Memorial Day 2012

Memorial Day weekend in Montana was cold and...snowy. :(  That made for some indoor activities for the kids and me and plenty of time for CK to work on the house.

 CK has been a tiling maniac these past few weeks and the master bathroom is really looking good.  Reese, Asher and I took a trip to the house yesterday to inspect the progress.

 view from the doorway entering the bathroom; once you walk through that opening, the shower is on the right and the toilet on the left

 CK cut all the travertine from the larger 18" x 18" pieces

 this is the view from the loft looking down

 slightly different view, the flooring will be carpet/hardwood pretty soon

 and turning to your right looking down from the loft.  from left to right doorways- mudroom, steps downstairs to basement, steps upstairs to 2nd floor

 Dad, I can't quite climb this...yes, Asher, that was by design

House updates

CK has been very busy on the house and it's starting to look...well, almost finished.  Here are some updated pictures from today:

This is the main floor bathroom- grey tile

 and...wait for it...we have a toilet!  One of the biggest milestones yet ;)

 We love our knotty alder doors.  This is the finished pantry (just outside the kitchen) in the middle, playroom door to the right and master bedroom door to the left

 CK built the loft railing so the kids can finally roam around upstairs without me having heart failure.  Looks pretty spiffy, no?

 Asher loves going to the "new house" now because there are endless tools to play with.

 CK started putting in the wood floor, this is the dining room area

 Kitchen floor tile in and boxes of hardwood floor waiting to be installed around it

 This is the entryway.  There will eventually be a front door in that back wall but it's drywalled for now since the drop outside is about 30 feet.  door on the right goes to the mudroom/laundry room/garage

 Asher in the mudroom door

 Laundry room, this is a pocket door that CK is rigging to open per a motion sensor.  Sounded like a great idea when I thought he was doing it for himself but he's assured me that even the fancy self-opening door won't encourage him to do more laundry.  Oh well.  CK also tiled the platform where the Washer/Dryer will go as you can see.

 A closer look at the mudroom floor (same as kitchen and main bathroom)

 CK also built the railing going upstairs past the dining room

 Playroom floor is in- this room needs trim and then it will be the first to be DONE.

 New fridge is in place.

 Master bath travertine floor

 And...the grand finale...my Mother's Day gift.  What every woman wants- a new man-lift.

 CK decided to take Reese, Asher and Grandma on a little test ride

 Asher's face is pretty priceless

 Not sure what I think about this thing, Dad