January – March, 2005: Windows, doors, roof…completing exterior, starting interiors.
Monday, January 3, 2005
Happy New Year! Roof pretty much complete.
Have a look from Pfefferkorn Road and around the neighborhood.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Getting ready for a real roof.
Monday, January 17, 2005
We have windows and doors!
Friday, January 21, 2005
Now that we have a roof, interiors can start.
Inside our cool front door 
Allie in the shade 
On the main steps upstairs 
The back steps in the family room 
Family room fireplace 
Living room fireplace
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
The Trex flooring for the back deck arrives.
Friday, January 28, 2005
The major bathroom fixtures arrive. Let’s see what’s upstairs.
Allie’s bedroom, side window 
Allie’s bedroom, front window 
Allie’s bathtub 
Guestroom bathtub 
The ductwork in the attic 
Attic ductwork looks like the house’s intestines 
My study, side window 
My study, front window 
Looking out my study window,
Saturday, February 5, 2005
A nice, chilly Saturday to take a good look around without getting in anyone’s way.
Family room from kitchen entrance 
Family room from kitchen 
Family room from back corner 
Family room from front corner. Notice lattices in windows — they would go away before long. 
Front door from family room 
Living room 
Main floor hallway 
Master bedroom coffered ceiling 
Family room from back stairs 
Ditto, but a different light/exposure 
Kitchen door 
Kitchen from stairs, looking into dining room 
The deck 
The deck from the grill spot 
Roofline from back deck 
The view from the grill
Sunday, February 13, 2005
A week later. Only one photo so I guess not much changed.
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Insulation!
Attic room above the garage 
Tiny tot room — my addition! 
Allie’s bedroom 
My study 
My study 
Master bedroom ceiling 
Family room 
Garage 
Garage 
Garage
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
We have walls!
Family room 
Kitchen 
Upstairs storage over garage 
Upper great room 
UGR 
Allie’s room 
Allie’s room 
My study 
My study 
Siding from the deck
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Stonework and siding!
Thursday, March 3, 2005
Fresh snow and stonework.
Monday, March 7, 2005
More siding and check out indoors.
Family room 
Family room 
Family room 
Front door, foyer and living room 
Foyer looking into master bedroom and family room 
Foyer from stairs 
Stonework mostly done, siding going up
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Stonework done, except for chimney.
Marble trim for fireplaces…installed in the wrong places. The white marble was supposed to be in the family room. I had to complain to Tim to get the workmen to switch them. He was not pleased.
Living room 
Living room 
Family room
Tile and marble trim. Our tile was sourced from Compass Stone & Tile in Annapolis. I’d made a number of trips there to choose our particular tile styles for each bathroom. We wanted decorative accents in Allie’s room and the master bath. Allie and Barb were very involved in the final choices.
Master bathroom floor 
Master bathroom tub and shower tiles and trim 
Allie’s bathroom floor tile 
Trim for Allie’s bathroom
We also wanted heated tiles like we’d discovered at the SAS Hotel in Copenhagen. Fortunately, the Compass people knew how to do that. We also wanted heated towel racks like in Copenhagen but had a harder time finding them. We settled on a standalone electric towel warmer from a catalog for our master bathroom. Sorry, Allie.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Showing progress to Allie. She approves.
Allie’s bathroom 
Allie’s bathroom 
Friday, March 18, 2005
Tile installed.
Master bathroom floor 
Master bathroom tub 
Allie’s bathroom 
Allie’s bathroom 
Guest bathroom 
Guest bathroom floor 
Kitchen door and mudroom 
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Shutters start being installed. The red color helps dress things up. The front steps also near completion.
Front steps complete 
The fireplaces are fixed.
Dark marble in living room 
White marble in family room
A muddy mess. Steps to the kitchen door still to come.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Cabinets arrived. The kitchen is taking shape.
The computer desk and the wet bar coming together.
Other cabinets and sinks are here, ready to be installed.
Laundry room cabinets 
Front bathroom cabinet 
Allie bathroom cabinets 
Master bath cabinets 
All our sinks: master bath, Allie bath, guest bath 
Master bathtub
Other goodies, ready to be installed.
Fridge 
Microwave and one oven 
Preassembled archways
Making sure the fireplaces are still in the right place.
Outside views.
Looking good 
Columns now on deck
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Kitchen appliances start to be installed.
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Time for trim and doors.
Archway to front bathroom 
I especially liked the octagonal window in the bathroom 
French doors to living room 
Dual arch in foyer
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