Lakehouse Udate February 18, 2008

The Kitchen with the cabinets being unboxed and temporarily set in place. The view is from the Great Room, looking "over" the eating penninsula. The back of the cabinets shown here will be finished with the same darker wood as the center island and the Great Room bar. Ash floor is yet to be stained, light cherry/cinnamon wash over natural. The walls that will actually "show", which are not very many, will be painted a cinnamon, rusty red. hopefully to coordinate with the vibrant granite countertops!

Closer view of the sink area. Cabinets have been moved back to fit in the alcove under the windows. Cabinets look almost white in these pictures, but are actually a creamy vanilla with lots of cherry/cinnamon stain in the "nooks and crannies."

View of the kitchen from the entrance to the Dining Room. Center island is the darker cherry/cinnamon stain. "Cut out" in the center island will be topped with the granite and is a place for a stool so that one can sit at the counter and work. There will be hanging lights above the island and the eating penninsula.

The "corner" of the kitchen where the double oven and the refrigerator will be. Dining room is to the right.

View of the cabinets on the Dining Room wall. Solid doors are in place on the upper cabinets for shipping purposes; the actual doors will be glass.

The cabinetry around and above the cooktop. Again, looks very "vanilla" and light, but the "cinnamon" stain in all the edges and mouldings, which "matches" the darker center cabinet, does not show up well in the picture.

Closer look at the cooktop area. The "spot" on the back wall is the connection for the "pot filler" water faucet which will extend out over the burners, when needed. We and the builder have determined that the archway seems too low, and the entire section will be raised so that the upper moulding will be more level with the tops of the upper cabinets. The plans are that a stone finish, matching the fireplace in the other room, will be above the arched cabinet.

Closer shot of the cabinetry near the windows. Need to change this cabinet (and its mirror match on the other side) so that it does not jut out in front of the stained trim around the windows.

Closer view of the upper cabinets. Glass fronts coordinate with the glass in the front door and kitchen glass-fronted cabinets, and echo the vertical lines of the beams and the staircase. Squares under the center cabinets will hold wine bottles.

First pics of the Great Room bar area...looks great! Cabinet stain color coordinates perfectly with the stain on the beams. Open area is where small refrigerator/beverage center will be. The countertop will be slate tiles, to coodinate with the slate foyer just to the left of the picture.

Closer view of the upper cabinets. Glass fronts coordinate with the glass style of the front door, and echo the vertical uprights of the beams and staircase system. Squares under the center cabinets to hold wine bottles.

First photos of the Lower Level bar! Looks fantastic! Pics do not do it justice (low light and blurry shots). Stain color looks great with room mouldings and overhead beams.

Imagine the small TV in the open center section, with the glass fronted cabinets on either side, the microwave under the upper cabinets to the right, and the dishwasher in the open area below.

View taken from the other side. Bar area directly in front will be built up and out to form an eating/serving penninsula, topped with black (mottled with silver) tiles and jet black edging.

The vanity cabinet temporarily set in the Lower Level Bedroom bathroom.
Hard to see in picture, but the color is a "weathered evergreen" that goes
with the "dusty green" of some of the tiles in the floor and wall tile patterns.

The floor pattern of the Lower Level Sauna bathroom, set in place but not grouted.
Very nice pattern that will coordinate with vertical stone pattern in shower area.

Another view of the floor pattern. Vanity cabinet has not yet been set in for wall tile placement.

The Guest Master Bedroom bathroom floor pattern, set but not grouted yet.

The vanity cabinet set in place so that the height of the tiled wall can be established.
It will be set in place permanently later after the floor is grouted.

One more view of the Guest Master Bedroom bathroom floor and vanity cabinet.

A view of the newly added bottom deck and railings, taken from the outside staircase,
looking "through" the supports for the main deck.

A view of the newly built staircase from the main deck to the back yard,
taken from the lower deck under the screened porch.

Today they are constructing and attaching the staircase from the back deck down to the yard level.
These steps will be stained the same color as the log siding;
the deck will remain the color that it presently is.

Looks steep, but really isn't bad, just the angle of the photograph.

From the bottom step looking back up towards the dining room windows. Couldn't take a better picture because the ground was so muddy below.

Updates to house as of February, 2008.

The front door and porch are finally unveiled! The railings have yet to be installed, as do the sconces on either side of the door and the hanging overhead light.

The logs will not be stained until the temperature reachs a consistent 60 degrees (May?). The ground will be leveled so that there will be just one step up to the porch.

Here is the floor of the master bedroom bath. The vanity countertop will be granite in the same "serpentine" green pattern.

This is the platform being created at the back of the media room
so the rear seats will be elevated slightly behind the front row seating.

Back of the house with the new lower level deck being added off the downstairs bedroom.

Another view of the new deck, which finishes off that "tower" much more beautifully.

The downstairs fireplace now has a matching hearth.

Downstairs bedroom shower, tiled with contrasting center panel, but not grouted.

Downstairs bathroom walls tiled (half height) but not grouted.

A view of the front porch with the new flagstone in place; caramel colors coordinate with the stacked stone on outside of the porch.

Another view of the flagstone on the front porch. Porch is still covered in plastic to protect it from the rain and wet snow.