Mull Makeover: Mountain House Progress Round III

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Last we left off with the mountain house progress the walls had been hung and the rooms were starting to really look like rooms. The next month--October 2011--we were able to visit again and show my parents (who live in Houston, TX and hadn't seen the house yet) all of the work that had been done.

When we arrived the crew was hard at work--always a relief to see when you're building a house and hoping the contractor will meet the deadline! The biggest exterior difference this visit was the addition of exterior stain. Also, siding had been hung on the window eaves, but not stained yet.

They were working on the last eave on the back side of the house while we were there.

And since there were actually items of value in the house now (all of the lighting, etc) the contractor had boarded up those top two windows since they hadn't arrived yet.

The posts for the balcony in the loft overlooking the living room were finally ready--yay! Next visit, no more scary photos from the second floor with no barrier!

And perhaps the most exciting thing this visit was that our hardwood floors were being installed. The entire house (with the exception of the two full bathrooms) has hardwood so this phase definitely helped to make the house start to look more finished.

And the hardwoods had already been laid upstairs!

There weren't quite as many pictures to share from this visit, so in honor of the precipitation we had this past weekend I thought I'd include a picture of our first snow at the mountain house circa January 2012 :).

And a picture of the Mulls in the mountains! If you've never driven at least part of the Blue Ridge Parkway, you must add it to your bucket list (it's what's behind us in this picture, as well as the road off of which our house is located)!

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