7th Inning Stretch

Apparently, I haven't posted any pictures of the back of the front door...and this is the only one I have.  Since it's backlit, it is difficult to get a good picture, I'll try to get a better one tomorrow.  Hopefully, you are able to see that it has the same trim and header as the windows.

As you walk into the entry, the coat closet is to your right.  The closet ended up being deeper than most closets, so there are two shelves and it will have two coat racks.  This way, coats that are used less frequently can be stored at the back. (The builder's must have discovered that I love coats almost as much as I love staying warm.) 

It reminds me of the wardrobe the children travel through in the Narnia books.

Turning around from the front door and looking at the stairs, you can see the trim is complete on the bottom of the stairs as well as on the top of the wine room.

Here's a view of the top of the wine room.  The beams mimic the ones in the living room and will be stained to match them as well.

Here's a view of the inside of the wine room without the counter installed.

This picture was taken looking up at the top of the wine room shelves; you can also see the beams in the ceiling.

And here's a view looking at the lower wine room shelves, with a peek at the floor.

Here is my favorite part of the wine room.  The floor is made from reclaimed wine barrels. It is covered in dust and I didn't have a broom-I'll take a better picture for you tomorrow. You should be able to see the markings in the floor from the outside of the wine barrels printed on the boards.

When I stopped by after work, the plumbers were there trying to decide exactly what they need to do about the bathtub plumbing.

First of all, they need to turn my tub around.-the pipes go at the back.  Hopefully, tomorrow they will bring the jackhammer and get the pipes in the correct location so the tile guys can come back and finish the tile job.  So far, they've only dug some dirt out of the hole.

Apparently, we are down to about 5 weeks of work.  Today we picked out interior wall colors and we finally made a decision on the exterior stucco color: "lion's mane," which is a warm yellow color.  We have been going back and forth between this color and grey.  Tonight, we are sure we will make it  lion's mane; hopefully tomorrow we will feel the same way!

Wednesday, I will meet with Dana and the girl who will do faux finishing on some of the interior walls.  After that, we will need to confirm the kitchen cabinet stain color (which we are fairly firm on, already), and decide on our landscaping.

We are in the home stretch of this homebuilding thing!