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Even though everything is not 100% done we decided to move back in anyway, which we will be doing this week. We got tired of living out of boxes in the rental house and would rather work be around the unfinished work while having items in their permanent locations then keep having to unpack boxes knowing we have to repack them again. Eda took this round of pictures while I was busy working on something else.
The surface of the wood floor is finished and the kitchen ovens, refrigerator, range, and dishwasher appliances are all installed, just not completely working (a few minor items like ELECTRICITY and PLUMBING). The sable finish on the wood floor is definitely darker then ebony (who'd a thunk it).
The house is coming through the home stretch, I'm finding this to be the hardest part of the project for me (not that I'm doing anything other then looking at it ;-P). This latest batch of images covers everything from the glass tiles, new hallway cabinets, vanity & bowl sink, kitchen cabinet doors installed, through interior and exterior shots of the arbor and glass doors without the plastic covering.
The outside arbor is much bigger then I was envisioning.
We had a good ol' time at Chez Davis ... Hurricanes, Turducken, Alligator.. mmm.. and cake! Thanks for a great party. The food was flying off the table. I didn't even get a chance to take a picture of the turducken. And I barely got a shot of the cake with the phone. Phew.
Yesterday (Sunday) morning I was IM'ing with J ...
J: "what are you doing for Superbowl?"
me: "we are going to Doug's... but I don't know what to make! what are you making?"
J: "salad, gotta make sure they get their veggies"
me: "er. salad won't go over in this crowd"
J: "(in less than 2 seconds) http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/007126super_bowl_recipes.php"
And there you have it. This is the plate of 'leftover' from yesterday. I can feel my artery clogging. :)
There has been some slippage in the project timeline, but it's still coming along nicely. Staining and laquering is nearly complete. I am really happy with the way the folding doors turned turned out and with Eda's choice of stain color.