Day 90 - Stair rail, post etc.

Exciting day today. We meticulously planned out how we wanted the finished stairs to the basement to be surrounded with a partial half wall and partial rail and post system. I drew it all out and brother Cameron had it made EXACTLY as envisioned. It's beautiful and we LOVE it! Had to get it installed today as carpet starts tomorrow. There better not be a mark on it when they leave! The half wall was capped with wood stained to match our kitchen. The rail and post etc was stained the color as well. Thanks again to Cameron for addressing a color issue and getting it to come out the right color.

Spent hours cleaning the floors before carpet guys arrive tomorrow. It's not that I didn't trust them to clean them thoroughly before putting down the padding, well....ok... that is why. After cleaning, we drew a special note on the great room floor for everyone that's helped along the way. It's at the bottom of the pics.

Day 88 Counter Tops and Final Plumbing

Busy, busy day today. And for your viewing pleasure, my wife and I decide to have a contest to see who could take the worst pictures. I'd call it a tie.

Our granite tops were installed today. They look fantastic. We are extremely pleased.
Special thanks to Josh and Chris!

 Plumbers showed up and installed everything except our custom sink fixtures as the tops weren't complete and the plumbers couldn't get in to do them. Looks like that's my next project.

My brother stopped by to help finish wiring the switches for the lights we added in the garage and the exterior flood lights. He totally saved my bacon tonight. Thank you brother Ronald!

Sister Renee and brother Cameron saved the day by making a last minute laundry deck box to raise the laundry machines being delivered tomorrow. We will add drawers to it later for storage. Sweet!

 support brackets

shower can lit up nice and pretty

 Laundry Deck

Garage sink. Booyah!!

Day 84 Vinyl flooring

Today saw most of the vinyl flooring installed. Also the laminate wood in the foyer was started. Both should be finished up tomorrow. Carpet won't be until next week at this time until counter tops are installed and the plumbers come back to finish up. That will keep the carpet from getting dirty.
Vinyl guy did a great job. All the lines are straight with the walls and the seam in the kitchen is not noticeable.

 Main Bath

 Flooring inspector checking out wood laminate.

 Master Bath

 Kitchen

Day 83- sub floor

Today the sub flooring was put in for the areas that get vinyl and wood laminate flooring. There will be no sub flooring for the carpeted areas.

Day 82 - I need more power Scottie!

And lo on the 82nd day we beheld all that hath been wrought and sayeth: Let there be light! And there was light. Our electricians have wired the panel in the basement and we checked all the lights and outlets in the house. Everything worked perfectly. Feels good to see the house powered up. Step 1 of operation Hostile Planet Takeover is complete! Now on to phase 2 (mwah-hahaha)!

 3 deer visiting

 1st vehicle parked in my garage. I know what you're thinking. It IS a tight fit. Should have went bigger!

 And now Buddy Bill's hogging up space.

 Under cabinet lights working like magic.

 New great room fan.

Day 80 (August 4th)

Sunday has come and I spent the day doing misc. projects. Dug our hole for our mailbox and cemented the post in. Attached box at the end of the day. Mowed my yard for the 1st time. And by yard I mean thick nasty weeds that have grown through the mud over the course of the monsoon. I mean spring and summer. In the house I installed and wired all my under cabinet lights. Turned out perfect. Finished up by hanging a new ceiling fan in the great room to circulate some air in that large open space. Very busy boy today.

 Look how nice the fire hydrant looks with freshly maincured weeds around it.

Now all the bill collectors have a place to send their hate mail. Awesome!

Day 77 - Trim continued

Trim guys got most of the trim finished up. Stairs to basement from garage are in now. White posts are added to porch.