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.

Colorado

Sam and David are having a great time in Colorado this week. Snowboarding at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and snowmobiling around Frisco. These were fast snow machines!

Cabinet Sample

Here is my spalted maple and cherry kitchen cabinet sample door. Pretty cool, huh? When Bob Newman showed us the spalted maple in his shop I started looking into ways to use it to create an unusual cabinet design. When I saw the kitchen that Michael Seward created I knew that we had found our look. Only 9 doors are made this way...the rest of the kitchen is curly cherry.

What A Week!

Wow, an exciting week of changes! Cedar shingles on the front dormer, the front door being installed, ceilings in the kitchen and master bath, drywall taped and finished downstairs, framing started on the main log staircase, framing of the Master bedroom closets, interior doors and flooring were delivered, etc, etc etc. Yippee!

New Sconces!

These sconces are for the front door. After the Scottsdale Art Factory fiasco, I changed to another style completely.

Main Floor Video Walkthrough

Walk through the main level of the house!

Drywall - A BIG Change

The house now has most of the drywall up which really changes everything about the feel of the house. No more looking from one side to the other to see it...now you actually have to walk into other rooms!

Bob Newman started our kitchen cabinets last week. By Wednesday he had about six base cabinet boxes built. This kitchen is really going to be different and exciting to me. We did make a few changes (like ditching the white fireclay farm sink) because I feel like we are getting too many elements happening in the kitchen. We're now going with a stainless farm sink with customization by C & J Metals.