Check out the flooring --

Somewhere over the rainbow. . . . Samish Island view extraordinaire (This was taken with Peter's i-phone after one of our recent storms).

Courtney, Nick and Katey don "booties" to be able to walk around on the new hardwood floors.

View of the office flooring - before (above) and after the stain has been applied (below).

View of the living/dining room - above, before the stain - and below, during the staining process. We used wide plank hickory - which has a lot of variation in color and grain. The stain really blends it all and it's turning out just as we planned. Yea!!

How can it possibly be November?!!

Oh my gosh - I can't believe we totally missed updating this blog for the whole month of October! So here's a quick "tour" of the latest happenings -- Above shows what will be one of the window seats on either side of the fireplace. I'm thinking it will be a great spot with a good book and a glass of wine!

This is downstairs in what will be our TV/theatre room and it shows one of the hot-water radiators that will be the heat source in the downstairs. You can also see where the TV screen will go. Can't wait for the first movie night!

Shingles are on the front now --

--and we have garage doors!

Here's the 'east' guest room upstairs. The window trim is on and this shot shows the cute little window in the closet - which will not have a door on it (just a bench for your suitcase when you come visit!)

The entry from the front door into the living room. Loving all the wood trim detail!

Another shot from the living room (with Jake in the foreground) showing the wood trim. Kitchen is in the background. Not visible in the picture are two big stacks of the wood flooring. We are using wide plank hickory. It's getting "acclimated" to the house and will probably be installed in 2 - 3 weeks.

The casita is getting shingles (taken today). The little door on the back is for the attached "garden shed" which was a great idea from Peter. Isn't it cute??

Inside the casita - the white squares on the ceiling are the infra-red radiant heat. It should keep this little space really cozy! We were going to paint the window trim in here, but have now decided to leave the wood. We'll be taking reservations in a few months! :-)

We needed to make sure that the middle window trim doesn't impede the "view from the bathtub" so we put it up on the plywood frame and moved it back and forth until it was just perfect! Such a lovely peaceful view in the background . . .

That pretty much catches us up. Leave a comment - we'd love to hear from you!

MK & Peter