Weeks of Dec. 15th, 21st, 28th, Jan 4th & 11th - PICTURES: If you click on these they will enlarge & you can see a lot of detail. As you can see our grass (actually sweet peas & oats) are coming in & most of the interior work is now finished. Wow, have I been bad about keeping up with this blog or what? The holidays, company before, during & after, and get togethers with friends along with the ongoing log home work kept us so busy we could hardly see straight! Except for a day or two off for Xmas & New Year's Day, our "guys" worked straight through the holidays as did we. Here's what was done: 1) Drywall painting - all done, but it needed a second coat so we paid the guys a couple of hundred dollars to do that (not bad, huh?); 2) Floor tile - all finished except for the final sealing & looking good; 3) Hardwood Flooring - the guys complained that our wood was NOT #1 select grade and was harder to put down that it should have been, but it looks gorgeous. They used #30 roofing felt under it to moisture proof it and cut down on squeaks, etc. We had enough left over from our roofing to handle it except for one roll (about $30); 4) Trim - This is now almost finished & has been the most time consuming thing so far. It is a lot trickier to trim out round logs than drywall plus the guys had to clear coat stain it first. We have stained the interior logs a light honey for some contrast, leaving the trim natural and clear coating it; 5) Cabinets finished & installed (they are natural hickory) & the workmanship is simply wonderful!). All of our appliances have been delivered and are sitting in the dining room area waiting to be installed; 6) Doors & door knobs - all hung now & Norman and I finished sealing (clear coat) the interior doors this past weekend; 7) Crawl space door built & hung. Issues: Our front & mudroom doors should have been completed finished before hung as now the temporary doors won't fit and we will probably have to hang plastic or put up cardboard to cover the doorways so the doors can be brought inside where it is warm enough to varnish them. Also, we still don't have any heat other than kerosene heaters, which has become very expensive. Our electrician was a no-show last week and we are waiting on him to handle this. We got permission from our county building inspector to go ahead and get the heat turned on without a final inspection, as we have to keep the house warm because of the wood (and because the weather is now occasionally below freezing!). When do we move in? We are behind schedule about a month and THINK all will be done in a week or so. Our granite subs came by last week to measure & should be cutting our granite today. We ordered special made wooden outlet covers because of the round logs & they should be here this week. We will be tiling the area above our kitchen cabinets, but that could be done later as it is not under our mortgage. Ditto the hot tub, which is sitting in our rental house waiting for the weekend we have time to assemble it. We have been unable to stain any of the porch rails & spindles because of the rainy, cold weather, so this may also happen after we move in. After the granite & final trim is done, as well as the final electrical & plumbing hookups, we will then have to wait on the state electrical inspector, building inspector, mortgage inspector, and appraiser before we can even set a closing date, so it looks like it will probably be February before we move in.
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