Ceiling and Tile Flooring

The T&G pine ceiling is about 60% complete in the Great Room, the underlayment for the tile floor is 100% installed in all locations and the tile itself has been installed in the master bathroom, laundry room and hall bathroom. The mounting bracket for the "Big Ass Fan" has been installed, trust me, it won't come down!. We braced it more than even the manufacturer recommended.

Once the tile has been put down, it will dry and then the grout will be put down and sealed, all of which should be completed this week. The pine ceiling should be completed in the Great Room this week and than the only remaining ceiling will be in the Storage Area.

We selected our hardwood flooring. We found somone who had "cabin grade" Hickory. They sent us a sample and we loved it, so we ordered 1,800sf. Being cabin grade there will be many shorter boards but it actually enhances the look in our opinion and is more of what we wanted. We hope the larger order has more "knots" in it, the sample box they sent is actually nicer then we expected but for the price ($2.50/sf including shipping!), we couldn't pass it up.

Dining Room and Kitchen side of the Great Room.

This was taken from the front porch. They are walking on top of the dam for the pond.

Also taken from the front porch. We have a parade of deer daily... and tons of humming birds.

Not sure if this means we will find a pot of gold or we have spent a pot of gold.....

Master Bathroom tile

Installing the "Big Ass Fan" bracket, the peak of the ceiling is 24 feet off the ground!

Hall Bathroom tile, work in progress.

Just thought this was worth sharing, a shot of the pond on a nice sunny day!

A sample of the "cabin grade" hickory flooring we have selected.