Guest Bath shower...

This shower is mostly beige and noce.  We ran out of the 1" accent tiles...  I could have bought more, but David said to leave this one with just the 6" tiles.  It looks small, but it's at least 36" across.  I like the way Terry has done the front of the shower walls.  He's butted two of the bullnose tiles together.  It looks good. 
LOL!!!  When I did spellcheck, one of the options for bullnose was "blue nose". 

Master Bath tile...

The tile in the master bath is finished!  Grouted and cleaned.  Looks GREAT!!!  There's enough room in there to wash my hair without hitting my elbows on the wall or shower curtain.  The water will hit the top of my head instead of the back of my neck.  

I guess that Eric, the plumber, could put in the shower head and trim... and all the things that go on the Jacuzzi.  Yes! That will work!!!  Oh! ... wait... John has to get back in there to paint.  I'm trying to get ahead of myself.  It's just so hard to wait... 

The grout looks very light colored, but it isn't.  The color is Bone and was the darkest of the neutrals that Lowe's had on their chart.   I'm very pleased with it.  Darker grout would have worked, but I had an hour and a half to make all the choices for the tile... what size tile went where... what color grout...  sanded vs. unsanded...  Then, when I had all those choices made, the salesman looked on his computer to make sure they had enough...  Nope.  Someone had bought some of the same tile I wanted.  That is why there are three colors, instead of just one or two.  But... it has worked out beautifully!  and I love it!

Basement floor...

Ok...  So it's dark and dreary looking...  You should have seen it this morning!!!!!  You couldn't see the floor.  The table in the back has redwood studs and other lumber on it.  We're saving them to make a table and/or chairs for the back porch. 

Broken window/door...

Something hit the glass a couple of days ago.  It's just the inside piece.  At least it didn't break into shards, but into those small pieces, similar to automobile window glass.

I'll have to look up the details, but I'm thinking there was a lifetime warranty on the doors and windows.    I'll wait until we're finished with all the work inside, before I call for a replacement window.  There could be others. 

Textured walls...

Several years ago I was in one of the Olive Garden restaurants in Little Rock.  The walls were a golden yellow and heavily textured.  I loved it.  So, when John asked how I wanted the walls in the cabin textured, I told him heavy.  I think this will work.  It's going to look different when it's painted... that will be Monday or Tuesday. 

Behind the scenes...

This is John, the carpenter, at work.  Putting up plastic so the texture stuff doesn't get all over the beadboard.  This was a couple of days ago...  I went down to the cabin to see how things were coming along.  Ooh!  Does it look good???  YES! it does!!!  But I didn't take my camera.  I'll do that tomorrow.  There's lots of boxes and things... all coated in drywall dust.  Looks a mess.  So, after I do some rearranging and cleaning up down there tomorrow, I'll take pictures. 
Yesterday, David & I went over to Lowe's for the paint.  Honey and Cream.  It's going to look so good!  We can hardly wait til Monday or Tuesday when he starts painting!!!  There's still a couple of places that need texture, but not much.

And, here is Terry, the tile guy.  He has tile all the way to the ceiling this evening. And even has it across the step thing.  I'm sorry, I can't remember what some of those things are called. 
I was thinking I had photos posted of the tile in the Master Bath.  It's grouted and cleaned and looks really good!!  Terry has taken his time and done a fantastic job!!! 

 Here is Chris, one of John's helpers.  He's done most, if not all the painting outside.  The blue on the ceiling is just what I wanted and Chris is making this look just right!  Thanks, Chris!!!

This is Cody.  He's cleaning up some of the mess that happens when remodeling a house.  He's usually helping Terry, the tile guy.  Terry was probably at a place where only one person could work.  Cody, I appreciate your help!

Pantry & Utility Room

 Well, I can see it as a pantry!  The outlet is for the microwave and KitchenAid mixer.  They will be in an open shelf...  With drawers or shelves under and above.  There will be doors on those. 

 Terry has the tile grouted in the utility room.  It looks great!  Now, I need to find the edge pieces for it.  That needs to go on before we put the washer/dryer in there.  We looked at the stacked sets, but still haven't decided if we'll use those or the side by side we have now.
I'm thinking that if we don't get the stacked set, there won't be enough room for the litter box.  Smokey & P-Man wouldn't be happy if we don't have their litter box in the new house/cabin. 
Oh... I'll have to look through my older photos to find them...  Hang on... Will be back soon...

More tile...

From Tuesday, January 25, 2010...
The shower floor is done!  I didn't walk in there, just leaned over as far as I could to get the picture.  Can hardly wait til he starts grouting everything!!!  Guess I'd better ask if the grout color is going to be OK???  And I might need to get more.

Terry got the Schluter put on the other shower.  It looks awfully tight in there!  But when I've stood in there, raised my arms up as if to wash my hair, I wasn't hitting my elbows on anything. 
Terry left me a voice message to get another 3 boxes of the bullnose edging.  I had a feeling I didn't buy enough!  That's OK...  Everything is looking so good!  I am VERY pleased!!!

I didn't take any photos of the rest of the cabin.  It's hard to take exciting photos of drywall that's being mudded & taped.  It is slowly coming along, though.  LOL!  John even fixed the place where I'd stuck my fingers in his freshly mudded wall last night.  ...  Sorry, John!  I'll try to be more careful from now on.

Saturday & Monday

 Terry has tile to the ceiling of the shower.  He also put the two shelves in the corner.  This will work!!! 

 And here is the front of the tub.  I am SO pleased with how this is going!!! 

This is a better picture of how it really looks in the sun room.  Of course, there's lots of work to be done...  John has to put the Murphy Bed frame together, check the measurements, then build the closet for it.

 Living Room during the day is very different than night time.  John did something to the French Doors... now they close and lock!!! 

 Today (24Jan2011) Terry got the bathroom floor down.  Oh!  I just noticed the tile on the edge of the wall and the ... whatever that it that goes across the floor of the shower!!!  WOW! I didn't see that when we were down there just a few minutes ago!  Can hardly wait til the grout is done.  That will be another day or so.  The floor of the shower is still not done.

We had just been in the bathroom, walking back through the kitchen...  Not thinking... I put my hand up on the wall...  Today, John put up the rounded corner moulding... I had no idea it was wet.  :-(  I know he'll see it in the morning!!!  I tried to smooth it out, but it looks ugly. 

I think I'll just change the subject... 

Yesterday evening, David & I went over to Lowe's... Looking at trim, moulding, casing, corner rosettes, plinths, and medicine cabinets.  We picked out everything, but we're hoping we can get all that at a much better price.  There's a business locally that will mill it.  David's going to check with them this week while he's on vacation. 

Here's the medicine cabinet we picked out.  It mounts on the wall, not set inside between the studs.  There's two sizes, so one of them should fit both bathrooms.

John says he'll be ready to paint in a few days.  Oh!!  No problem!  I've got the main color picked out!  It's called Filoli Honey.  If any of you have been to the Southern Living Idea House just outside of Hot Springs, you'll know the color.  It's a gorgeous yellow that changes with whatever light that comes through the windows and doors.

I woke up this morning with my sinuses so stopped up that I could hardly breathe!  I've taken a couple of NyQuils and am calling it a night.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Will post more when the guys have more done.  I really am pleased with what they're doing!!!

Metal Flame

It looks bad right now, but I'll clean it up and paint it black again.  David's cousin Mike made quite a few of these, years ago, when we lived in another house...  Thanks, Mike... we miss you.

Drywall...

 WOW!!!  The other side of the fireplace is almost done.  It makes it feel more like a real room. Just a couple of days ago, there was a 4' stack of drywall and green board in front of the fireplace.  Now, it's odds and ends of tile and stuff.  Having all the walls closed in with insulation and drywall is making it much warmer, too. 

This is looking into the kitchen.  John, the carpenter, had his two helpers, Chris & Jackie, move all the tile, grout and other stuff into the bedroom yesterday morning...  He would have been helping, except I was there to ask about the dryer vent in the Utility Room.  We'd forgotten about that before tile was put on the floor.  John says he can fix that.  Right now, we have regular type washer & dryer.  We, David & I, talked last night about getting the stacked set to save space.  But we'll still need that dryer vent in the floor.  But, I don't have to make that decision right now...  I'll think about that tomorrow...

Here's the Sun Room with drywall.  Doesn't it look different???  There will be window seats along both walls.  I don't know what kind of storage there'll be under them, yet.  Tommy, the electrician, suggested having a raised platform/table in the corner.  He's got the cable run over to that corner for that.  There have been so many decisions to make, that it gets overwhelming.

Now, we're looking at the front door... of course...  John took that door out and re-set it.  We'd thought that when Jackie, the house leveler, got things straightened out, it would open and close better...  It didn't.  John fixed it yesterday before putting up the drywall.  It was nice to be able to open that door without having to use my shoulder to push it open.  Thanks, John!

Progress in the bathroom...

 Terry, the tile guy, is making progress in our Master Bathroom.  He has tile all the way to the ceiling...  I love it! 

 Looks like he's got this end and around the window in place.  With me working and David not knowing what to do about tile design... Terry has been left with doing this on his own.  All I told him was to use the white or beige as the main color and sprinkle the other color and the darker one to make it look nice.  The edge pieces for that.  The 2" stuff on the tub deck and shower floor.  12" tiles for the floor.  I think he's doing great!  By the time the grout is done and John gets the texture and paint on the ceiling and walls, it is going to look so nice!!!  I think John said this morning that he's working this weekend and planning to be painting on Tuesday!  Oooh! Can hardly wait!!! 

This is a closer look at the mosaic accent tiles.  They'll go across the shower, too.

It's almost home...

It's late... I'm tired, so I'll post something about all these photos tomorrow.





Living Room has walls!!!

I knew it was going to make a difference, but just wasn't prepared for HOW different it would be!!! 

Sunroom

There's not much left of the beadboard or that stack of drywall.  You can't tell by the lumber in the floor that yesterday, it was stacked neatly along the wall on the left.

Orange walls... :-)

Not to worry!  It's only the waterproofing membrane.  http://www.schluter.com/index.aspx  It's been used on This Old House and several of the shows that Amy Matthews does for HGTV and DIY.  I was impressed with how it goes on the wall... almost like wall paper.  Of course, as a complete amateur at wallpapering, I have no idea how easy or how hard it is to put up wallpaper.  But, Amy Matthews makes it look easy!!! 

More bathroom...

Looking through the bathroom door.  The end of the Jacuzzi and edge of the shower.  There's a big window on the other side of the tub.  The shower is open on two sides.  There was only so much room in there. 

It's a bathroom!!! Well, almost.

Jan. 12, 2011...  Looking through the kitchen wall into the bathroom...  It is very exciting to walk through the cabin each evening and seeing what's been done that day.  Oops!  It's daylight in this photo.  After looking at the original, I took this before going to work.  :-) 

Too much snow...

That old barn has been there for a long time.  I was surprised to see it like this yesterday, but didn't have my camera.  I'd been meaning to get more pictures of it... I waited too long. 

Looks smaller now...

When I walked in there tonight, I noticed immediately, how much smaller it felt in there.  But it also is starting to feel more like a real house/cabin... home.  It's a mess right now, with all the dust from the drywall.  That will give me something to do on Sunday.  :-)  Surely, the guys won't mind if I clean up some of that???

Second bath...

That is the shower with greenboard on the left.  The insulation is around the HVAC closet/compartment.  There is a cabinet on the other side.  It was wasted space until I asked if we couldn't make it into a cabinet for towels and things needed in there.

This is where the vanity will be... with the toilet next to it under the window.  I'll have to see if I can get a picture of the cabinet space tomorrow evening. 
Hmmm... looks like John replaced a couple of boards??? 

Tub, shower & water closet...

Here's the Jacuzzi.  That sure would have been nice the last couple of days!!! 
I have 6" tile for the walls...  Oops!  I already posted that in the post... Porcelain tile...
Oh...  We have a new tile guy!  Terry will be here in the morning to get started!!!!  He was recommended by the guy where I bought the Schluter waterproofing system.  He's worked with it and knows how to install it properly.  And, he's a really nice guy.  After measuring everything to figure what he'll be doing, he stopped by the office to let me know.  :-)  Yes!  First impressions go a long way towards things working out... or not.  I can hardly wait til tomorrow night to see what he's done!!!!

The water closet...  Well... that sounds better than toilet.

It will be a while before that goes in.  We're quite a way from calling the plumber back to finish all that.  Gosh!  There are lots of things that go into building a house... or remodeling one!!!  While John is the carpenter, I guess I'm the coordinator???  or is that general contractor?  And I'm the one who has a hard time picking out colors!!!!   

The shower...  For so long, this has been just a bunch of studs with some insulation between them.  Now, it actually looks like a shower!!!  Tomorrow night, there may even be a floor in there!!!!

Greenboard bathroom...

Wednesday, John, the carpenter, and his new helper got part of the bathroom done!!!  It is looking really good!  But, it's making the cabin look lots smaller.

View from back porch

 Looking NE from the back porch... Usually there is a flat topped hill on the other side of the lake, but with the snow, visibility is not that far.

More snow...

This is from our back door...  A cup of coffee would have tasted good about then.  It was so quiet out there...