Details, details

A picture is worth a thousand words, they say, so here are 18,000 words worth of pictures for you!

Here we will eventually have a paver path along the side of the RV garage.

The patio will fill this alcove and be accessible from the dining room, via the small door; the bedroom, via the slider; and the shop, via a small door that is not visible here.

A garden shed will eventually occupy this space in the backyard.

The fence that Jill and I built has a temporary "hole" in it, so that the concrete truck can get into the backyard to pour the patio and the floor of the shed.

Looking north across the backyard.

Forming for the sidewalks has begun.

This will soon be home to our motor home, Sadie.

And this will be home to our two cars.

In the living room, the fireplace will soon be faced with faux stone.

The floor in the master bath was laid on Thursday.

As was the floor in the guest bath.

Tomorrow, this jumble of boards will be turned into a
hardwood floor in the kitchen and dining room.

Looking from the entryway across the living room to the dining room

The exterior paint is underway. (In fact, it is nearly finished.) Although
the siding color looks like beige in this photo, it is actually kind of a fern green.

Here is a close up of the detail in the gables.

The stone wainscot is underway and will probably be finished in about a week.

After the hardwood is down in the kitchen and dining room, the cabinets will be installed on Wednesday. On Thursday, templates for the LivingStone countertops in the kitchen and master bath will be made. After that, the painter will start on the interior, probably a week from tomorrow.

While the painter is working inside, Duane and his crew will finish up the exterior concrete work, the stone wainscot, and the front porch pillars. We hope we can move Sadie into her new home two weeks from today and live there until the house is complete. That will give me a chance to be on site and work on the tile backsplashes, the sprinkler system and the landscaping, plus put finishing touches on the fence, so Pogo will have a place to play.

Of course, we will post more photos as things progress. So, stay tuned to most of these same stations.

* All photos courtesy of my beautiful bride!