Late Dec 2013

Been moving in, so no recent updates until now.  Thanksgiving then Christmas pictures below.  Big rains, etc. so you'll see some of that. all the kids here at Christmas, very special.  also some of the interior room pics my sister asked me to post.

Had a nice rain, 5" or so, so front pond filled in up to the road in November

Having a bit of drainage work done to provide a place for water to go.

Trailer finally parked behind barn on a raised pad I had made.

All the utilities on one pole (H-frame)  TV, Internet, Telephone, Electricity.

The girls at the Forge

New gate

Most of the family at the Dinner Bell Cafe after Thanksgiving for breakfast.

A bit more rain before Christmas.....

Drainage plan working!

York Maine light house in gingerbread!

Stocking were hung by the fireplace....

Stew in from San Francisco for the whole week!

Game board Reg and I made!

Megan and Craig

Christmas tree

 Megan and Stewart

Maddy enjoying the cool outside air

Reg in the kitchen...

Your's truly and Stew.... check out the sweatshirts!

Christmas morning.. I think

Keeping room...

Kitchen...

Who is that masked man??

Dining room

Master bedroom

My den and backup bedroom.

Upstairs room

Love the doors....

Upstairs bathroom

Keeping room.  I did the tiling :)

Christmas,  Erin and Chloe

Layla

Layla and Erin.... do you think she looks like Reg ??

October 22nd 2013

Well, 11 months after breaking ground I can say it looks like we are finally done!  It's been quite an arduous task, a bit surreal and certainly satisfying to have accomplished this build.  Below are pics of the pine floors before and after finishing, room pics requested by my sister and other stuff.  Thanks to all for following and the kind thoughts and encouragement you have passed along.

Here are the finished floors.  We elected to go with a custom stain, sealer and paste wax finish, very old school!

Breakfast area

Living room and front hall

Master Bedroom

Dining room

One of the upstairs rooms
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Hallway

Propane guys showed up and installed 250 gal tank. Powers kitchen range, water heater, furnace and garage heater,

Back splash I installed, you can see the pot filler we found, also Italian as is the stove.

My " utility pole".  for my phone company friends, you can see my network interface mounted.. We have Verizon landline service.  Will eventually also relocate the Hughes Internet satellite dish there.

OK, now some room pics.  Still need to build a chimney cover for the exhaust duct.

Living room and Maddy.  Still need to stain beams.

Den which also doubles as a four bedroom.

Also den... door to bath.

Hall to master bedroom

Master bedroom with door to back porch

View from master BR to bath.

Master bath... tub with out feet (had to reorder)

Pocket door on water closet

Master closet with built-ins.

Den shower - We used slate tile in all showers.

Butler's pantry between kitchen and dining room.

Mudroom with door to front porch.  This week I am putting down slate floor tile

Utility room

Second floor hallway.

Second floor bedroom.

Installed shower doors this past week.

Vanity sink I built from an old wash stand, leftover soapstone and a neat sink and faucet.  It sits in powder room off kitchen.

Old farm table we found.

rooms with some furniture.

Maddy and some local friends who come over to play.

Not supposed to be a water dog, but she loves to go in one of the ponds and then roll in the garden.

another Great Pyrenees.  He is a male, thanks we got Maddy neutered recently.

Prepping the front yard area for a little drainage work,

Installed some drip irrigation for peaches... since then we have had tons of rain. :)