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Back to the mountain house, where else? Last we left off on this new-home-building journey of ours the floors were being installed and the exterior of the home had been stained. Our next visit to the house in November 2011 revealed, as had come to be expected at this point, much progress.
The flat stone on the fireplace was nearly complete and was looking just as we had envisioned.
The crew just had this little bit left to do at the top and then the stonework would be complete and ready for a mantel.
The kitchen cabinets were beginning to be assembled. We had a cabinet maker in Morganton (Mr. Mull's hometown, about 45 minutes away from the mountain house) make all of the cabinetry throughout the home and it turned out so beautiful.
And all of the walls were painted! There aren't too many walls to paint, since the exterior logs are exposed inside as well as out, but for the walls that we did need to paint we chose this sage green (above), a burnt red, and a cream. All of the common rooms are the sage green, the full bathrooms and laundry room are burnt red, and the bedrooms + half bath are cream.
The master bathroom cabinets were also beginning to be installed on this visit. No counter top or doors yet, but significant progress nonetheless!
And here is a peak at the burnt red color--I love all of the colors that we chose! I think they're very mountain-esque (because that's a word).
The bedrooms were coated with a nice, neutral cream and all of the baseboards were hung.
The doors had also been installed--we love the doors we chose which mimic the tongue and groove ceilings in the great room and loft areas.
Another exciting addition this trip were the exterior balconies off of the two upstairs bedrooms. You can't tell from this picture, but the threshold of each door is higher than average to prevent snow from coming inside!
The tongue and groove ceilings in the great room and loft were finished off with trim and molding...
and those top two windows in the great room were finally installed!
With winter fast approaching (construction pretty much shuts down in Blowing Rock in the winter due to the frequent extreme weather conditions), we were eager for the home to be complete. Luckily, our contractor was working hard to finish in time and get us in before Christmas!
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