The drywall is now close to being completed (and is looking great!) and the insulated box in the basement for the furnace and hot water heater has been built. Once the drywall is finished, it will be painted, and then the heating system and baseboard registers will be installed.
We're now well underway with making our finish selections as well. We've been working on the lighting design and selecting fixtures (our goal is for all lighting fixtures to be Energy Star Certified and/or installed with compact flourescent lightbulbs). We have also have selected our window and door trim.
This past week, we visited a neat operation in Springfield called Antique and Specialty Flooring Co, Inc. The business owner, Tony, reclaims wood from old barns, refurbishing it into beautiful flooring. We are still working out our exact flooring plan, but our basic plan is to reuse the existing wood flooring in the downstairs and upstairs of the original home, to reuse the ceiling wood we recovered above the rafters in the first addition (which we may use to box the exposed collar ties, or it could be used as flooring), and to purchase a mix of Tony's red and white oak from two barns taken down recently in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. More on the flooring plan when we nail down the final details...
Oh, and as you may have noticed if you are in the neighborhood, we picked a front door color... and then we picked another one! The new one is much better we think! We are using a red called "Sundried Tomato" to paint both the front door and the coop! This work is underway...
We wish you all a happy and thankful Thanksgiving!
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