Changing fast

In the house the crew is busy and things are changing quickly once more. Matt is clearly defining the rooms as he puts the sound insulation in all of the interior walls. The long vistas through the walls are now gone! The house is quickly getting a lot quieter as well.

Upstairs, Hailey put some time in painting the concrete ceiling in the dining room. That too makes a big difference in how things look. The warm, cream colored paint really brings out the gentle and soft texture of the hand troweled plaster. It looks very "old world" - just like we intended. When the LED indirect lighting is installed it will be pure magic I'm sure!

By the time I'm back at the end of the week the house interior will look very different! I can hardly wait!

-grampa dan

Inside job

In the house things continue to progress. Matt finished stapling the mesh to the hallway ceiling. Now it is ready for the concrete. 

The hallway is fifty four feet from one end to the other and goes between the living and dining room. With the mesh on it looks different and not at all nine fet tall. The hallways are all four feet wide to make sure the house is wheelchair accessable should we need it in the future. Heres a pic from either end. The wide angle lens of the camera makes it seem longer than it really is.

Once Matt was finished the stapling he began the task fo stuffing the insiulation into the inside walls. He started in the master bedroom. The rooms were instantly defined and the house changed once more before in a few minutes.

It looks more like a house every day!

-grampa dan

COLOR!

In the middle of this coming week I have to travel to the east coast to a sign conference for a speaking engagement. That means I have to plan ahead and line everything up to keep our crew busy with work. One of the jobs to be done is the painting of the curved ceilings in the house. That meant we had to get serious about picking the last of the colors for the house. Flooring, counter, cabinet and trims had already been narrowed down. The wall colors were the choice of the day. So we gathered at the kitchen table and brought out all the samples along with the paint chips and sat down for a little fun. Current decorating trends weren't on our minds, nor did we have any magazines open for reference. This house is all about what we enjoy and little more.

We looked at every color combination imaginable, from mild to wild and everything inbetween. It was a great discussion with some wildly varying options and opinions to be sure. In the end we were in agreement. So what did we choose?

Stay tuned to see.

-grampa dan