house update

[ilanarama]

A lot has happened since I posted about our house construction back in May!

The in-floor heating pipes have been laid (and are now covered up with the concrete subfloor):



Lights, internet, and other electronics have been wired:



We are going with as much home automation as we can, with lights, fans, window shades, sound system etc all controlled by our smartphones.

Most excitingly, we've got most of the windows now, and the exterior wood and stone has begun to be set in place! It's beginning to look like a real house instead of a skeleton house:







More house photos at Flickr

Comments

[thalia]

Ooh, heated floors! We put heated floors in our bathroom when we redid it, and it's the best thing ever. Your house looks fabulous, and I hope we can come see it sometime!

[ilanarama]

Yeah, we have heated floors here (I think we had them already when you visited?) and they are the BEST. Especially on cold winter mornings. And of course our cat LOVES them.

I hope you can come see it, too! Our timeline has been pushed back but we are hoping to be moved in before the end of the year. We'll have a guest room with a lovely view...

[yhlee]

So cool! So exciting! Thank you for sharing the pics. =D

[ilanarama]

Hee, I'm glad it's not just me who thinks it's exciting!

[hamsterwoman]

Wow, it's really coming along!

The preschool my kids attended had heated floors, and it was a really great addition to the comfort of the place!

[ilanarama]

I don't know why people don't do it as a matter of course here; it's more efficient than forced air, and mmm comfy.

[mtl]

Nifty!

[ilanarama]

Thanks!

[kaiz]

Oh wow, this is so very exciting! The stone work is fantastic in combination with the wood. :)

[ilanarama]

Thanks! I was not initially thrilled about the dark wood stain - I tend to like lighter colors - but it goes very well with the stone, I think.

[jesse_the_k]

Wowza, that looks so nifty.

(Is it an artifact of the wide-angle lens or do those gluelam wood beams truly arc horizontally?)

[ilanarama]

They really arc - you can see it better in this framing photo. We joke that we're going to be living in a Quonset hut, but it's definitely something that catches the eye.

[jesse_the_k]

Stunning!

(I think more skating rink than Quonset hut.)