eld what a nice shout out to find! Things are humming along at the owner/builder pace which is far slower than what most people get! Then DH had surgery (he's fine) 10 days ago so he's just getting back into an almost full day on the build. Painters are there, wood flooring will be started Monday, we had a hiccup today with the install of our mudroom/laundry floor but hope to get that ironed out soon.

These are the most recent exterior shots I've taken - they may be in another thread but who knows which one.

These shots are from today, T/G nickel gap ceilings - painted poplar in the living room and knotty cypress in the entry. We managed to get the high window sashes stained before the painters started but all sashes and muntins will be stained - eventually :-/ Cell phones and low light - not a good mix for pics

And if this doesn't make us look like the Clampletts, I don't know what does! Tiny house, cedar shake going up, metal roof on, clips for solar on the roof - no pics of the inside at the moment but it's so cute and the kids have done 100% on their own with the exception of welding the loft frames. But the bad news is, the day we had our appliances delivered, that truck backed up to get closer to the garage and hit the ridge beam on the back of the tiny house so hard it knocked it off of all 4 leveling jacks! The delivery company (AMS as a warning to anyone else) is not cooperating and the kids have had to contact a lawyer. They don't have a leg to stand on but they are a BIG company and can make this a nightmare and drag it out which seems to be what they're doing. Also their company is located in NY but their lawyer is in CA so that means any suit has to be filed there - a big pain and expense which is why they did it that way. I could go on and on but enough. Our security camera in the garage caught it so we have video of the whole thing, including me swearing like a sailor when I got there and saw what happened!

Those are our solar towers off to the right, panels aren't on yet.

So that's it - more than you bargained for! Thanks again for asking.

Things are humming along at the owner/builder pace which is far slower than what most people get!

I beg to differ that it's slower. ;)

It looks fabulous. And sorry to hear about the kids home. That sucks that you can't sue locally. Seems like since they do business in the state they should be libel in the state.

Oh, cp, once your build gets rolling you'll see. You've had a looooong prelude and a hiccup-y intro but you're builder will get into his rhythm and the main verse will start and repeat with each sub. Honest.

Thanks for the update. Things look great so far!

So sorry about the tiny house issue.

I love the room with the t/g ceilings! Such a great house.

sorry to hear about the tiny house problem. What a headache for the kids.

The kids look happy and that's what is important in the scheme of things. The stove looks awesome and probably will keep them quite toasty in such a small space.

They are happy and that's all that matters.

Siding progress. Homage to where they're building with cypress clapboards. Homage to where they're going with cedar shakes, hand split in Marblemount, WA and brought here to NC as checked baggage !!