Getting ready for christmas

Celebrating christmas in our new home....

Moving in day

So after unexplained construction delays, we were finally able to have the house far enough along to get our things delivered and unpacked.  Thankfully only a couple things were damaged, and the moving crew was great!  

Kitchen & Bath

Countertops are in... kitchen coming on line...

Walk in cooler is installed (not functioning yet... needed a few more parts...)
Master bath getting close...

Trim and counters

Getting close on the lower level... more interior doors hung and more trim done... 

this is the closet in Michael's office...
The door leading out from the office...
The spare room / guest bedroom
The steel wrap on the exterior is completed...
And the quartz was finished today... these are the sills in the master shower...
the wet bar in the media room...
the master bath vanity...
kitchen counters...

Paint!

The lower level painting for the living spaces is about done... this is Michael's office...

And another of Michael's office...
And another of Michael's office... lots of bright, intense, inspiring colors... blue, yellow, orange, pink, black, and purple - wow!

A look at the purple floor....
And a peek at the intersection of the media room, hallway, and floor...
It's looking a bit crazy.... but it's the look we were going after...

Stainless steel, paint, tile

Now things are really coming together... we have the exterior stairwell wrapped in stainless steel (lower part is done... upper part about 1/3 done... should be finished wednesday).

This is the lower level entry... our doors arrived from Colorado and are now installed...
And the interior paint colors are coming together... needless to say... lots of people are doubting the color choices... but we like how it is coming out... this picture is the media room.
This one is the only 'sane' room in the house (other than the garage) so it will be a guest bedroom.
A view of the interior stairwell... now basically finished...
And the tile for the entry is nearing completion as well.

Almost like home

The Lester crew was nice enough to hang a couple pictures for us today while the scaffolding was still up in the stairwell... so with some of our artwork up... it's now feeling a bit like home.

More work on finishing the trim work... this of the lower end of the stairwell...
And a look at the lower entry door.

Uh oh... this isn't what we asked for...

So the more adventurous paint colors are coming in now... we selected a nice red for many walls... and there is actually one wall in the office which will be pink... but I walked downstairs to see what the painters were up to... and this is what I saw...

And this is the entrance to Victoria's Secret... I mean our media room...
Then we learned that the pink is just a primer coat for the red.  Thankfully.  Shows what we know about paint.

Lots of milestones

Walkway to the dock is in place...

Driveway and roadside walkway in place...
Updated view of the roadside entry...
Main entry door is in place...
Television wall waiting for a television :-)
Big milestone - a running toilet!
Another big milestone - getting the car into the garage (even if there are no garage doors yet)...

HVAC finished in Michael's office.
A look at the kitchen and great room... the lighting is done.
Another on the roadside entry.

Lights, septic, more trim....

more lights over the stairwell...

An updated view of the lakeside...
Final grading in place for the roadside...
Fall has arrived... so pumpkins starting to decorate the dock...
Septic system in place...
Lighting in the great room going in... HVAC almost done...
Sample of the lighting over the island...
additional pine trim around the doors....