than we expected. Probably the rest of this week.




• We met with the painter this morning and told him the colors we want and he will bring us some cabinet stain samples later this week. He says that on a house this size their part of the job will take about 3 weeks.

So, we're getting to the end things of the house. It's coming together quickly. We'll probably be in the house in about 5-6 weeks! Hallelujah!