We hope the new entry will welcome everyone and make them feel at home right away.

Close-up

It turned out just like we wanted. It will have to cure for about 3 weeks before we seal the grout.

Finished entry

I still have to paint the interior of the coat closet, then we’ll re-hang the doors, paint the entry walls and trim everything out.

John’s been working on the plumbing.  He’s added a bunch of “stuff” to the wall for the radiant heat.

Ready to hook up the water heater

He has a few items that he has to get to install the water heater, but we’re getting close.

We ordered a wooden closet kit for our closet and it arrived this week.

Broken closet shelf

Unfortunately, when we opened it, one of the shelves had been damaged, so we couldn’t work on that yet. We did get a replacement yesterday, so that was really good service.  Now we just have to plan the layout.

We got the tiles set in the dining room today, too.

Dining room door tiles

There are 2 rows of tile just inside the French doors.  We now have tile inside all the exterior doors.  We hope this will protect the wooden floors in the rest of the house. Water and snow on tiles is okay….not so much on hardwood floors. They’ll be ready to seal tomorrow. We’ll also seal the second coat on the shower tiles and be ready to grout both on Wednesday!

We got a real “biggie” done today with the help of Willow.  She and John lifted the tub into place today while I helped guide it from below. We didn’t get a picture yet, but that will come next week.

Willow also helped plant some daffodils today.  She’s a good helper and a lot of fun to have around.  We have a few more things to plant tomorrow, then it’s back to work inside.  All-in-all, a pretty good week!