8/29/09 Mud Room desk and (let's call it) shoe removal bench.

8/29/09 Metal wrap around bump-out finished.


8/29/09 Our fireplace artists came back for one last touch-up. Felipe Landin Masonry.


8/29/09 The wood on the media cabinet will be finished out the same as the windows & doors.

>8/28/09 The banquette is unfinished but it's in! The plan is to replace that post holding up the table with a stainless steel one.


8/28/09 More retaining wall installed defining a parking area.

8/27/09 Most toilets and fixtures are wall-hung for easy cleaning.


8/27/09


8/27/09 Now all the door hardware is on.


8/27/09 The back is being regraded for planting.

8/25/09 Directional Drilling was used for electrical, water, gas and sewer lines to minimize tree damage. The alternative would have been long narrow ditches for each line, severing more tree roots.

8/25/09 This is the deck with the new rail installed. In the background is the small pool with the flagstone walls. This whole area, including the rocks in foreground will eventually be covered with topsoil and landscaped with native plants requiring little water.

8/24/09 Fireplace rock is finished

8/24/09 Retaining walls consist of Oklahoma Stone 2'X2'X?


8/24/09 Each stone weighs an average of around a ton or more.

8/10/09 Lights are up in carport.

8/10/09 Downstairs tile.


8/10/09 Master tile.


8/10/09 Master tile.


8/10/09 Wood portion of the deck is finished. Rail goes in this week. This wood is called Garapa. It's a very hard wood that comes from Brazil. It's responsibly harvested from managed forest and has the same fire rating as concrete--very long lasting and much cheaper than Ipe.