Little by Little

Mom and dad have come about every 6 weeks to help with painting, installing lights, etc. In between I plug away. Last weekend I put finishing touches on the front coat closet-installed the bar, added shelf paper and bins, hung the door and put the door handle on. I gained at least 12 inches in my closet for clothes now that the coats are out. Yeah!

The tarp is gone; Hello, garage door!

Not only does it look great, but the opener is fantastic. I can barely hear it.

Winter Views

With the help of a tarp, the house if finally enclosed and I am enjoying the views that motivated me to build up. The unfinished east and west rooms are a bit chilly so now I settle for the north and south ones. Check them out:









South towards Mt. Nebo















West towards Utah Lake & Oquirrh Mountains















North towards Mt. Timpanogos from family room















North from Dormer over garage

Brick-one step closer to a finished exterior

After we got the brick to the top of the garage door we decided to switch the plan and run the brick all the way up. I really like the way it turned out.

Colored Stucco & Doors Installed

The colored stucco was finished on Saturday. The brick and siding will be finished soon. The interior doors were also installed this week. Now comes the hard part--paint colors. :)

Stucco Prep & Texture

The sections that are to have stucco are all prepped, but the process has been held up this week with significant rain.

The sheetrock is up and all textured. Now on to the next step....Paint!!!

Moving Forward

It's amazing what can happen in just a few days- insulation














to drywall














to mud.



















The exterior is coming along as well.The stucco and Hadiplank siding are both going on.