Painter's finally finished up today. They will have to come back out and fix a few things. However, I'm really happy with how all my color choices turned out! It may be hard to tell, but it will be beautiful and yet rustic when it's all put together.

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 Next we will be getting our marble counter tops and stone for the fireplace!

One of the upstairs bedrooms

Ceilings are getting stained today!

I drove out to Keller Thursday after tennis to okay the stone for the house and Friday morning it was delivered along with the wood for the interior walls and ceiling!

I found this stool I'm loving for the crow's nest at World Market along with a couple of beds......Now, if only I could find a place to store them.....the apartment in the shop is over flowing!

The floors were put in last week, knotty hickory. I think they are beautiful!

We have sheet rock and texture! 

after entering through the glass door you find the den/kitchen/eating area

kitchen is to your left, through the hallway is the laundry room on right, powder bath on left and master is straight ahead

  

below is the third floor crow's nest

Who knew building a small cabin in the country could be so much work. However I am so happy with the paint choices we made. Once the stone is up I think the place is going to look great!
ST was busy all day yesterday installing the security camera wiring while the doors were being installed by the professionals. :)
The spray foam installation is in, so now we are looking forward to drywall this coming week. I am going to have to get busy this weekend and pick out my remaining light fixtures, order the kitchen appliances (Viking), and start looking at tile for the shower walls and kitchen back splash.

 

  

We have doors!

Abigail setting her foot prints on the corner of the front porch

Meetings, meetings, and more meetings......
This week we met with Becky at Morrison's Supply for over 5 hours and picked out our fixtures for the kitchen and bathrooms. A few of the highlights are my soaking tub

which is made from volcanic limestone. 

 And my kitchen sink. It's a large cast iron farm sink, ice gray, with an old fashioned looking faucet. Of course my setting will be much more rustic than the ones in these pictures :)

Next we met with the electrician for a couple of hours, which led us to the lighting store, another couple of hours. Once we had picked out most of our light fixtures we were able to head back to the cabin and mark exactly where we wanted the wiring to go.  Which is when we discovered that something was amiss with the AC. Apparently there is not enough room to run all the duct work from one unit so we had to split it and put in two smaller units.

It was a very busy week. At one point we had the framers, plumbers,sprinkler guys, phone guy (due to the fact the sprinkler crew cut the phone line) ac crew, along with us and the electrician all scurying around the place.

                               

However, the cabin is coming along and the painters should start Monday!

While we have been in Seattle enjoying some cooler weather and breathtaking scenery... 

The framing of the cabin began

How exciting it is to see the progress truly take shape!

Good news, we have lumber! Now if it will stop raining the framing can begin!
Scott and I have been busy picking out window sizes, type & color. I'm telling you it is mind boggling how many choices there are. Not to mention the doors. We gave gone round and round trying to decide which folding door system to use. I want to have the largest expanse I can have without breaking the budget.

              Decisions made.....

               

 Awning windows 

The cladding on the outside is a mossy tan color and the inside will be painted to match the the ship lap on the walls.

La Cantina Doors

Our doors will have three panels and will be bronze not white.

On a separate note;

 I'm loving the fencing in this picture! Reminds me of what we have around our pool at home. I'm thinking reclaimed wood for the ranch.

Dutch Entry Door

Similar to this door, however bottom part will have an X detail.

Off to make more decisions.... Have a great day!

July 4th at STRanch

Enjoying the afternoon with family when Ryan drove up in his favorite old truck.......

stopped along the pathway, opened the door, helped  Madison out, where he began to serenade her with the song from Train, called "Marry Me" as they walked up towards the newly poured foundation for our cabin....

Reaching the spot where he had previously written in the foundation, "Will You Marry Me", knelt down and professed his love for her!

A few things we have picked out for the ranch.....

okay, now bear with me, because the actual product looks much better than my pictures!

 Reclaimed look for all flooring except bathrooms

Sandstone porcelain tile for bathrooms

                                                                             Chairs for dining table:

Slip covered chair on each end

and wooden armless for the sides

Dining table

I love this dresser and lamp for my
master bedroom!