THE COMPLETION PROCESS

 5-25-11

Today all 5 of our toilets and sinks are operational.  Alana cooked in are new kitchen for the first time.  We are almost there.

 Master bath shower above, and downstairs powder room sink

Guest bathroom sink

Guest bathroom tub

Master bath jacuzzi

In 3 hours, the granite counter tops were installed.  The pictures do not do them justice.

The interior painting is almost done.  Just the trim is left.  When the scaffold comes out of the master bedroom, I will post pictures of it.  This is a picture of the connection to the original house.

The new stairwell is shaping up.  I plan to stain them.

The downstairs floors.

The interior solid mahogany doors are installed.

The downstairs break through has occurred.  Billy was able to put in an arch, just like the original.  There will be 4 arches altogether.

Check out the range hood.

The downstairs fireplace will look great with the 100 year old refurbished mantle. 

Above we have the master bedroom fireplace in the making, and below, a look through from the new connector into the new kitchen/living room.

 The dormer is going in

On 1 March it was 10 degrees and a blizzard. On 6 March, when these pictures were taken, it was sunny and 70 degrees.











1 March I came home from Australia just in time for a blizzard. But I found that Rose Construction came through again, as they finished the siding and the master bedroom balcony before the storm.









The custom screen door really accents the porch.

After expert custom grading , the sod is now in. Yeah!! The dogs will not track mud in anymore.
A view from the upstairs balcony to be


Can you tell where the hot tub is going?



Billy came to the rescue again and installed temporary stairs while we are waiting for the permanent stairs to be produced.




After about 80 hours, the windows and most of the doors are stained.

Kitchen corner


Our new front porch screen door (without a screen) got into these pictures.



Living room

Upstairs master bathroom
The windows and doors are in, along with the custom trim. It turns out that the balcony doors did not have to wait for the balcony. Yeah!






The Pella windows and doors came on Thursday, 19 September, and by the time I got home from California Friday night, all the windows were installed. Another miracle performed by Rose Construction. Unfortunately, the French doors on the bedroom balcony will have to wait until the balcony is done.



The windows have been installed in the connector





Preview of the roof terrace views







Our fearless contractor, Billy Rose, climbed up to the roof before there were stairs.



The connector framing is almost done, with the roofing on.







The porches are almost complete.





Bemba is walking through what was our bedroom closet, and into the addition on the second floor.



The connection of the two structures begins...



Zeebo explores the new living room



Zeebo and Mary explore the first floor



The beginnings of the kitchen



Zeebo and Mary are done exploring



Billy Rose, our on site contractor, friend, and possibility provider, looks out our master bedroom balcony to be. All of the temporary framing of the modules had to be removed to enable this shot.

The modules are delivered with the plumbing, electrical wiring, light switches, recessed lighting, and partial sheetrock primed and painted.



The cathedral ceiling of the master bedroom.



Looking into the master bath.



The walk in closet and bedroom door. If you look at the bottom of the bedroom door, you will see the ladder we used to get up to the second floor.