Ok, I've been a very lax blogger. Sorry about that. Here's some photos showing the deck in progress. The top decking is all but finished (the board next to the hot tub is giving me some issues...) And then I just have some more trim to do. I'll add that to my punch list and finish it while I'm waiting for cabinets/counters/windows/doors to arrive.

Almost finished!

Finally a way to get to the basement safely!

I love that landing at the bottom. I may have to do some more work to get the board spacing even

I also took some time to re-paint my scooter

Plans finished!

You wanted it, you've got it. Here is myh latest (final?) draft of kitchen design. I think that everything fits and goes together and there is a place for everything and i didn't forget about plumbing. Check it out!

So I sprained the instep of my right foot playing frisbee the other day! It looked like a purple softball for a while. Now the swelling has gone down but it still looks like this:



This isn't helping me on the building front. It is helping me to take a moment to slow down, however. So I'm finishing the design and sitting in front of my computer researching windows and doors with my foot on ice up in the air.

Julie's sister is in town so we finally cleaned up the house including the relocated kitchen in our dining room. So here's a picture.



What's amazing is that this very busy kitchen is already an improvement over the old kitchen. We both like it better!

So here is my boss:



Here I am trimming joists:



And here's the result:



I got the top decking all installed and started trimming.



On other fronts, we picked our sinks and fixtures and have started researching flooring options. Oh and we're redesigning some layout options. It is a difficult space. Julie and I really enjoy cooking together and so we need to be able to both fit in the tiny kitchen and not feel as though we're always on top of each other. I'm trying to preserve the window views and even increase the feeling of openness. So there are a lot of variables to play with.