Our Own "Chilean" Rescue

I was planning to get caught up much earlier this evening, but I got sidetracked with our very own "Chilean" rescue.  Ellie and Valerie were talking in the kitchen when they heard a faint "meow".  Yep, our big fat cat, Clara Belle, obviously got freaked out, ran up the new stairs, down into one of the holes cut out for the plumbing runs, and limboed underneath 2 of the floor joists to get herself stuck in the ceiling.  After searching for at least 30 minutes and finally determining she was in the ceiling, I was forced to cut a hole in the kitchen ceiling.  It was either the ceiling or the floor and I think a circular saw would have really freaked her out. It took quite a bit of coaxing to get her down as she is a fraidy cat.  It wasn't carried live on CNN, but we have a few pictures. 

On the house front, we did get the roof on late last week and place all of the metal posts that are a major part in holding all of this up on Monday.

Four metal posts in basement.

Metal posts main floor.

Also on Monday, the picture window was replaced with a new one to match the style of the house.

Don't worry, the black shutters are going to go.

We picked the carpet for the upstairs, a surprise for the runner for the stairs, and narrowed down our flooring selection for the foyer.  We had a very good experience with Bo-Bud's flooring contractor, Saeed, from Capital Commercial Flooring.

Windows & Doors Are In

As I said earlier, the windows were delivered on Tuesday.  The windows for the new parts of the house went in today along with a door that magically appeared today.

The windows are dark green exterior clad.

Master Bedroom looking towards the lake.

Val's window looking toward the street from the dormer.

I guess we need to pick out some hardware.

In other news, the stained glass window was redelivered today after showing up damaged the 1st time.  The folks at StainedGlassWindows.com (http://www.stainedglasswindows.com/index.php) did a great job with the design and repair.  A big thanks to Rae, Dan, and Tom.  Quality work and great customer service.

Stained glass from inside foyer. Outside currently protected (see 1st picture for location).

Let The Fun Begin .... Again

Yes, it has been awhile.  I decided not to bore everyone with every detail of every cable being pulled and every pipe being joined.  It looks like the fun is about to begin again.  The stairs were delivered and installed.  With that, they had to break through from the main level to the new level and from inside to the foyer. 

 

Julie at the new opening to the foyer.

Is that the front door? How do we get into the house?

The windows were delivered and are going up today.