End of construction - on to painting & other stuff

The team of three construction artists have nearly finished their work. They've been building shelves, doorsills, and all kinds of finishing trim. Today was supposed to be their last day, and they did many things to finish the sawing, assembling and nailing. After today, apparently, the paint crew will come. They will prime walls to be painted, then stain the interior and exterior, then paint the drywall. I tried to capture some of the finishing details that have been done recently. First, you see pull handles on the doors to the pantry (left) and half bath (right).
Here's something very cool ---- the dividing wall that will define the right side of the horseshoe shape of the kitchen counters. The raised bar granite countertop will be placed atop the supporting pieces that the builders created, shown here. This wall will be the dividing point between the board and batten old look of the house and the "surprise" addition of the modern kitchen. As usual, Josh did a fabulous job.

Here are Matt (sorry I didn't realize your eyes were closed or I would have taken another shot) and Josh with the glass cut-out on the door to the eating porch right after it was re-hung. Hooray!!

Here is something very exciting --- Josh's design of the banister and railing for the new staircase. The new treads have been laid, too --- I forgot to take a picture of that.

Isn't this beautiful??? And it is rock solid-sturdy. The little tail in the picture is grand-puppy Bailey who was visiting us while Eddie went to a funeral.

Next is a shot of the right-side interior of the master closet. This side will have double-decker rods for hanging shirts and other shorter items.

The left-side of the closet will have a single, higher rod, plus the stack of shelving. On the back wall of the closet we plan to place the tall dresser that was Daddy's in the old version of the house. So when you open the door to the closet, that is what you will see straight ahead. This will be a wonderful closet!

Today they also added a shelf into the upstairs hall cabinets. This makes the space more usable for storing blankets, sheets, towels, whatever.

Next is the interior of one of the expanded closets. Even in the closets they added baseboards and custom-sawn shoe molding, to match those in the original part of the house.

And let's not forget that the second railing on the back steps was done today!

This rear entrance is so cool!!! What beautiful workmanship! I am so glad we held out for stone. And the trex deck surface is perfect, not to mention the right color!

So, the shot above and the one below are two of my favorite ones from today. However, the staircase ones going to the sunroom are fabulous too. Doesn't this look wonderful???