Making Progress

If you're reading this in email, please click on the blue title "Making Progress" to go to the blog.

Painting's done, all but some touchups.  Here you can see the stonework on the porch.  Still need to wrap the posts with tapered columns as shown in the drawing:

The columns need to be made of the Hardie Board that the siding is made of.  It's basically cement and a bear to work with, but no real wood less than an inch and a half thick is allowed on the outside of the house, sayeth the fire marshal

For the dining room

Other progress includes ceiling fans...

The study/guest bedroom

And the living room

The tilework is done in my cool retro bathroom and the laundry room.

Same tile in the laundry room.  It will mostly be covered by the washer and dryer.

The air conditioner is in.  It's just a little 1 1/2 ton "mini-split," but it will cool the living room and probably the rest of this well-insulated house.  It's a heat pump, which means it is also a heater to supplement the wood stove for those cold mornings when I forgot to bring firewood into the house the night before...

Speaking of the bathroom, I now have a fancy shower and tub thingy,


     

A propane water heater

And sconces in both bedrooms and the living room

Check out this cool lamp I bought at the swap meet.

Move-in date is still TBD.  It was supposed to happen last week, but alas... We're getting close though. The electricians were here today installing the outlets.  Unfortunately they came with the wrong switches so they'll have to come back.

Washer and dryer are coming tomorrow and I was thinking of even doing a little laundry this weekend, but the propane guy has to come out and convert the dryer to LP gas, and he'll have to do that to the stove as well, so it will probably have to wait.  The stove, fridge, sinks, dishwasher, and assorted other stuff is supposed to arrive June 3. Toilet not for two or three days after that.  Hope I can hold it! :)

I also got the woodstove today, but it came with the wrong legs, so pix of that will have to wait until next time.

Stay tuned!