Guest Bath

The tile in the guest bath is done. Looks pretty good. The house is a bee-hive of activity these days. Today, there were 5 different crews working on the master shower, living room lights, foyer fixtures, paint texture touch-up and the AC. It should be ready to close in less than a month. Needless to say, we're ready now.

Kitchen Update

The kitchen is getting close. The island is in and stained. You'll notice that the counter top for the island is a lighter granite with darker cabinets while the back counter tops are dark with light cabinets. We are having the back cabinets trimmed with an antique glaze (outlined in dark stain) to help complete the look. The vent hood frame is also in, as well as the overhead lighting (looks very cool up close). And if you look very closely, you'll see a small Ham in the bottom right hand corner of the photo.

Outside Grill Takes Shape

The base of the outside grill is almost done. We're hopefully less than 1 month away from completion, and all the details are going well. The mail order Napoleon Grill is already at the contractors' shop, and will be installed just before closing. I hope to be grilling before Christmas.

Front of House - No Yard

The front of the house is almost complete. They still have to put in the front walkway and replace our front door (it was stolen a few weeks ago). I'm not sure when we'll get a front yard, but I look forward to having a yard, and not a mud pit (it's rained a lot recently)

Kitchen - early stages

Most of the cabinetry is installed in the kitchen. You can see the island off on the left, but it hasn't been put in place yet.

Quick Break

Here's the view from our hotel room in the Bahamas.

Iron & Wood Trim Work

In these two pictures, you can see some of the wood trim work, and the iron work around the stairs and upstairs landing.