A little bit of this and a little bit of that

We're pretty dull over here at the site. Not a lot of huge steps have been made recently. During this dry spell (and, oh yes, the rain has now returned), two of Indy's compadres have been working on the fiber cement siding. (And, no, it's not done yet. Of course, you can't blame them, really, when only two people are working on it.) The same two dudes are laying down the backer board in preparation for tile in the bathrooms, and they framed two different windows with two different framing options for us to choose. Hey, when we only have two choices, the decision is easy. Actually, the choices where two different spins on a design I pulled out of a Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Magazine pictures can be your best friend when your choosing house stuff. Back to the tile, Noel and I finished up our tile decision making...and we are putting that decision behind us. WoooHooo! We do have one more aspect of tile to handle, and that is the backsplash in the kitchen. We will not know the exact square footage to order until our range hood gets installed (since the tile has to reach up to the bottom of the range hood). And, we ordered a range hood late last week.


We also made the last cabinet decision! In about ten minutes time, Noel and I chose our cabinet pulls and knobs from our cabinetmaker's shop. We thought about trying to get a better prices on pulls and knobs at Lowes or Home Depot, but in the end, figured we wouldn't save enough moola to justify the hassle. I'm going to be honest with you, when you get to this point in the game, the quicker you can make decisions the happier you'll be. The cabinetmaker seems to think our contractor will be asking for the cabinets in a couple of weeks. Once those suckers get in there, the interior will start coming together...and hopefully it won't be hideous. 


The geothermal well guys were finishing up on Friday by pumping a cement mixture into each 300-ft well to case the wells and insulate the piping that was already residing in each well. Now, we are just waiting on Stroop's (the HVAC/geothermal company) to install the downstairs unit and Indy to insulate the subfloor.