Final Approval Granted October 24, 2018. Moved in November 3!

John working on the wet bar. 

Our guest bath.  Still need a mirror, towel bars

and toilet paper holder.

Guest bedroom.  Need curtains and dresser. 

Sal finishing the backsplash in the kitchen. 

Kitchen looking towards with deck with our second sink. 

Pantry area looking towards the deck. 

Love all the counter space. 

We eat a lot of meals at the bar. 

Close up of backsplash tile.  Partly shiny and matted

with a line between in random pattern. 

Love our view. 

Back deck.

There will be a dining table here. 

Enjoying the fireplace. Someday there will be a

TV over the fireplace.

Couch with piano behind. 

Looking towards the dining area. 

Need some wall art to go with Eames chairs and Noguchi table. 

Master bath finally has mirrors. 

The laundry area will be in the master bath.

Love our shower head. 

Window in shower. 

Walk in shower without door.  

Never thought I would enjoy chairs and couch

in master bedroom.  Nice place to hang out. 

Still need some bedroom décor. 

We do have a TV in the room with door to walk-in closet.

Looking towards the linen closet and master bath.

Joy's dog Hersey is feeling at home. 

Joy's bath cabinet and sink installed. 

 Joy's area complete with office.

John building his last cabinet for wet bar.

Hersey enjoying the fireplace.

This fall I planted thousands of milkweed seeds in the

front yard.  Hopefully they will come up and

attract many Monarchs.  

A spot for Joy's rhubarb.

 

Thanksgiving morning, moon setting over the Bay.

Heading south for a few months and return in the

spring to finish up miscellaneous stuff.

 

Items for Final Approval - Siding, Steps Front and Back, Stairs, Hatch, Drywall Garage

Siding being finished. 

Using a lift. 

 Also had eavestroughs installed with leaf protectors.

Finishing the front of the big garage. 

Siding on the south side. 

Looking good. 

They had fun moving the lift around in the sand. 

Finished south and east side. 

Back door steps installed. 

Front of big garage looking good.

Nice on the deck level.

They did a great job.

Ordered gravel to put under the deck and other places.

Compacted sand prior to adding gravel.

Cement next year after done settling.  

Joy moving some of the gravel.

Used square patio stones for in front of the doors.

Southside and front view. 

Still lots of gravel but have steps and siding done for

final inspection. 

Night time view.

The next item was interior stairs. 

These were made at a custom shop using

very nice Douglas Fir. 

Posts and stiles. 

A nickel is used to show the very

tight grain on the Douglas Fir

We used a ladder to get to the crawl space.

All the mechanical equipment in the crawl space

went down this ladder. 

Finally steps to the crawl space!

The old construction stairs. 

Removed. 

Installing new stairs.  

They were heavy to put in place. 

We decided to finish the stiles prior to installing. 

Prior to railings. 

From our floor looking to the back door.  

 

From the back door landing looking up and down.

Looking up from the crawl space landing.

Nice view of our open stairs. 

We had to build an insulated hatch for the copula. 

Added rigid insulation and glued in place. 

Spray foamed the edges. 

Fits nicely.

Next year walls for the copula. 

Hope to use the shiplap from old cottage.

Ceiling too. 

Lots of insulation in attic.

The hatch from below.

We had to drywall the attached garage for final approval.