This blog post is coming from inside the house: we now have power and internet. No plumbing yet. So as I’ve been working from the office this week, the purple porta-potty outside is still crucial. No heating either, but a small space heater is plenty to keep the house warm, even with snow and frosty nights outside. Gigabit fiber as well as Cat 6 Ethernet cables converge in a central cabinet.

Another step closer to the finish line: the interior of the house has been painted. As mentioned before, our choice was Sherwin Williams Kilim Beige, with trim at quarter-strength. Another finishing detail in progress: kitchen backsplash (Cosmic Square Graphite 6x6 from WOW). Soffit On the outside, the soffit is being finished before they put up the stone and finish the stucco. It may look like wood, but it’s not. We decided to go with the low-maintenance SAGIWALL V-Groove in Caramel Cedar by Sagiper.

The countertops are in – a quartz called Carrara Breve (3 cm thick). There’s an 18 inch overhang by the breakfast bar; supports will be added along the wall in addition to some metal brackets. At one point, this overhang was supposed to be 15 inches, but that idea got lost somewhere. Thus the edge of the counter doesn’t line up exactly with the wall as planned. Is anybody except me going to notice?