This blog is the daily diary of the construction of our 2000 square foot home in Cape Elizabeth Maine.
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| Keith, from Rosengren painting gets the windows ready for the first finish coat on the trim. |
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| The doors were removed and painted. |
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| The painters put color around the cabinet area as the instaltion should begin soon. |
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| Donna looks out at the apparent chaos, but it's really organized with lot's of things happening at the same time. |
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| Here Dean makes the cubies for one of the small bedroom closets. |
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| The kitchen cabinets were delivered today! We love the hicory finish but it's covered in plastic. |
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| Along with the master bath vanity... |
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| ...and the granite countertop... |
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| and the guest bathroom vanity and countertop. |
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| The lazy Susan is placed in position. |
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| Meanwhile, the study (Mancave) was turned into a painting room where the floor trim was primed. Rooney loves to help. |
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| The ERV (Energry Recovery Ventilator) is now installed. Thank you Jeff for an excellent job. Below is a movie sent by Jeff of the basement installation: |
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| Meanwhile, the 3 bedrooms are nearly completly trimmed and primed. Walls and trim could be painted by end of the week and carpeted within 2 weeks! |
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| Matt was back today adding the stone facing to the fireplace. |
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| Looks nice we think. |
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| Dean and Richard have a nice bright area to work in. |
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| Rooney LOVES the deck! |
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| Today we met with Craig Cooper for over an hour to go through the closets and shelving. It's one of the things Rainbow Construction is best known for. |
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| The insulation was completed today with the final product being blown into the attic. |
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| Everything is greening up nicely. Still, were 2 months away from occupancy. |
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| Say hello to Richard and Dean. They are the finish carpenter's who are doing a wonderful job on our house. Below, you can see the quality work and framing they've done already on the doors that have been hung so far. |
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| Here's the hallway showing the different style doors. 5-panel for utility doors (closets, washer/dryer room, etc.) and 15-light doors with obscura glass panes for the bedrooms. |
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| Even un-finished, it's a pleasant little dining room. |
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| Rooney inspects the sub-floor for the tile in the bathrooms. I think he approves. |
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| Stuff and carpentry stuff 'Everywhere'. Broken Eggs to make an omelet.... |
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| The 5-panel double doors are kinda neat too I think. |
| Our builder, (hopefully) will soon be in "Git R Done" mode as we are now under contract for 11 Hampton Road, closing in late July! In the meantime, Interior doors are delivered by Hammond lumber.  |
| Here, Rooney inspects the doors to the washer/dryer room. |
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| We chose '15 light' glass panel windows for the bedrooms... |
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| ...and 5 panel doors for all the remaining interior doors. |
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| Say hello to Andrew as he spreads around the loam |
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| Meanwhile, Ryan places the landscaping stones around. |
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| including a nice base for the stairs. |
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| By days end, the entire rear of the lot had been loamed, seeded and covered in straw. |
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| Finally, all the interior trim was delivered from the local millworks. Installation will begin on Monday. |
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| The dining room is aglow with light. |
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| The Takeuchi moves loam and landscape boulders easily. |
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| Here's a pile... |
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| that becomes the base of the stairs for our deck. |
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| Where will these end up? |
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| From the rear, you can see the yard is being shaped and the loam distributed. |
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| The painters from C.H. Rosengren arrived late Monday morning... |
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| And by the end of the day had completedly painted the entire interior including all walls and ceilings. |
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| Watch a short introductory movie below: |
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| They're hard to see, but there are 3 turtles in the pond (lower left and kind of shiny). |
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| The propane tank was burried today. |
