The Last Picture Show

The house is 98% complete and we have moved in.  There is lots to do with setting up a new household and a new garden, so we're totally consumed with projects.  One big thing left is to install the solar panels on the roof.  Everything is in place to do so and we meet with the contractor this week.  We will probably wait to see what kind of incentives and financing we can get, but hope to install the panels soon.  The plan is to produce enough electricity to power the whole house and have some left over to provide charging power for an electric car (which we don't have yet because they are freaking expensive).

Thanks for viewing our blog, maybe we'll do it again some time!  Here are a few pictures of the inside before we tarted it up with furniture and pictures.  There's also one picture of the beginnings of our garden.  Enjoy.

Beginnings of the garden.  The structure to the left is the garage and to the right is the conservatory.  The four beds are to be arranged into the veggie garden.  The stone path between the two structures defines two planting beds and in the foreground is part of the rain garden and pond.

The living room with the doors on the left leading out to a walled garden area and the doors in the center of the picture leading to the conservatory.

The doors in the living room that lead out to the conservatory.

A view from the living room into the kitchen.  The conservatory door in the previous pictures is to the left (by the pile of junk).

The guest bathroom on the first floor.

The office, also on the first floor.

The library, also on the first floor and it takes the place of what would ordinarily be a dining room (which we only used at Christmas and Thanksgiving anyway).  The door leads out to the second walled garden area.

The laundry room on the second floor.

The guest bedroom.  The open door leads to the sunporch which interconnects the two bedrooms.

The sunporch between the two second floor bedrooms.

The master bedroom.  The Japanese Shoji screen in the center is a movable double door that leads into the green yoga room (no, ladders are not part of any yoga practice I know of!).

The master bathroom sink area.  The sink is a smooth poured concrete with embedded fossils.  There is another room to the master bath that contains a walk-in shower and a soaking tub.

Still heading onward and upward,

Mark, Mark and Isabel