The trim is still an ongoing project as Paul and his crew work to make every square inch perfect. I learned today that they even do a bang-up job when faced with a random protrusion in the back of a closet. This little box covers up the main HVAC duct to the first floor. I hadn’t thought anything of it until Paul turned it into a furniture-grade shelf. Just to drive this home, this picture is of the back of a closet. This guy cares about his work.

My closet-turned-office/nook/reading corner finally got (most of) its last wall. There’s some code issues that require us to put insulation around that pipe you see. This is “looking around the corner” from the picture in the last post. The window is just out of the picture to the right. For scale, the back wall of the nook is about 2′ back.

The frame(s) of the bathroom cabinets is (are) done. This is the downstairs “master bath”, even though we’re fairly certain that the upstairs bedroom will be the eventual “master”. This bathroom just happens to be directly connected to the bedroom, and has a double sink. There’s also a nice sized built-in linen closet.

The kitchen cabinets are also coming along. As you can tell, all of the cabinets are being built by hand on-site. It’s pretty cool to see these come together. The kitchen layout is standard. The sink will under the window and the stove will be on the left wall. The refrigerator will also be on the left wall, at the very end of the kitchen near the porch doors.The island will have an overhang for stools, and will be all one level. We had a short debate about a single-level versus a double-level island. It sounds like a dumb decision, but it affects the aesthetic, the height of stools, the size of stools, and the number of stools that can be fit in the kitchen. The single level counter will allow for more people to sit at the island, and will also allow for shorter, smaller stools that can be tucked out-of-the-way under the counter. Visually, I like that there won’t be anything to keep someone from looking past the kitchen to the view out the back doors.

Last, but not least, the house finally has some color! The exterior staining is about 50% complete, and the color turned out perfect. It works great with the cedar shakes and the darker roof. I wasn’t able to get a picture of the whole front because of all of the trucks, but you won’t be disappointed when you check back in a few days for those!

Overall, we’re about 85% complete going by the budget. We’re expecting to have everything wrapped up in 3-4 weeks!