Studio de colores

Today we visited Jaime Ash. Jaime sells pigments that are mixed into the final coat of plaster. She has hundreds of samples and works with you to create a final color for your home.










Jaime poses in front of some of her samples.












Suzie looks on as Jaime puts her samples with our floor and shower tile.

Water capture

Kenny the backhoe guy is coming today to dig the gas line to the street and bury some water tanks. Here Suzie & Ivy figure out where to dig the trench for the gas line.







Kenny moves one of the 500 gallon cisterns. We will use one to capture gray water (shower & laundry) and the other to capture water off the rooftop. We will use this water for irrigation.










The gray water cistern is in place and I attach the overflow line.

Door trim & sink

The finish on the doors came out beautifully. Here are the pocket doors in the office.













I am installing the final finish on the door in the master bath.












Here I drop in the bathroom sink into the hole I just cut in the top of the cabinet.

Hearth stone

Mark Saxe saxstonecarving.com
arrived with the hearth stone today.











Pieces are carefully set into place.















Mark sets them in mortar. It looks like he is having fun.

Indoor plumbing!

On Wednesday we had the well guy, the plumber, the electrician and the backhoe guy all ther together to bring the water into the house. We connected something called a pitless adaptor four feet below ground and ran a lin into the mechanical and pressured up the water in the house.




Suzie and Rusty watch as Kenny Drake backfills the hole.













Brian and Johnathan form up for the hot tub slab.

Floor details

Here we use a transition tile to separate the large tiles in the living room from the smaller tiles in the hallway.











Ivy does a great job with the living room tiles.













Cuts around the fireplace are smooth.















The transition between the tile and wood floor is perfect.

















Meanwhile Brian & Johnathan install the siding on the screened porch.