Slatted

The wood slats that form the Dining Room wall/stair guardrail are in. 

We've been looking forward to this day; it adds much warmth and detail to the room.  See more pics below.

Painting Trim

I am pre-painting all the base trim and casings prior to installation. 

They'll still get touched up once installed, but that is much easier than crawling around painting all the coats of paint on the trim once in place.

Interior Doors

I started hanging interior doors and frames today, after pre-painting them at the end of last week.

Very satisfying to put the handles on.

More of the same tomorrow, then the casing trim gets pre-painted and installed.

Lights

Nighthawks

As of last week, we have our lights in.

So great to be done with portable worklights and long extension cords.

M.Bath Radiator

Throw a towel over this, and step into the shower.

Breakfast Nook Progress

Installed the fir flooring in the Nook today.  Took hours of hand sanding with my little vibrating sander. 

Now to add the window sill extension, and the edge trim, then put a finish on it all.

After that, the cantilevered table and benches.

Hail Yeah

Had a short intense hail shower today.  The pea sized hail collected in the leaf catcher to the point of spilling out on the ground.

Radiation

Master Bedroom radiator

The first 3 of 5 radiators have been installed.  They look great.

More pics below.

Cabinets, Phase 1

Dining room seating bench, with veneered wall at the stair. 

The first phase of the cabinet install is complete.
Pictures below.

Lights

Some of the lights are going in. 
The electrician won't let us turn them on yet, however.

Hot Ragtime

Today I discovered that the guy trying to fix the wood floor left this in the trash can inside the house:

...a pile of oil soaked rags

Apparently one approach to "fix" poor workmanship is to BURN THE HOUSE DOWN.

Cabinetry Underway!

Look what started today...dining room cabinets and paneling.

The kitchen cabinets are delayed for who knows how long, but the dining/stair and bathroom cabinets are going ahead.