Progress

Look at the guest home changes that have occurred! It is coming right along and we love it more and more every time we go. We simply can't wait to be here. The peace and quiet are unexplainably serene and when I stand still my ears echo a ringing. What a wonderful place it will be to sit and be still... I love it. This afternoon we heard a hoot owl chit-chatting away- probably talking about the weather and how happy he is the sun came out today. Then Ken pointed out a Mockingbird... the sounds you do hear are all of nature. I can't wait to grow old out here, ...and write my first children's book to the sound of owls and mockingbirds.

The cast stone came in this past week and they have begun setting it. I am so excited about this detail because it looks so clean. It will go around the front doors and windows.

This is a perspective from the kitchen/breakfast room looking down the pantry hall into the garage. The garage still has spray-foamed walls and that is what you see there in the middle of this picture. All the sheet rock and tape and bedding is nearly complete. Next step, the wall texture man will come paint a primer in the whole house to assure all the walls are completely smooth. I have requested absolutely no texture on any wall- smooth as a baby's tushy. Everything I've heard, this is a very difficult thing to accomplish but with lots of time and an experienced workmanship from the crews it will finish beautifully. We have been very pleased with all the crews thus far. They've all done an excellent job.

This is the dining room and entry way. The doors will be stained dark and the floors will be a mix of wood, marble and travertine.
View out the front door. It is just a plus that my sweet handsome husband is there in the view. We are surrounded by beautiful sky-high trees... which equals critters and bugs, which equals squeals out of me, which equals jars on them to trap them and sit until Ken comes home. Hopefully with all the foam insulation, Ken even wanted the interior walls insulated, those critters/bugs don't stand a chance to get inside. I'm sure the word will get out to them all that I don't kill them so they will probably rally together to get inside and take over. I better stock up on my jars.
This view is looking into the family room/kitchen area. I put transoms above the openings of the main areas to keep it all open and bright with light.

In Ken's man room we saw this sweet little drawing someone took the time to do. It's drawn on the sheet rocked wall. Down in another area Ken found this one. We giggled that is was labeled, "prototype".



The back porch... the stone columns haven't been made yet- we won't have those wimpy wood sticks holding up that twelve foot ceiling... The entire back of the house has eight foot casement windows so we can look out and see all the momma deer teaching their babies to run away from red lasers, walking trees and wooden stands.

How was your New Years? Drop a comment if you did something fun! I'd love to hear!

Lots of love,
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