La Casa

I thought I'd show you some of the recent progress at the house.

They poured concrete yesterday. This is the ramp in the front of the house - nice gentle slope up to the front step - this will be useful for Mr. B's son who uses a walker and wheelchair, and for his dad who uses a wheelchair. I got the idea from a house here in town, and I like that it doesn't scream "THERE IS A HANDICAPPED PERSON LIVING HERE" like a wood ramp does.


They had to tear up the driveway to put in the geothermal stuff. We finally have a driveway back, which is SO nice because that Georgia red clay gets EVERYWHERE.


This is the new upstairs laundry room. See - all ready to be hooked up. Once there are walls that is.

The shower in the new bathroom.

Ok, now this is one of my favorite things. See that light in the middle of the picture - the circular one? That's not a light. It's a skylight tube. That's sunlight coming through there! Neither the new bathroom nor the laundry room have windows, and since those are both places that mildew LOVES to inhabit, I really wanted some way of getting natural light in there. Enter the skylight tube!!! I'm so exited - the roof for both of those rooms has a southern exposure so they both should get good light! The 2nd picture is a view of the tube on the roof - that little domed thing just to the right of the tree.


And finally - the gas has been run for the new stove. 6 burners baby. Thanksgiving here I come!!!!!