There has been a lot going on at the Harris house the past couple weeks.
The foyer and master bath tile have been grouted. Here is the foyer. We also sealed the grout, which should keep it protected.
Here is the Master shower & tub, complete with shower heads. This has grout, but I’m not quite finished with the caulking around the edges/corners. We are getting pricing for a glass enclosure.
Here’s our water heater. We have our electrical final scheduled for tomorrow. We needed the water heater installed for this inspection.
Our kitchen – notice the tile is not covered up and the faucet is installed. We also have the garbage disposal hooked up.
Our dishwaster . . . just kidding, Mom. Thanks for helping out this weekend, Mom & Dad.
Okay, here’s our real dishwasher, hooked up and ready to wash.
Let me show you the rest of our plumbing fixtures:
Double sink in the Jack & Jill Bathroom.
Under one of the sinks. We have to fix the toilet in this bathroom and then we should be ready for the final plumbing inspection.
The vanity and toilet all finished in the Hall Bath. These are now functional and we got our portolet hauled away – yippee!
The Master Bath Sink – this is one of two and the faucets are goosenecks, which is fun.
Master Toilet
We also finished the door going to the toilet room. This door gave us quite a bit of trouble, but it’s all fixed now.
The window sills are all in – thanks for helping us out, Nels!
Guest Bedroom. We kept the edges long in case we ever want to add casing around the windows later.
Dining Room. We ran the sills across double windows to make one large sill.
Our fireplace. This has been installed for awhile now, but it’s been covered up until recently. The hood in the bubble wrap inside goes over the blank spot above the doors.
There was a lot of painting and caulking completed this weekend too. Thanks to Adam’s dad for helping us out so much!! Up next: dirt and concrete for the front yard.
Master Tub.
Master Shower. The glass walls and door are going to make this area really come together.
Adam starting the foyer. We did the same layout as the kitchen, a diagonal brick pattern.
The completed foyer.
We also finished installing the interior doors. Here are the doors to closets off of the Master Bath.
Here is our laminate wood flooring. We have all the material delivered and the plan is to install it after the landscaping and driveway are complete.
We are officially not doing any more cutting inside the house – I don’t want saw dust on my new granite. So, we cleaned out the living room.
And we moved the saws into the garage. Here’s our new work station. We cleaned up the garage a bit, so this was a very nice improvement.
We began installing the plumbing fixtures yesterday. Here is the shower/bath in the Hall Bath. We also installed the sink faucet, but I forgot to get a picture.
And here is the Jack and Jill bath. The water heater is also installed. We should have the rest of the fixtures in soon.I love seeing all the finishes come together in our house. Let me show you some of the work that has gone in over the last couple weeks.
The mortar on the master shower floor, we got just the right slope and it's ready for tile.
Here is the tile and floor drain (covered with blue tape), everything still needs to be grouted. You can also see the marble threshold that the glass door will sit on.
We ordered the rest of our door trim and base boards. They are already primed, but I have been working on getting a final coat of paint on them so the installation is a little easier. Here’s my work station.
We took the temporary treads off the stairs and replaced them with the final treads – they are MUCH sturdier. We also started doing the trim and baseboards. We’ll be ready for carpet before we know it.
Adam installed this pocket door going from one of the bedrooms to a bathroom. Works great, still needs trim.
I installed all of the glass globes for our light fixtures. Here’s the hall.
The marble countertops were installed in the bathrooms on Monday. Here is the Hall Bath. Ignore the plastic, we're just trying to keep it protected.
The Jack & Jill Bath.
The Master Bath. I love my vanity area!
The granite was installed in the kitchen yesterday and it looks GREAT!! We couldn’t be happier. Enjoy the pictures.
Note the finished crown molding on top and the toe kicks on the bottom.
The cabinet in the corner has a glass front where I will display my fiestaware. We'll install that door later, to make sure it stays in one piece.
The bar is 18" wide and is very long. It'll be great to get chairs here and have a spot to hang out in the kitchen.
We're ready to finish up the tile and install plumbing fixtures. Then, the plan is to move outdoors to do the sprinklers, driveway and landscaping. Then, back inside to finish the flooring (we already have the wood laminate delivered) and trim. Then, it's DONE!! Simple as that.
We have been painting the doors and trim white. A special thanks to my parents for coming up last weekend to help paint. We have most of the doors and trim painted now and it’s looking great.
Here is our door painting station.
The doors in the study.
The door knobs are in.
We also fixed a leak under the garden tub by sweating copper – check out our handy-work.
The tile in the master bath is getting close to being done. The final product is going to look great!
The cabinets in the Master Bath are in and the cultured marble people came out today to measure for the bathroom countertops. They should be ready to install in 2 weeks.
Brian helped us install the kitchen cabinets. The cabinet boxes are in and we are working on the rest of the trim and filler pieces. Our cabinets are mostly installed . . . check it out!
Our wood floors and water heater are ready to be picked up. The list of things left to do is getting shorter . . . yay!
