Downstairs bathroom

The bathroom in the basement is a really pretty room, light and clean and spacious, and is close to being finished, just the lights on each side of the mirror and the trim for the tile.








This picture is of the finished wood floor before it got covered over with paper, just to give an idea of how lovely it is, the color is a warm honey color, we just love it.



Tomorrow is a big day, the kitchen appliances and countertop will be installed. I think I will pack a lunch and go for the day!

The new year

The wood flooring has been finished and covered with protective paper. The carpenters are hanging doors, putting up trim around the doors and windows and the baseboards and in the basement Tony toils away painting, painting, painting the trim.




Jim hanging a door to the mudroom.





Jeremy is working on the trim in Pete's study.





Dan putting on the baseboard in an upstairs bedroom.





Tony is as patient a painter as I have ever encountered.





Just a small part of the no telling how many hundred feet of trim Tony has painted.

Christmas week

A white Christmas for sure, Pete got lots of snowblowing done, a couple of times. Photos are from around the property, it is a beautiful place in all seasons but maybe the most beautiful in winter.






On Christmas eve we took a small supper and a bottle of champagne out to the new house, built a fire and had our first meal together in our new home. It was a fine evening.

Work will pick up again on Monday, the flooring should be completed by Wednesday and that will pretty much be it for the week. The following week the kitchen appliances and countertops and the rest of the plumbing fixtures will be installed.

Working inside

First floor flooring is in and will be sanded and a first coat of finish put down on Monday. The fireplace surround is in place, Craig will do the mantel when he is doing the bookcases, window and door trim and baseboards.







Slate tile in the mudroom.



The basement bathroom with tile work completed. The plumbers brought some of the bathroom and kitchen fixtures on Friday and will bring the rest on Monday.

Orchard House in winter

The exterior work is finished for the winter except for installing a couple more door handles. The body of the house will be painted in the spring and screens for the south facing porch will be added so we can escape the relentless attacks of the dreaded black flies.

More progress

The fireplace puzzle which Terry Gilfoy will put together next week.





Slate tile in the mudroom.

Interior progress

First floor flooring starting with the central hallway.





Stairway from the guest area of the basement to the first floor.