November 24th, Screened in, almost

View of the back porch, from the pool room. Screens are on the windows, but you really can't tell it, which is nice. They are a bronze color and it's almost like looking thru the window without screens. No screen door yet, but it's not like we need it yet anyway.

The dogs, hanging around outside the mudroom. It looks like there is snow on the ground, but it's just concrete with some leaves scattered around.

Even though we don't have the stain on the concrete floor yet, we decided to go ahead and move the outdoor table and chairs into the gazebo to see how they would fit and look.

And we were very pleased with the look at the fit. The gazebo is 16 feet across so plenty of room for the table and chairs.

Novermber 14th, Interior paint colors

The guest bedroom, on the southeast corner of the house, is painted a very light lilac color. The name of the color is Mozart, which says nothing about the hue of the color, but I like the name. On the right is the door to the little bath. Note the new six panel solid core door, with brushed nickel handle.

Here is a close up of that brushed nickel door handle which Denis installed. I was hesitant to replace all the doors in the house (22) and hardware, but now that I see how nice they look, I'm happy with that decision.

This is the north part of the master bedroom. The main walls are a seafoam green, and the headboard wall is a darker tone of the same color. We added a partial wall in the middle of the bedroom so we would have a wall to back the headboard up to. There was no other wall in the room we wanted to use. Note the new ceiling fan in a pewter color.

This is another view of the headboard wall from the other side. This side of the room will contain our dressers. The other side of the room with the bed in it will be nearest to the master bathroom.

This room is the office/possible extra bedroom. This is where we keep all our computer equipment and filing cabinets. The window looks out on the sunroom where we now have our computer. The color of this room is a very light khaki.

This big room (24 X 30) is what we call the pool room. Why? Because this is where the pool table will go. Denis inherited the pool table when his father died in 1975 and has been moving it, in pieces, with him since that time. Finally it will have a nice home. The primary wall color in this room is what I would call camel, like on a camel coat. The white object on the wall is the heating/air conditioning unit. We had to add a supplemental unit for this room because of it's size and location. Even with upgrading the blower and heat pump on our exisiting geothermal unit, it wasn't enough to adequately cover this room.


There are two types of lighting in this room, wall sconces and can lights. This is one of the wall sconces. We bought six of them many years ago in Colorado Springs when a local hardware store went out of business. We had planned to use them in our victorian house but never got that far with the remodel so decided to use them on this remodel. They look great with the wall color and give off a lot of light.

In this distance shot you can see three of the wall sconces and two of the can lights. This room will also be the overflow bedroom and will probably be the site of airbeds or sleeping bags for the grandkids when they come to the country.

This picture shows the four big can lights which will be situated right over the pool table and will provide plenty of light for all you pool players.

November 13th, more about the porch and gazebo

In the last post I talked about the porch and gazebo, and I wanted to say a little more on that part of the house. The next picture is taken from inside the porch. That window is over the kitchen sink, and the doorway to the right leads into the house. I just love the shiny look of the cedar with the protective coating on it.

Next is a view of the whole porch, from the back yard. The porch is 20 feet across and 16 feet deep. All the openings will be screened and I sure hope it will keep the dratted gnats out!

And in this picture you see the walkway (11 feet long) leading from the porch to the gazebo, and the gazebo, mostly finished except for screens. The gazebo is 16 feet across at any point, plenty of room for a table and chairs.

November 3rd, Gazebo and porch almost complete

I've been away for a couple of weeks so a lot has been accomplished on the house. Not all of it is picture worthy, but all very important.

Here is a view of the back porch/patio and gazebo, taken from the north of the house. That part is just about complete except for the screens and applying a protective coating to the cedar.

The following picture is a close up of the cedar, which is tongue and groove on this part of the porch. The french doors lead into the kitchen area.

This is the walkway from the porch to the gazebo. Since I was here last, the batten boards have been added to the cedar planks. Makes for a very nice finished look.

To take this picture, I was standing at the entrance to the gazebo. There will be a ceiling fan in here with a light fixture for evening dining al fresco. The concrete floor will be acid stained a color to match the cedar.

And here is more cedar, in my closet. It's a treat to walk in there and smell the cedar. I hope my clothes all smell like that.

Another big accomplishment is that the exterior painting is almost done. The house looks rather white in the picture but it's not a stark white, but a creamy white. Actually it's the same color as it was before. We liked it and didn't want to change it. This view is the east side of the house with the new double garage and pool room above it. The garage doors are a pretty forest green but they look black in this picture. The little room to the left of the garage doors is the master bath. My spa tub looks out that window. The downspouts, gutters, and trim are green also.


The interior is all primed, ready for the final colors. I'll wait to take pictures until the interior colors are done. The new six panel doors are painted white and have brushed nickel hinges. We have to get door knobs to match one day this week.