Another week is flying by!
The long punch list of miscellaneous things that need to be dealt with
and fixed is slowly being whittled away...
The bedroom chimney is complete.
The great room chimney is complete as well!
We love how it turned out.
The girls enjoyed the sawdust piles in the kitchen and dining room, pretending it was sand.
Note: I wouldn't recommend tights for saw dust play.
The master bedroom fireplace is framed in.
There will be a matching Cream City brick surround topped with a cabinet door hiding the TV.
The upstairs hallway and sitting area present some challenges in the ceiling lines.
Good luck to the drywall crew!
The front stairwell as seen from the upstairs hall.
Another angle showing the somewhat chaotic ceiling. We love the "quirk" it provides.
The loft area above the girls rooms.
Sophie, Carey and Elle climbed on up to check out the view.
As we fully embrace autumn we hope to plow through the list of "to do" while the weather holds. It's so hard to believe that winter is near... Fingers crossed that we can move in before the first arctic blast!!
Carey insists it's been a LONG time since the blog was updated and, sure enough, it has! The holidays swooped me up in their madness but I'm back now with a few updates on the old stone farm house. 
These first few photos show the rest of the second new roof being installed. It is a slightly chunkier looking shingle but in the same color as the last. We are thrilled with our choice!
Here's a closer shot of the shingles from my upstairs studio above the garage.
At last we have insulation! Spray foam was the way to go in order to work with the old stone and all the funky angles. It did however prove to be difficult to work with and took quite some time to get right.
This door is the other passage way into the kitchen. It will get a layer of thin brick soon.
Insulation Upstairs
We chose to add a skylight to the TV/bookcase/lounge area in the upstairs landing. Adds lots of light! There will be bookcases along the wall below.
Hardscaping is in full swing...
Check out the pile of boulders to the right.
Part of the backyard wall. Loving the work that Olson Toon has done... art with boulders!
And then the drywall...
Lots and lots and lots of drywall.
Hunting season, Thanksgiving and Christmas all put temporary stops on the work along with MUD galore! Happy to not have tons of snow but we're wishing for some frozen ground to get things moving on the exterior work again. I promise to post more pictures soon showing the drywall and texture. We're putting the final touches on colors and finishes. The end is relatively close yet feels sooo far away! Cheers!
