Insulation

Keeping me warm and toasty!

Interior walls

They are slowly going in.  These walls will not get dry wall.  Here is the OSB that will go under the tongue and groove boards. 

Log Home here we come!

If we could we would have made this any actual full log home. It just isn't in the cards for us for a few reasons and truthfully that is ok. We have started the long process of adding the log siding. I can't wait to see how it looks when it's done. The color is a little bright right now because it's been treated with stains and sealants but the color should mellow after a few seasons of being weathered.

I love this view.  It makes it feel real to me finally.

Corner Posts

We got the siding and the process is starting.  Here are the corner posts that make the siding all work together. 

My front yard

Jesse has been spending a lot of time evening out the ground around the house to get ready for having a yard in the spring.  I can't wait to see green grass instead of brown mud! 

Our furry friends

Here is furry friend #1 Kayla with our furry friend #2 Nate.  (He'll give me heck about saying that later.)  Kayla is the only furry friend that will probably ever be allowed in our house since Steve is not a "pets in the house" kind of guy.  It was sure fun having her around for a few days though.  She's adorable!!!

I just love to look at it this way!

The house that coil built

That's what T-Bone says anyway.  Steve and I both like the look of windows and doors wrapped in coil.  It's big at the beach, but there it is usually white.  We saw it all over Montana when we went on our honeymoon.  Out there it was often blue or green to match the tin roof.  We just love the blue. (If you don't like blue you may not ever want to visit me.  It's a pretty common theme throughout!)  There is a lot of coil fascia and a lot of soffit on this house. 

Floors

Here is the very first installment of flooring in my home.  Jeff is ready to go with my tile.  Oh that is if I ever pick any.  Up until this point I hadn't seen any that was even close to what I wanted.  Apparently though, Lowes has a whole chart with tile that no one ever seemed to find important enough to tell me about.  My darn contractors!

Flappin in the breeze

Again, thanks to the hurricanes my house needs a temporary fixture, a tarp. Without it the strong winds might huff and puff and blow my house in.

Bringin' it in...

Gotta have electricity and water. With all these hurricanes and tropical storms you would think we would have learned to do without it but that is definitely not the case. Here is the trench that will bring in all my necessities, including cable. lol

Warm and Toasty Piggies

I am so excited to have radiant heat in our floors. Here is the tubing that makes me have warm piggies.

The Poop Deck

That's a ship word right?  Well here is my poop deck (I mean sand mound) . LOL 

All I need now is a Welcom Mat

Oh and a front door that actually opens. LOL We got the doors in now. They are not the correct color yet because it was an extra $600 for them to finish them. We will do it later. Don't try to get in yet though because Steve has them nailed shut on the inside with a 2x4. (He's afraid the kids will keep going in and out and slamming them. Not our girls...LOL)

Too Funny

I was told today that if Cabela's and Bass Pro Shop got together and had a baby...that would be my house!  I thought that was pretty funny, and kind of accurate.  That is the look we were going for I guess so we must have done something right.

Strange

Every day I walk through my house.  I take pictures and look at pictures of my house.  I am asked to make decisions about my house. But I still don't feel like it's my house.  It's strange really.  Steve has always been a project guy.  He always had a project and I always hung around watching the project take shape.  This is no different.  I feel like it is a project.  One that is beautiful and amazing.  But I don't have that feeling that I will in fact be living there...actually living there...in a few months.  I keep telling myself that reality but it just doesn't seem to sink in.  Oddly there have been a few occasions where the feeling slips in.  All have been in moments when I am cleaning it.  For instance the other day I was shop vaccing all the saw dust.  In that moment it felt like a reality, like this was my house and I was living in it.  I know it is coming and I am super excited.  Here's hoping when move in day arrives I finally get the feeling that this is home.  

It's Heating Up in here!

Or maybe cooling down, I'm not sure. Either way, this duct work will bring us some much appreciated heating and cooling on those hot/cold, summer/winter months.

Smurfs?

Nope, no smurfs here. Those little blue things are the electrical boxes. I'm picturing Tim Allen on Home Improvement saying More Power, Arr, arrr, arrr.