Progress, progress and more progress

Today I delivered bathroom mirrors that Sophie and I picked up yesterday. We have ceilings upstairs, doors ready to be installed and the first of three fire places have stone on the surround. Our shower needed some modification. Sophie's bench was about 9 inches too high and is now down to 15". The hard backing is being laid before the tile goes in and the log facing on the inside of the gable ends is going up. Take a look at the photographs showing some of the progress over the last week.

Thanks for watching and following the progress of our project.

Installed railings ready for a fresh coat of stain.

A lot of time will be spent on this porch looking out at the mountains we so love.

Gutter and snow stopper are essential.

Tongue and groove ceilings. The gable will be sided with log siding to finish this look.

Our kitchen will be well lighted.

Doors ready for installation.

The fireplace in our master suite.

A close up of our mantle looking good together with the new surround on the fireplace.

Railings are In

Today, we found the railings in place around the porch. What a site. The painters also painted the inside walls. Things are really beginning to move forward to the completion date. Here are some new shots of the newly completed work.

This is our tile we have selected for bathrooms, mudroom

Painted walls.  Nice color selection!

Our railings are on the deck. They forgot the stairs...oops!

Our railings.  So cool!

Paint from a different look.  Same color throughout the house

More painted walls looking at the ceiling

PROGRESS

A lot has happened in the last 10 days. We have an outside stain, redwood deck and orangepeel texture on the finished walls. We have bull nose corners and that is a step up from anything else we have lived in. The furnace works very well and it looks like we are on track for an April 15th finish date. Now is the time to wrap up the little things and get our Teardrop home packed up so we don't get rushed at the last minute.

Here are some new photo's of old scenes but they do show progress.

Thanks to all for staying with us and sharing in the progress of our home. One thing for sure, we can now put our faces out there and consult with anyone wanting to build a log home. What a ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a full view of the roof from the East.

We have exterior UV protection applied.

Starting to get the rails on.

This is our porch outside the master bedroom on the Northwest side.

Same porch from the other side.

We are getting ready for paint.

A reading area under the stairs.

Our living great room fireplace ready for river rock surround.

On the back side is the Master Bedroom fireplace.

Step By Step...We Get Closer to Completion!

Hans and I met with Dennis Johnston at our cabin on Saturday.  Dennis brought the painter up with him so we got visit with Chad, the painter.  Chad shared with us the stain he recommended for the logs to protect them from the intense UV rays.  We are doing a very strong clear protection that will give the logs protection from the UV, but also give us the natural look of the logs.  Our goal is to have the logs age naturally, but because of the intensity of the sun at 10,000 feet we do need to protect them.

Hans' dad will be so proud of us, as Chad is a strictly "Sherwin Williams" man...as was Hans' dad.  So to Dad Klossner, here's to you!  Our home will be protected by Sherwin Williams, giving us Dad's blessing on our new home.

We did a great walk-through with Dennis.  Giving direction on tile, carpet, hardwood flooring, bull-nose corners, interior doors, closet doors, and closet racks.  This was a walk-through of finishing ideas.

The drywall has begun.  The sheetrock man has done most of the downstairs, needing some finishing touches and hopefully will get the main floor completed this week.  Fun to see the rooms take shape.

More completions:  Our green metal roof has been completed, the underneath ceiling on our porch has been finished, and we have our real green door!

Here are some photos to share with you:

Dennis Johnston, construction foreman and Sophie

Drywall on the stairwell

New green door.  All doors and windows are in and what we
ordered.

Underneath ceiling of porch has been finished!

Looking into the basement...drywall!

In the basement looking at our bedrooms and bathroom.
Drywall is quite completed but they are working hard!