hardwoods and house stalking...

How fun is it to be talking about hardwood flooring...I actually cannot believe that the day has come and I no longer see concrete on the first floor!  Right now, I can mainly see the sub floor, which is wood but not the pretty kind, but it sure is a great change.

But, check out the progress of the house.  The exterior is complete except for painting the trim and flap boards.  The stucco turned out beautifully!

I tried to capture a couple of different angles...below is taken from the garage looking toward Cortez.

Taken from front left (you can see the potty in the bottom left of the picture for those of you who have been following from the very beginning...).

Taken from the back courtyard.  The flapboards require us to choose a color - now that the gray stucco is complete, we can grab a couple of different samples to make the final decision.  We are thinking a darkish gray color...not too dark, but definitely a contrast that will bring all of the colors together.  Only two areas require this color and they are aren't really visible from the front or side of the house.

If you look really closely, I kind of gave a preview of the subfloor.  We chose hickory for the flooring and are leaning toward using a finish that brings out the natural color of the wood.  We haven't really made up our minds, but we have made up our minds about the sheen...we are going with a low sheen finish.  I am not sure what the technical term for this is...

The subfloor looks great!

And, below you can see the blue line that will be the start of a beautiful thing.  You can also see the unfinished wood - so pretty! 



And there is a lot of wood that has to be installed...

Oh, and a very interesting aspect of the home building process is all of the friends we have met...as they have been stalking the house!  We have met some neighbors, we have met some strangers, we have met all kinds of folks just walking around the house and checking out the floor plan and the progress.

We are actually the biggest stalkers though...we have worn out the roads between our house and the new house.  I have finally broken myself of the habit of taking the long way back home...which is a huge win for me!

But, now...even we cannot stalk our own house!!!  It is locked up!  We tried to go look at the progress late last night and found a lock on the door and all other doors locked...just another indicator that we are really going to have a finished house soon!!!



Please don't be offended if you are one of the many house stalkers...we have found it awesome that folks have visited and not one single thing has been vandalized...I hope that I do not jinx anything! 

We are looking forward to inviting all of you over once we have a completed home - we have never had a housewarming party before and our first is going to be somewhat of a blowout...well, at least for a couple of consulting nerds! 

Stay tuned...