Here are some options for covering the retaining walls on the west rear of the house. This light gray stone resembles the Devonian Stone.

Exposed aggregate is another optiion.

The stone work on the outside is progressing and looks great.

The west master fire place has been installed.

The installers knew what they were doing.

The Great Room 10' unit will be next. For now big chains were installed to allow moving it into final position.

The stairs leading to the 3rd landing, the west master and up to the observatory.

















More Ipe decking awaits installation following sealing and drying .

The skylights had to be replaced because the seal on the old ones was failing.




















The hot tub deck framing is awaitng its Ipe decking boards. These will be installed once the hot tub is in place.














Dry wall installation is progressing quickly, giving the house a very different feel.

Today we went to Denver to pick up the 10' fireplace, transport it to the house, and set it in place for the installation team.

Transferring the 15'x10' fragile package from the delivery trailer to our rental flat bed truck was tricky.

The warehouse employee ended up gently dragging the unit out of the trailer.

The package is strapped down for the trip to Boulder

The crane arrived as scheduled.

... and its airborne.

Guiding it on to the deck.

Terry of H&S Crane has complete control of this task.

Placing the dolly under the fireplace to wheel it into the house.

SUCCESS! Another challenging task completed.

Several truck loads of dry wall were delivered and the dry wall team got to work.

The kitchen area is mostly done already and looks great.

The East Master bedroom dry wall is all up too.

The insulation work is finished.

After a balmy start to the fall season, the weather is now seasonably cold and we had our first measurable snow last week.

The masons have put up a make-shift tent to continue working in the cold.

Several small heaters take the chill out of the enclosed space.

The stone work looks great.