We are entering a stage of building  that feels sometimes like the home stretch, but really is just the middle point.  We recent finished pouring our upstairs apartment floating radiant floor slab in the apartment section of the house.  Since the first pour was not self leveling, we then decided to add a layer of thin self layering gypcrete on the surface to provide a smooth layer for laying our flooring, which we decided would be cork and carpet.  We went back and forth on our flooring decision for the apartment, realizing that the best option was to have concrete floors for optimum heating but in the end decided on cork, realizing however that it may hamper the system some. As seen in the pictures, we recently installed our doors, which we love! They are a stylish flush maple with both vertical and horizontal grains. With some stuttgart modern handles, the doors should really bring the look of the house alive for us.

Finally, another post!

Huge apologies to those following the blog...needless to say it has been too long. We have finished the exterior on the apartment/addition part of the project and are now close to completing the rough plumbing and electric. Our plan thus far is to complete the upstairs apartment, move into it temporarily until we can finish remodeling the existing part of the house. Things seem to at times be going at a snail's pace, but I think it feels that way because we are living amidst the project.   The weather has been fairly favorable for a Portland winter to which we are thankful.  Unfortunately, we have had some issues with the wood siding.  During our Christmas hiatus, we had left town for a few weeks and came back to find that some rain had gotten behind the wood, which in turned warped it slightly.  It was nothing that we couldn't fix, but it merely added more work to our already long list of things to accomplish.  So for now we continue working each day, seeing little changes everyday. We love the house more everyday, as we see its metamorphosis into the place we will call home for a long time to come. Thank you to those who are giving us the encouragement we need to keep on keepin' on.....