The landscaping is done and it looks awesome!  The kitchen is almost completely finished and Mike and Harry have been working on the oak floors in the new living area upstairs.  Bruce and P.J. have finished the drywall and are now installing doors.  We have to hurry up and order carpeting and figure out this wet bar for the lower level! 

My next assignment is staining - doors and trim!  Harry and Mike will start tiling showers pretty soon too! 

It is all coming together and I think it's looking great!!!

 

Julie

The siding is all done!   The deck railing is up!  The kitchen backsplash is installed and the drywallers are getting ready to sand!!

Rosemont Nursery is going to get the landscaping in too!  I can hardly wait to see it.  Hopefully they can get some of the sod down before the remnants of hurricane Sandy start showing up here later. 

Here are the latest pictures:

Julie

What a beautiful day!  And the Detroit Tigers won last night too!
So many things have been going on with the house that I have hardly had time to post anything (and I lost my camera again). 

We have been painting and staining and building decks and the contractors have been building stairs inside and outside and installing siding and kitchen cabinets and getting the electrical and plumbing and mechanical done!  It has been so busy!!

Today the guys from Classic Stone Creations delivered and installed the kitchen counters.  I love them!  We had the stone leathered so it has an awesome texture.  The guys are also working on a new counter of carrara marble for the upstairs bathroom. 

Here are some of the latest updates! 

Here are the latest pictures!  Koops drilled the well, the electrical inspector was here and the lower level master suite, half bath, laundry room and utility room are all framed in.  They are working hard to get the new kitchen ready because the cabinets are in at Hannapel Home Center!  Things are starting to come together!

The stairs and decks are going up so it will be so much easier than going up a ladder to the second level! 

AND the furnace was installed today too!

I hope to have many more updates this week.  We have come a long way from when the house was moving down Blue Star Highway!

Hope you all saw the dedication of the Casco Nature Preserve in the South Haven Tribune this weekend and the picture of the Maple Grove Cottage!

Julie

OK I found my camera!!!!

Here is what happened today:

The back porch floor was removed and leveled and new walls were installed where there were once only screens so the new kitchen can be installed.  Tomorrow the new header should go in and the old exterior wall to the old kitchen will be removed. 

The doors have arrived and I am so excited about the front door!  I can hardly wait to see it go up!  It is a typical craftsman style with the dentil molding. 

Here are the pictures from today.  I wish it wasn't the end of summer. 

Julie

OK Lot's of things have been happening but many aren't the best photo opportunities!  AND I can't find my camera so I have to take pictures with my phone - (which I don't like to do). 

So here is what has happened since my last post:

Most of the new windows are installed, the electrical inspector was here and we are ready to go with our underground service, we have a landscaping plan, the insulation company was here today and the demo that had to happen for the new kitchen is in full swing! 

Here are some pictures from today:

Our contractor, Lenny Cericola and his team from Dream Home Development, Inc. are leveling the old porch, tearing out a wall and putting in a header so we can have a beautiful, new kitchen! 

The cabinets are supposed to be delivered on September 24th!

That window in the picture on the lower floor is for the new master bathroom.  We got an awesome claw foot tub for it!  It will go well with the white subway tile shower. 

Here are the insulation guys bringing the house up to the right R values today. 

 

 

Next week the crew will be installing siding, Koops will be drilling the well, the electricity should be on and hopefully I will find my camera!

 

Julie

 

 

Don't forget to go to the Dedication for the Casco Township Nature Preserve on Friday at 11:00am!

 

Pictures of the cottage with the new shingles, yard leveled  and the front porch almost completed!

Windows and siding come tomorrow!