Month Six - Cabinets and Doors

This month, it's starting to look just like we've imagined. Compare this photo of the kitchen:
with the rendering of the cabinet layout in this posting from late June when we finalized it. It thrills us every time we come through the door from the entry when we make a pop by to enjoy the house.

Changes over the past month are pretty substantial, as you'll see in these slideshows:

Progress	Panoramas

Especially stunning is that just over the past two working days, all the interior doors are in, and tile is going up on the surround for the guest bath and the master bath shower. The tack room is taking shape, with cabinets going in there, too.

The real discovery when taking the progress pictures to close out this most recent month, was the french doors between the east wing with the great room, and the living room and entry foyer. This selection was made on faith.

We'd decided on doors in these spots so that the dogs could be contained in the part of the house that has tile floors. We also wanted to have an open feeling between spaces, so solid doors just didn't fit. In finalizing the selection list, we hadn't paid close enough attention to the doors specified. As doors were ordered over the summer, we discovered the difference. We're fortunate to be working with John Hammerschmidt as our builder. Using the exterior door model in these locations would be a noticable cost increase. We described what we really wanted, and John's team rose to the occasion, finding this model, a perfect compliment to the exterior doors. (The glass panes currently have a protective covering as the doors have only been primed, not fully painted.)