Thursday, December 9, 2010

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 .





Saturday, December 4, 2010

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.