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Deep green leathered granite similates the look of slate. This turned out beautifully.

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Pearl Green Leathered Granite

Not an easy thing to photograph but this is our granite! I love how it looks like soapstone but has the great feel that only a leathered granite has. When we made the decision to go with the spalted maple and cherry cabinets, we immediately limited our choices in the countertop world! We considered soapstone, which would look amazing and feels fantastic but I didn't feel that I wanted to deal with maintaining it. Limestone was also briefly considered but I just didn't feel comfortable with it's properties as a kitchen surface. Granite is so easy to live with but most of it is highly polished and multicolored and I really felt that our log kitchen needed a dull, plain counter finish. Mont Granite in Pittsburgh finally located this granite and brought in 4 slabs for us to see. It's a definite match with it's green coloring blending perfectly with the green cast that the spalted maple has. Rocktops/Jones Stone came in last Saturday to template and we will have our kitchen counters in about two weeks!

April 10

The Naytura lights installed. I'm pretty sure they're my favorite thing about the house!
The view from the front door. Soon, soon.

We are getting so close...

Log Window Trim
The loft
Isabel's adorable bunny sconces from Iron Age Crafters
More of the loft

Two huge additions underway - the kitchen and the log stairs!

This week the first of the gorgeous cabinets from Bob Newman were installed. We are thrilled with them! The cabinets are cherry boxes with curly cherry drawer fronts and lower doors and the upper doors are covered with spalted maple that Bob has had in his shop for ten years. Apparently no one ever had the desire to use worm rotted wood in their kitchen around the lake but something about it seemed so cool to us. I started researching things made from spalted maple and I realized that, in small amounts, it would be a great addition to the kitchen. It's really a pretty contrast to have the rich cherry wood with the light colored spalted maple.

The big log stairs are also now partially in.

Check out the trim work

Master Bedroom

Lakeside wall of living room

Guest lav by front entry

Here's something you haven't seen...

The house with all the windows in! This week there was lots of trim work done and the two front windows that have been waiting for the final stair elevations to be configured are in! This lets lot of northern light into the house. It's so bright and cheerful!

Lots of new woodwork!

The tree in the center is now sanded and sealed.

The beginnings of real stairs up to the loft.

Ava looking for squirrels.

Coming along...

This week's additions include sanding and sealing of logs, installation of interior doors and painting on the main floor. The paint color is a soothing honey color that really goes nicely with the logs. The slate for the front porch has also been delivered. One of these weeks we'll have stairs up to the loft...

Lighting Suppliers

I honestly think that I have looked at several million different light fixtures for this house. Some of the manufacturers that we have had build lights for us are below. It was important to me to use American lighting manufacturers and we have found some of the best! The companies that I can recommend are:

www.marklandforge.com
www.naytura.com
www.hubbardtonforge.com
www.cherokeeironworks.com
www.hammerton.com
www.ironagecrafters.com

Interior Changes

Lots of wood on the interior with the addition of the ceiling planking and the finish flooring. Now that it's March we are getting very excited about using the house this summer!

Exterior Trim

On the outside of the house we have some window and door trim installed. The house is looking more and more like a finished product.