Our bedroom with carpet

Wool carpet up close

Front bedroom carpet

Sunday morning breakfast

Elite Builders from Green Bay on the job

They are great guys and do awesome work! We highly recommend them.

Let the siding begin

Truck from Schmidt Lumber in Shawano

Cedar for porch

Pine prefinished ceiling and maple flooring arrive

The next step

Monday, Monday!

Brandon and the Elite Builders crew had some excitement today. One of the guys had a mishap with a razor knife and ended up at the hospital in Green Bay. We hope his hand heals quickly.
The rest of the crew continued to put up the siding and should be done with the basil siding today. The shakes are arriving tomorrow. The front porch is next.

Dave Pethan got the carpeting done in the two upstairs bedrooms today. It looks great. He will most likely be doing the hardwood flooring as well in a couple weeks.

Peter has started on the downstairs shower area in preparation for Ray the plumber coming this Thursday or Friday. I am going over to take some pictures now and will add them later tonight.

Bathroom floor idea

Have you thought about something dark? I think the backsplash tile sort of reminds me of the picture of the sink basin...?

Yesterday Brandon and crew got three fourths of the ceiling done. They do outstanding work. Peter is overjoyed with their work! No fishing today for the guys, they are back at it this morning. I cleaned for a couple hours last night so they could walk and work today.

The electricians were there yesterday as well and had a productive day. It looks like a real house when there are not wires hanging out all over.

Peter got some paint to get some siding pieces ready to put up on Monday. I hope the shakes are here soon. I am anxious to see them on the house.

Carpet Monday too.

Hallway lighting

Bedroom sconce

More switch plates-exciting

Where they will start today

Another view of bedroom side

Bedroom sconces up

All cleaned up and ready for a new day

Bedroom side ceiling finished

We have real electricity

Electrical work today

Dean Sixel's guys were here this afternoon to finish up the wiring. Elite Builders continues to do the siding. We needed to make decisions about the screen porch and the shake siding on the front of the house around the front porch. Peter is trying to do cement work in Marinette and keep his sanity as all the work happens here. I don't know how he does it. I just have to teach and drop in to clean up and see all the progress that is being made. It is exciting!

Where's the grass for mowing?

We do have some grass that did not get destroyed during construction, so we had to mow today! 70 degrees and a beautiful day! This picture shows the basil color the best.

Basil - Sherwin Williams

This is where the steps will go up the hill

Patio view

Taken with flash at night

The siding is darker than it appears here. I think the flash makes it look lighter. My first impression was, "It's darker than I imagined, but I like it." The color is Sherwin Williams Basil on Smartboard siding. It is applied at the factory.

A view from the back

One side done

The house is looking smaller, but nice.

Siding going on

Brandon and his guys from Elite Builders in Green Bay, came back to put the siding on the house. Whew! It looks really good. I was very nervous because picking the color had been difficult, ordering the Smartboard was tricky, and the weather had not been cooperating!
Peter has the front porch first step ready to poor-busy week!

Progress

Since Peter has returned from Texas, we are getting back on track at our house. We have the electricians, plumbers, Elite builders for the siding, and flooring ready to go. Peter and I have been insulating the basement and drywalling. The basement walls all have to be covered for code restrictions. We have decided to go ahead and do the flooring and finish the ceiling after we move in. It is very hard to move furniture until we do the hardwood, tile, and carpet. So, that will be next.
Dean, the electrician will come and finish the job, including putting up the light fixtures. That will be very exciting. Peter will be doing concrete this week, getting ready for the siding and the front porch. It smells terrific in our house with the cedar wood in the house which will be used for the front porch. Lots happening.

Back from Texas

We spent Spring Break in Lago Vista, Texas. My mother is in the process of getting her home ready to sell. Peter and I spent more than a week there enjoying the warm weather and working hard on the lawn, pool, cleaning, painting, and constructing. Now, back to work on our house.

Ah! A little spring on a gloomy Wisconsin day!

Thanks Emily! My classroom smells sweeeet!

Beautiful tulips

Thanks Jana! A nice April Fool Birthday treat!

Work supplies

More moving day mess-downstairs bedroom

Closet?

Cool vinyl for laundry area and downstairs bath

Downstairs bedroom

Basement stairs with no railing

Hallway

Living room with wheel barrow

Bikes in front bedroom

Our bedroom

Silverware drawer-I need to go to IKEA!

Remember no sink cut out yet

There are very small speckles that you can't see

I like the beveled maple edge on the front and back

Counter top without the sink opening

The vessel sink.

We are looking for tile for the bathroom that will not fight with this sink.

Side view of lights.

There are seven of these lights.

One of the sconces

All the lighting

Reality Pictures

This is what the house looks like with all our stuff moved in. Bicycles in the front bedroom, living room furniture in our bedroom, kitchen stuff pushed into the pantry shelves and drawers, and the basement bedroom full of clothes, beds, and bathroom stuff. The rest of the house still has scaffolding, tools, drywall, and wood!

Counter tops are in-no foolin'

Today the kitchen counter tops were installed. I will try to get a picture tonight. They look really cool. There is a beveled edge with maple inserts. It looks like lots of space now, but the sink will take a big chunck out!