Lights, Beams, and More!

So, apparently more people are actually checking out this blog than I thought:)  I've gotten a few complaints from people who have noted that I haven't posted any new photos since August 8th.  I apologize. We've been too busy sitting out on our new deck gazing at the beautiful Montana view. Here are the newest photos.

We have some, but not all, of the outdoor lighting in. 

 

How about these beams?! They are from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard which was established in 1852. Roy is very excited because there is apparently a ghost of Mare Island. The history says that the island was named in 1835 by General Mariano Vallejo, the Mexican Commandant for Northern California. He named it "Isla de la Yegua," or Mare Island. According to legend, the general's white mare had fallen overboard from a barge during transport across the Carquinez Strait, only to reappear days later ashore. We thank Brian McDonough (and RC) for these fabulous beams:) For more details on the history of Mare Island check out: http://discovermareisland.com/history/

The rest of the interior lights should be added this week, but as you know, the most important part of the entire house is the deck.  You can see above that the tongue and groove ceiling has been completed on the covered deck.

   

And all of the Trex decking has been completed so that I can now have my Starbucks Via coffee with Cinnabon creamer on the deck each morning with my lovely husband, Roy.  It is going to be difficult to leave:(

Looking Like a House!

This week, I went off to California to meet my new district and take care of the paperwork that allows me to become a credentialed California teacher.  By some means, I have to prove that I am highly qualified...any suggestions? 

Courtyard:)

Anyway while I was away we acquired a new garage door and this fun new concrete leading up to the house and also in the courtyard between the original aparterage and new house. I hear that it is a seamless Italian slate stamp that is used to fancy up concrete.  I definitely love it. 



The drywallers are finished!  The basement/garage was primed and painted.  They texturized the walls upstairs and they should be painted this week.  

The siding is complete except for one wall out on the covered porch, and the decking has begun.  We used pebble grey Trex composite decking in the hopes that it will last forever like our siding. 



It was so nice to come back from California and see the house really looking like a house!