Week 17, Day 116 - Flooring, Painting, Railing

This past week has been a whirlwind - the trimmers/painters are humming away on the interior, while Tim and I (mostly Tim) work on getting the flooring down in the main areas of the main level. All rooms have been primed, and many rooms upstairs have been given the final coat. The Dishwasher's been installed too. Onto the pics!

The flooring - mostly installed

Dishwasher! - all appliances are stainless steel even though it looks white in this picture

Lots of equipment scattered about still!

The basement - all cleaned up!

Gigi came down here and said, "I want to bring my bike (read: trike) down here and ride around!"

Scott works on the stairs, while Tim works on the floor

Ryan painting the doors

We learned an important lesson when it comes to windows, doors, trim and paint. That lesson is: There is no such thing as "WHITE". Every company has their own definition, and while some appear to be white-white, they aren't when you set them next to another "white" item. This matters with our house only in that the "White" anderson windows are slightly grey when compared to the "white" trim. Both are considered white, but they both are different. I bring this up now only because the painters, taking that into account, matched their 'white' paint *to the windows* so that everything is the same white. It's that attention to detail that continually impresses my about the crew Mike and Melody have put together to build their houses.

The stairs

Scott putting the top railing on the stairs

We are getting color! (Jen's office or the-room-formerly-known-as-Gav's-room)

Jen's office, looking the other way

Gigi and Gav's room

Gigi and Gav's room, looking the other way

Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom - the other way

Master Bath (this is still the primer coat)

Master Bath, the other way (this is still the primer coat)

Down the stairwell

Family Bath, looking towards the stairs

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Our "Scrapbook"

I've never been proficient at scrapbooking, but I wanted a way of capturing the building of our new home. A blog is the perfect way for two "techies" to accomplish the artistry of capturing memories.

We moved from the Midwest to the East Coast in October 2008. We found our building site in November 2008, and broke ground in October 2009.

Henceforth, The Building of Blackthorn Ridge.