Glass!

We had some snow today, so it's a good thing that the tarps on the south side of the house have been replaced with windows!

In other news, we picked up half of our kitchen appliances.  We ordered the oven, dishwasher, and microwave in November in order to take advantage of some significant rebates.  In fact, the rebates will almost cover the cost of the hood for the cooktop. 

 

Notice Matt's Christmas present (I apologized for giving such a non-romantic gift, but he insists there is nothing more romantic than Bean boots.)

 

The roof on the garage is finally done!

We are getting ready to turn on the heat (no more oil, ever!)

And finally, notice anything exciting below? (look at the roof)

 

Closing In...

The last few weeks have been such a whirlwind of family, food, gifts, food, champagne, and food, that we've hardly even had time to think about the color of the tile for the master bath or to post an update on the house.   I actually had to go back and look at where we left off.  Right.  Windows. We got a roof!

Roof over the living room and porch

Installation of the roof is highly dependent on the weather, and cannot be done if there is wind.  So, there is roof on the house but as of a week ago, only a small part of the garage had roof.  That's not to say that the house is completely enclosed.  There are some vents on the roof that need to be finished, which resulted in:

Snow in the upstairs hall

 We got a garage door, which will be painted to match the siding in the spring.

The plumbing is roughed in:

Master Loo

We spent several hours deciding the location for outlets, switches, and light fixtures and were able to use "three-way" in a sentence without cracking up. Toward the end, we were distracted by the loss of feeling in our frozen toes, so hopefully we'll still be happy with the decisions we made.

 And finally, as we were leaving last Wednesday...

Living room windows!