Railing

Ivy assembles the rail for the hot tub deck














Railings are in place.














Our friend (and faithful follower of this blog) Dennis, arrives in Taos and visits the site while Ivy sets the top plate.











We admire our work at the end of the day. This is the final structural part of the house. Now it is all finish detail.

Final tile detail

We are almost ready for plaster. I finished the master shower and the deck and backsplash on the tub.












Meanwhile Ivy works on the guest shower.

Hot tub deck

Today we built the structure over the hot tub deck. Here I brace the post.











We lift the last beam into place.














Suzie hands Ivy a drill bit so he can put a lag bolt into the post and beam.

Plaster prep

The plaster guys are here again. They set up the compressor and unwind their hoses. They will put lath on all the corners and over the straw.










The guys work their way around the house lathing all the doors and windows.











Ivy inspects his truth window before the plasterers bring the lath up to it.

Hot tub deck

The concrete guys pump colored concrete into the hot tub deck.












After it sets up for awhile Rudy trowels a final finish on the deck.












Ivy looks on as Rudy finishes.

Tile details

Here is the laundry room tile. We used some tile we had laying around for years. It came out very nice. We set the sink and it is ready to go.










The master bath vanity tile is almost done.













and I continue to work on the tile in the shower.