January 30, 2013: Priming the stucco and stair nearly complete

The painters started priming the stucco today.  The weather is excellent.
The stair crew have completed their work.  The landings are to be done by the hardwood floor crew.  The wood is not stained yet.  We're thinking of staining the stairs a bit darker than the floors.

The painters are priming the stucco.  They either use just rollers or spray followed by backrolling.

A demonstration of the roller only technique.

The north side (driveway) priming is complete.

Inside, the stair work is complete.  Ready for the flooring crew.

Another picture of the stairs from the family room.

The girls bathroom is being tiled.  The tub surround has it's granite top installed.  The Porcelanosa Carrera Blanco is being installed on the walls.

Jason is doing the work.  Nice job!

Beth is checking out the stairs and fretting over what to do for lighting in the stairwell.  The skylight is proving the light in this picture.

January 26, 2013: Stair and floor progress

The stair crew and flooring crews have been working hard.  The wallboard is completed (I believe) and ready for priming.  We're finalizing the wall colors.  Since it's just paint it's not a critical as some other decisions.

The living room fireplace will have a granite hearth flush with the floor.  The floor crew framing it.

The stair crew have added the steps for the stairs.

Back to the living room.  This shows how the hardwood floor is installed.

This is the stack of hardwood flooring material for the house.

Another picture of the stair well progress from the laundry room side.

The window trim is completed.  Looks good.

This is a day or two later.  The flooring in the living room is installed.

The flooring in Cali's room is also done.

This is the progress on the stairs a few days later.  They are starting to construct the railing.

The floor in Alex's room is installed.

The late afternoon light was coming in through the glass block windows.  I thought it made a cool pattern on the wall.

The stairs from near the top.

The stairs from the top landing.

January 23, 2013: stucco done, hardwood installation starting

The stucco is complete.  Unpainted as yet.  The hardwood floor is being installed and the stair installation is starting.

The stucco is complete.  This is a sanded finish.  This is uncolored.

The hardwood floors installation has started.

Beth and Matt conversing.

The master bath now has doors.

Master bath from the other direction.  The doors and trim are being installed. The skylight works really well.

The stair crew has started.  There are poplar side pieces installed so far.

The stairs from another angle.

The back of the house with stucco completed.  The balcony still needs some finishing and decking.

The glass block windows for the master shower are completed.  Looks good.  This is from the balcony.

The north side of the house (driveway).  Things are getting cleaned up.

We're finalizing the design of the fireplace surround.  Granite and painted wood.  We'll use this picture for working up the design.

All the tiles and grouting is complete in the master shower.

The front of the house from across the street.

The large living room front window is getting its trim.

January 17, 2013: Tile, doors, texture and more

Things are progressing.  I've been trying to take pictures of everything, but I'm not always home when things happen.  Or the camera batteries run out. Or I need to work with the subs to make final decisions.

The pictures jump around a bit, but here is what happened over the last few days....

The sewer connection was completed and signed off.  The hole (more like a mini-mine) has been filled.

This picture is so that I can find the sewer clean-out later after landscaping is added.  I never knew where the old cleanout was till it was dug up.  I think it was under a few inches of dirt.

The master bedroom has been textured.  It's been cold here so the texture is drying a bit slowly.

We've been working on ideas for the fireplace.  We've found good pictures in the houzz site.  Francisco (cabinet) and Sandon (tile) have contributed good ideas too.

The doors are at-ease in the kitchen waiting for deployment.

The drywall finishers are working the great room.  Looks like they might be finishing the taping, but maybe they are starting the texturing.

The guest bath shower is being tiled.  There are two shelves in the back corner.

Sandon doing his magic on the master bathroom.  He's got the glass block windows installed.

With the glass block installed, the outside stucco can now be finished.

Texturing Alex's room.  This is a sort of old-world smooth finish.

Texturing the family room ceiling must be really tiring on the arms.

The master bath shower is nearly complete.  The floor and trim are installed.  The glass block wall, the granite seat and the grout will finish it.

The drain is rectangular and directly at the bottom of the seat.

Down stairs at the entrance to the laundry room.  This is what it looks like front lighted.

Same view with back light.  We got a glass door to let in the light from the ten-light door to the south facing side yard.

Out front the final coat of stucco is being applied.

I must've been walking in and out today.  Here is the guest bath shower.  It's looking more complete.

Back outside on the south side.  The second story part is complete.

The final stucco coat is finished with a sponge trowel.

Back to the guest bath again.  Jason is getting ready to install the trim.

Going upstairs I found the glass block wall had been installed.  The edge of it is on the left (above).

The master bath with all tiles (except baseboard tiles) and glass block installed.  Only grout and the granite seat remain.

Outside the master bedroom on the balcony the stucco guys are finishing the wire around the glass block windows.  The scratch coat gets applied, then the brown coat, then the final coat.  That will probably complete this week or weekend.

These are the wires for the bathroom floor heater.  The taped up wires are the sensor or control.  The power wires can be seen through the hole at the bottom of the wall.

The hall in the stairway from the family room.  One of the ten-light doors has been installed.  Looks good.  Next pictures should show most, or all the doors with trim.