Some final house pictures

It will be cleaner, but it might not be neater in the future so I thought I should post these photos of the house. We are still waiting for the kitchen counters (stainless steel) and bathroom mirror in the guest bath. All lights, interior and exterior, with the exception of those in the family/guest room and dining room, are CFL or T8/T5 florescent fixtures. All recessed lights are CREE-6 LED retrofits.

Landscaping will come, but for now the area of the site that was disturbed will be seeded to prevent erosion. Of course, it has barely rained in the last two months. We don't expect to plant anything until the fall, when the temperatures are lower, and hopefully, the rain returns. There's no sense wasting water and stressing plants to get things to look greener. We also want time to mull over the landscape plan that we expect to receive by summer's end.

View from the east, road side, gravel drive. Remember the cottage that was to the left?

Northwest side, with new porch. This still needs glass panels and additional trellis rails.

South side with new retaining wall. 

Master bath. There's a 36" base, neo-angle shower. Not a lot of space but we don't hang out here.

View of master bedroom from bath. Windows at right are on the north exposure,  so smaller.

At the top of the 3rd floor staircase, looking down hall to bath and downstairs to main level. Sconces have LED lamps.

Kid's room 1: looking out West window. 

Looking out west windows end from the end of the hall on third floor.

Kids bath sink area, with laundry spot in background. 

Kids toilet and shower room, adjacent to above space. We installed an occupancy sensor on the light since they tend to forget to shut it off.

Kids bedroom 2, looking East.

View from north wall of dining room looking along west (porch) wall, main floor.

My office nook, on the east side of living room area overlooks the entry porch.

View from my office out west windows, living room.

Stainless steel countertops in kitchen manufactured locally. Should withstand every abuse, and can be recycled when the next occupant decides they're not what's current. Yes, they will scratch, but if we get enough scratches, we won't notice! Or we can buff them out with an abrasive pad.  The vent hood is made by Whirlpool, and other than an Air King, is the only chimney hood that is Energy Star certified.

Looking down to the lower, walk-out level from the west wall of main level.

Looking up the same staircase to main floor, and out lower level slider on west side.

We still need the mirror and the tile backsplash on the counter, but this is the guest bath. We put an occupancy sensor on these lights too. No loitering!

Open play/work out room on west side lower level. Slider is at right.

Hard to photograph, our guest/family room overlooks the south lawn (under the eyebrow). 

The unfinished entry porch. We'll add to the pavers and will landscape this. But for now, we can get in!