The new house is coming along nicely. The drywall is finished and the painters have primed everything and started painting the trim and interior doors. The tile is all down, the handrails for the stairs leading to the basement are in and stained, the roof is done, sofits, brick and the first layer of stucco is completed.

Tile surround for the garden tub in the master bathroom.

Master bathroom shower.

Main bathroom tub/shower tile surround.

Kitchen and nook tile. This tile is in the 1/2 bath, laundry room, entry from the garage and front entry. Stan the tile man puts down a wire mesh and builds up a mortar bed everywhere before he lays the floor tile down. He does this to make it stronger and avoid cracks. He'll come back later and seal all the tile and grout joints when he does the backsplash in the kitchen.

This is the black granite tile surround. The mantle will frame the tile eventually.

We are very pleased with this handrail. The cabinets and mantle will be stained this same color.

The painters spent about 4-5 days preping the drywall, caulking the trim joints and taping off everything for paint. He apparently had different colors of primer because the walls are all different colors. :-)

This is the den and looking at the wall where bookshelves will eventually be. We dig the high ceiling and the view from the windows which overlooks the valley to the North. There will eventually be a hardwood floor in this room.

This is the coffer ceiling in the master bedroom. Too cool. We picked out a ceiling fan/light to go in here.

These are the closet dividers that the builder puts in his home. We had the choice to design them anyway we wanted but chose his design.

These are all the interior doors being painted in the basement. They nail a painter's stir stick to the top and lean them against the foundation wall to spray them. To get the other side, they turn the sticks around 180 degrees and lean them against the wall again.

After the painting is done, they will start installing the cabinets and counter tops. The finish plumbing, heating and electrical will follow. The interior doors will go on and all the hardware throughout the house. At the same time the rest of the stucco on the exterior will be completed, the foundation will get plastered and the final cement work. The builder believes it will be done by March 18th.