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.

Sanding

As the house became enclosed and protected from the weather we began to turn our eyes to the wood we were leaving exposed in the house. Christine and I have spent hours sanding beams and columns and we have hours yet ahead of us. The elements are not particularly kind to wood, and once you see how beautiful it is after sanding you just can't stop.

Concrete Floors

I am skipping over the installation of the sub slab insulation and hot water tubing since I don't have great pictures of those, but I wanted to give a brief look at when the concrete slabs were poured in the house. A flat, hard surface is a beautiful thing when you have been tramping around on gravel for months.