Chimney, paint, flooring finish

Chimney almost done. Masonry by Bruce Deitmeyer of D&W Masonry in Moses Lake, with a big assist from former partner Richard Ward of Ward & Sons LLC, Vashon Island. Nice job fellas. Real stonework is a disappearing art.

Chimney

The mason has started the chimney. It'll take something like 10 tons of fieldstone, hand-picked from the property. Artifical stone was not an option. Just doesn't look like real rock. Kind of cool to think that chimney could be there for centuries.

Cayuse Sunrise

View from Lot 28. That splash of color you see on the shop? Yes indeed, that will be the color for the body of the house. Countless hours were spent finding just the right shade of rust red. Credit Josh @ Sherwin Williams (Moses Lake) for splitting that final hair and delivering the perfect color. You know it when you see it.

Hearth Stones

These are slices of basalt fieldstone from the back yard, which the mason cut & polished for the hearth. Nothing fancy, but nicely "organic" in the Craftsman tradition

Flooring

First major screw-up of the process. We had chosen engineered hardwood floors, and when they were partially down we knew we didn't like them, mostly because many of the pieces were very short and also because it was too dark. So we tore it out and switched to white oak - timeless, elegant, classy.