The Last Piles

I am  finally working my way through the last piles of lumber, the walnut looks like I will just have enough, or just a little short. And the cherry looks like we have just enough also, all I gotta do is put it on the wall. This is so cool, thousands and thousands of boards, and I am on my last few dozen. Slowly the realization of what we have accomplished is sinking in, 1-1/2 years since I began framing this house, we are soon to be done. The last three years have transformed our lives, having built our bussiness(sorry, I know Obama built our bussiness) and this awesome place in under three years is pretty special. There is one last big push to complete all the interior items before moving in somewhere around the 20th of October. Looks like everything will be complete, including the tile backsplashes in the kitchen, and the island too. I don't think I ever want to do this again, my future projects will be just as cool, just not as big. This place is our foundation from here on out, this is home and the base of our operations. There are very few places built with the attention to detail and quality that has gone into building this place, and to pay someone else is too costly. Speaking of costs, after I'm done, it's time to get this place payed for. We don't want to be paying on this place when I'm 90, so I will have to get to thinking about ideas to make massive profits in a nation where profits have become a bad word. Maybe the government will build me something, "I'll take a profitable bussiness to go please", or maybe we will expand our bussiness and put in new stores and give the government half of everything we make. But for now, the last piles slowly wither away, leaving a welcomed void where they have layed for what seemed like forever. For me, it's like sand through the hourglass, with each board that goes up, I am closer to the end. Hollohead

The End Is Near!!!

Interior doors are in! Scott and Mike worked with me over the weekend and got all the doors installed, leaving me with a mountain of work to do. Actually, there are under 100 boards to install, and we will just about be done. That may sound like a lot, but it is not when you consider that there are probably 5000 boards in the whole place. I'm down to the last items inside; trim on doors, base moulding down, stain doors, build island and valance in kitchen, complete couple pieces of trim in Awesome room, build master bath vanity top and complete shelving system, and then knock out everything in a clear poly finish. 2 weeks of hard work will put me on the proverbial doorstep of knocking the interior out. Then we will move in, take a deep breath, and complete the few remaining items on the outside. I'm tired, but I also know that with just one more big push, it will be done. Check it out, the Hollohead