The weather has been really weird….sunny and warm one day and frigid and snowing the next!

Working on more panels

I worked some more on the “copper” ceiling tiles on one of the sunny days, but only got 3 of the 6 done.  It snowed last week and went down to around 10 degrees, so not much happened then.  The 3 tiles were covered with diluted green paint.

The "tools"

I used some tube oil paints and a sponge to put in some highlights, then rubbed off the paint…kinda like antiquing.

Wiping down the glaze

Then I went back and rubbed off more to make the copper color show through more.  I’ll get the next 3 on the next warm and sunny day.

John fastens the ceiling tiles

John installed the ones that were already done.  They really do look good.

Ceiling over the tub

They need a few trim touches, but essentially, they are finished.  Nice touch, huh?

I finished the grouting on the sun porch “fireplace.”

"Fake firebox"

It looks really nice too.  I’m excited to get started on the rock work around it, but that will have to wait until after the CO.  We have to concentrate on the minimum requirements to meet building code. Then we can finish the things we want to do and get moved in!

We worked on getting the upstairs bathroom plumbed.

Upstairs shower plumbing

We had to cut a hole in the sub-floor to get to the shower drain.  Now, John can align the drain with the new shower pan and replace the sub-floor.

Upstairs bath

Hopefully that won’t be too big of a deal.  Then we can tile the whole bathroom floor and be ready to install all the plumbing fixtures.  He’ll also install the shower head and then we will tile the shower walls.

Still lots of work to do, but we are really looking forward to moving in soon.