Retraction...and a final sneak peak

I am able to "borrow" some internet access at lunchtime and post a few more pictures. After realizing that there is a link to this blog from Ryan's business website, I decided to edit some of the less sophisticated phrasing and well...threats in the last post. The edits in no way reflect a change of heart on my part...I'm still as fiesty as ever, but until we actually have the CO in hand, it might be best to stick with kind words!

So...here is the last set of construction photos to be posted to this blog. For those of you who have followed it...thanks for hanging in there with us. If you're disappointed that there will be no more pictures...well, you'll just have to come by and visit us on Snow Pond!

The finished Hearth Room.


The nearly finished kitchen. Just the toe kicks need to be installed under the cabinets and we'll be good to go!


The interior doors are all painted and hung and have their hardware installed.


Close up of the door hardware. Brody loves how easy the levers are to open. There might be a lot of door slamming in the first few weeks we're living here!

The Laundromat - I mean laundry room!

The family room is still in need of finish trim on the walls, but otherwise...it's done too!

Finished stairs looking up...

...finished stairs looking down-well you can see that they aren't quite finished at the bottom yet...

...but that's OK, cause Ryan's on the job and they will be done by the end of the day...or night.

Floors upstairs...looking from the hall into the master bedroom.

And in the hall looking into Brody's bathroom.


And from the master bedroom looking into the hall and stairway.


Another bird's eye view of the family room.

And finally, a challenging little detail in the front entry. We found these great slabs of slate at the remnant sale at the stone company and bought them even though we didn't know exactly what we would do with them. We wanted a different type of flooring in the entryway and loved the idea of a slab of stone. The challenging thing was figuring out how to cut it. But after laying porcelain, ceramic, slate, and limestone tiles in six rooms in the house, Ryan had the confidence to attempt it. It came out beautiful. The picture obviously does not do it justice. It's dusty and has become an area for tool storage, but someday, it will be stunning!

OK, that's all the pictures you get. If you want to see how the story ends, you'll have to come for a visit!