Here and There

We're still here in the leased house and our new house is still next door without us in it!  We have gone past quite a few deadlines, so I'm kind of going week by week now.  We have been accomplishing some exterior things as well as finishing the inside.  Here's a review of the recent upadates:

Conservatory (Liberalarium):
Almost finished, the exterior pictures are below (I plan on posting interior pictures when things are finished).  Some electrical and brick pathway work are all that remains.  Then come the plants!

This picture shows the conservatory just before brickwork, you can also see the new soil being brought in for the garden courtyards.  Note that the courtyard walls have had the stucco applied.

This is the conservatory after the brickwork, gutters are the last thing to go up.

This is a view of the front facade, the steps are being finished today.  In a week or two the wrought iron handrails will go up.

A view of the roof line showing the corbels on the entablature (that's the fancy green things on the cream colored cornice).

A view showing part of the front facade and the front wall of the garden courtyards.  In the next few days the shutters will go in the courtyard window openings.  This picture also gives you a good idea of what the land looks like.  We need some green things.

A view of the whole complex, dubbed Planet Mark by our builder.  The fence to the left is Eastern Red Cedar framed in the New England style.

Onward and upward,

Mark, Mark & Isabel