ready to move in

The house is finished and ready for occupancy (after the cleaning crew comes). Look for final photos this fall.

stairs

The interior stairs connect the lower, middle and upper floors. Antique heart pine flooring is used for treads. Painted risers, stringers, balusters and newels match the rest of the trim. The handrail is cherry.

more stone steps

Blue stone steps lead off the deck to the east at the entry and to the west at the back yard.

stone steps

Local granite steps and Panton stone walls make the transition from the upper to lower level.

deck, railing and stone wall

The deck is designed to integrate the house with the site. It wraps the house on three sides. To the east the deck is covered by a porch for the front entry. To the south a portion of the deck projects to create a sitting area that takes advantage of the view.

The deck then becomes a narrow walk way leading to the deck on the west. The narrow walkway allows light to penetrate the living space below. New timber posts and existing cedar trees stand side by side.

The Colby Hill landscape Company has just begun work on a stone retaining wall and stone steps. The retaining wall further ties the deck to the site. Stone steps provide a path from between the upper and lower levels.

kitchen cabinets

The kitchen cabinets by local cabinet maker Dan Ober were installed this week.

coming together

doors and floors

Inside the four panel shaker style doors are hung and the antique heart pine flooring is being installed.

covered porch

The covered porch is complete including the red roof.

deck

Progress on the deck continues.

porch and painting

While the porch is built on the exterior the painters keep busy inside. The pickled v-groove pine ceiling shows in the foreground of the final photo.

paint colors

While the crew works outside on the decking, the painters prime the interior. The interior wall colors throughout the house are loosely based on the colors found in a carton of eggs.

decking

Deck boards are installed on top of the timber framing. A thick nosing wraps around the perimiter of the deck.

timber frame deck support

The local white oak timber posts sit within the rock retaining wall. The timber deck framing wraps around the house on three sides. The basement siding is completed. It is deliberately different from the clapboard siding on the rest of the house.

exterior finish

The carpenter are putting up local quarter sawn spruce siding over a rain-screen. Dave Brett of the Colby Hill Landscape Co. worked excavator work the excavator to place boulders to retain the grade near the house. The boulders fit in with the other rocks that are strewn about the site.

fireplace

The original fireplace surround and hearth remain. The firebox has been rebuilt for safety.

windows and casing

The windows and doors have been installed. They are cased with cedar that was salvaged from the original house, milled and painted.

stairs and walls

The interior partitions and stairs are framed while the mason rebuilds the firebox and chimney.