Concrete Polishing

After the last of the mudding and sanding we began the clean up, which involved lifting the protective cardboard covering we had over the concrete floors. This proved well worth it in minimizing the clean up.

Grinding and polishing concrete floors is an amazing process that transforms something ordinary into something beautiful. We chose to keep the natural coloring of the concrete to allow for the natural variations to be visible.

The smooth floor is a great surface to see daylight move around the house.

Our kids are loving the polished concrete and making use of them for their personal dance floor.

We are anxious to eventually get to the final stair treads. The contrast of the wood to the concrete floors give the stairs a very active almost growth like aesthetic.

Sheetrock

The end of January saw the house insulated, and in February the sheetrocking began.

This is always an interesting phase because the rooms really begin to take form. No longer can distant rooms be spied through framed walls, but we begin to see the rooms defined as intended. Light and shadow also begin finding surface to be cast across.

We finally got to see the framed ceilings that will be staying exposed, set against sheetrocked walls, a contrast we are liking.

Sheetrocked returns on all the window jambs minimize the frame of the window and give a clean modern look. The white jambs will also reflect additional light.

This was a big milestone, not only for finally seeing the spaces take shape, but for all the work that is hidden behind the walls.

January

January was a time of completion for a lot of things, but perhaps for us the biggest was the windows that finally arrived and were installed.

Christine and I continued with sanding and spent some time building stairs as well.

The rough-in of electrical, plumbing and mechanical was completed. Here we enjoy some later hours provided by lighting in the house.

I have a lot of work ahead of me up in these trusses, with the construction of what I am calling "light tubes", but for now I will just enjoy them as they are.

Once all the rough-ins were completed we did a family cleaning to prepare for the next stage of the game- insulation and sheetrock.

After going up and down ladders for the last several months, stairs are a great thing. These treads are temporary until we are through the messy work of sheetrocking. Now, I am almost caught up with posts to date. Sheetrocking is currently in process and hopefully I will have those photos posted soon.