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....

Bathroom, cabinets, lights

The master bath is coming together... here you see the double walk-in shower (half-tiled) and hot towel bar...

The guys from Valley Cabinet came back today to deliver the bathroom vanity, the dining table base, and Michael's work surfaces.
This will be Michael's desk... need a glass top for it... but the overall box is tall enough so Michael can return to working while standing up...
Kitchen island in place... you can start to see what this will look like with the steel baskets.
You can see a bit more of the stairwell coming together... starting to get the low voltage lights in.
This is the master closet.

Nice fall day...

So Fall is starting to come to the lake... I bet the trees and the view will look even better in the coming weeks... This is the view from our lakeside deck...

Some progress in the media room... the framing around the media rack is complete (and a couple additional decorative built in shelves now included as well)
Some of the interior doors are in...
And the flooring in the great room is about done...
And the 1000 gallon propane tank is buried.

A quiet Saturday... another Penn State win...

We spent Saturday at the house watching Penn State beat Purdue... we do not have the satellite connected yet... but as we have the internet connection in + a SlingBox - we watched the game... did the traditional grub - wings, taquitoes, fried mozzarella, beer, chips & dip... before the game we took more pictures.

This is the great room... fireplace in... painting about done here... just need to have the television wall finished (trimming the lower part) and getting the flooring down...

Kitchen island... we are using these stainless steel baskets instead of drawers / doors...
A look at the master shower... painting on the ceiling is done... lighting is in... tile already done on the floor... so just need tile on the walls...
A look at the house from the norteast corner....
And Sara wondering "How much longer???"

Paint, flooring, cabinets, septic, and fireplaces!

Wow - lots of updates... more painting complete.  This is a view of the master bedroom (the silver part of the built-in headboard on our bed... and you can see the black wall of the master closet behind that)...

More of the interior pine flooring is down...
And a look at the kitchen...
More progress on installing the cabinets...
The septic install is well underway...
And the fireplaces are getting installed... this is the wood stove in the great room (which is large enough to heat the whole house apparently)...
And a more modern gas fireplace in the master bedroom which looks nice but provides no real heat whatsover :-)