Interior Railings

Handrails going up the stairs.

Loft handrails (stonework should be completed next week).

Sam Sharp and his crew have been installing interior railings.  They look great and should be completed this week.

Christmas

The house with a few inches of new snow.  Cozy don't you think?

Nancy and Steve at tjhe front porch.  We put modest decorations up this year.  Next year we'll do better and hope to be in the local parade of decorated homes.

We have a White Christmas this year (more unusual in Colorado than you'd think).  We're expecting 8 to 12 inches with temperatures in the low 20s.  Tomorrow (Christmas) morning will be a beautiful winter wonderland.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Window Trim

Jamb extensions installed but no face trim yet.  This window has just been stained, varhish comes later.

The windows need trim.  Those set in log walls need substantial (5 1/2 inch) jamb extensions to account for the extra wall thickness.  Those in the log walls also need special trim to allow for the walls to settle about 3 inchdes at the top.

Fireplace Mantle

Mantle being cut on mill's circular saw.

Here's our 2 (double sided fireplace) mantles being cut at a local log yard.  They're using a beatle kill log, both mantles are cut from the same log.

Drywall

Hanging drywall.

The drywallers hung sheetrock in three days.  We're waiting for the tapers and finishers.

Boiler

Boiler fully connected to 4 main zones plus the domestic hot water heater (extreme right).

The boiler was finally plumbed and commissioned.  We lost a week while the plumber went hunting (fortunately he didn't hurt himself) but got the system up and running just in time for the weather to turn cold.

In Floor Heat

Some of the tubes have been installed to carry hot water into the floor.  The tubes will be covered with 1 1/2 inches of concrete (then a finished floor is applied).

Heating tubes in the master bath

Heating tubes in the master closet.