Ok, here we go.... Have not been posting too many entries lately... Just been busy out of control.
Somebody asked me via the comments screen where I got the window. The company is called AWSCO and I think they are in Ohio. A google search will get you right there.
Standing in a different spot for a change and took this snap. It won't look like that much longer because there is 50 tons of rocks now sitting in my front yard waiting for a home. Rock, meet home.
These are a bit out of order and random... You will just have to deal with it. This is a towel pullout just to the right of both of our islands. Cabinet guy made one but it was sloppy, so this morning I made two new ones. There is a double ball bearing slide on one side only. Keeps it straight and easy to move. I like the ball bearing slides better than I thought I would. In the kitchen we used the K V soft close slide system. They are expensive, and I'm not sure my trim guys were careful with all the measurements. I see tweaking in my future.... Whats new.
This is the towel bar extended. Holds 3 towels. The islands our out in space and there was no place for a towel, and I don't like opening a door to get to the towel with wet hands. This way, the towel is hanging over the first bar and you just grab the bar with the towel over the top of it.
This is the quatrafoil window in the barrel shower again. Tile guys have been really nice and offer nice little ways to please the eye. They cut the window surround from 13 inch tiles by hand. We were going to use a natural stone in the kiddos showers and guest, but decided against it regarding caution with the sealer. These will look much lighter with the grout (not yet applied).
Bad picture, but looking from the breakfast nook into the kitchen. We wanted the cabinets to have different heights and depths. The wood here is knotty alder, and the center island will be painted.
Looking at another angle. Love the beams... LOVE LOVE LOVE them.
My wife had this idea of using some glass someplace in the kitchen. The doors come without glass and we have to find some to put in there. The cabinet on the left is for the double oven, and the one on the right is for a microwave under a 26 inch LED television.
I was more excited today about this than anything. After almost two weeks of prep, the stucco guys started the scratch coat today. They did the chimney and cupola, and then started here at the garage. As I was leaving tonight the mortar was changing color and already made the house look much better. The stucco has glass fibers in it to add to the strength. These guys are mixing this by hand, hauling it by hand, and then putting it on... they were tuckered out. Only two guys and they did a LOT of work.
This cabinet is in the Master. Looks a little victorian for me, but adds a nice touch in there. There are two big shelves for the bookcase above you can't see very well. It will be distressed and then painted and glazed.
Just part of the stone they delivered. It is called Moss Rock, and it's from Oklahoma. It has moss growing on it because they pick it up in fields on top of the ground, rather than a quarry. It is also very hard, and of course heavy. We buy it by the pound.
My wifes vanity and makeup counter. The corner cabinet will help break things up a bit, and lots of lights and mirrors. Look carefully at the makeup counter and you can see the copper tubing for the granite heat system...tied into the floor heat, geo thermal, and solar. Keeps her warm (in theory) and happy.
Another cabinet that is in the process of getting painted. Just primer here, and no, it won't be white, but distressed black. That same stone to the left for that wall where the fireplace is, and the walls are glazed. Ceiling will be a cream type color (after the Tuscan tradition).
Pantry in the process of getting primed.
Cantera is here. They started outside, but they have 4 columns up in the main hallway and it is looking FAB. Note the absense of the square pedistal at the bottom... toe stubber, so we went with a round to start. Still gets the doric capital on top.
Did I mention I LOVE these beams. Kitchen here... Oh, check out the arches... Cabinet arch, hallway arch, and then the little broom closet is an arched, alder door. The alder doors all look great, and they will get stained. Everything else (trim) is getting painted either olive or a brown burgendy.
7 of the columns on the back of the house are almost complete. Just missing the last piece on the top. They look great.
Two big beams in the top of the master bath. Dark walnut stain on them.
Beams in the study.
Trim guys had me feeling sorry for them because the house was hot, so against my better judgement I let them crank open the casement windows. Well, they screwed this one down too tight and messed up the operator, so now I have to have a new one installed. grrrrrrrr. Nobody else gets the option of opening them. The weather is nice now and they don't need to, so I hid the one crank from everybody else. They can open the doors and sliding windows.
Ok, it's late. Next post will probably have more completed type photos. So hang in there. In the meantime, We have a full time job buying hardware, sinks, fixtures, etc. That's before all the fires.
Have a great day.
