Week 56: Correct Interior Doors & Tree Auction

Interior Doors! Take two - finally has arrived from Modern Doors (again) this Wednesday and the measurements are good. The old set of doors with the incorrect measurements got returned with the same trucking company that dropped off. These doors are so nice and truly fits the modern aesthetic we were looking for. It's too bad that they do not supply closet doors at a better price. We went with 8 foot high doors for all interior doors, the height of it makes the ceilings appear even higher. It's not some many people focus on and they normally end up getting the standard measurements, but it can really make a difference to the overall look of the interior. Finally, we can proceed with the rest of the interior framing. Matt and Adam had wanted to wait until they arrived to ensure the most accurate fit possible. We love our GCs, they are so meticulous, they've really affected the outcome of this home and our love for it.
We have an area in the front of the house where a lot of water gathers, Matt and Adam spent this week building 2 beautiful rock ponds where the water would run through. It looks..dare I say...AMAZING (inside joke on the word Amazing..because I dread using it because of my work).
We went to the MANZA family farm (Montgomery, NY) this Saturday to bid on some trees. Never again will buy full price trees and plants, they were practically giving it away. Bought several Maples, Cherries, and Plum trees to start us off. Plum tress for $25.00 each and they were about 10 ft high. $65.00 for Japanese Maples!!! We would need a whole lot more. Just haven't worked out the plan yet.

Week 55 : Sealer hmmmm

We had decided to seal the cedar slats to avoid it going grey in the near future. It was a beautiful color to begin with. We decided on Sikkens Cetol 1 as the sealer, it has pretty good reviews. The lightest color is Natural Light. There was also a Cedar color choice, but it makes it very red. Since the Natural Light color was delivered late, we just received it Friday, we didn't get a chance to test it out. Went out to the site on Saturday and started applying, it really makes the wood look much darker, which we do not like because it contrasts so much with the cedar ceiling. I was very disappointed and really hope it lightens up during the next few weeks after it dries out.
The last small window above the Kitchen got delivered and now the house is fully secureable.
The correct interior doors should be delivered coming week.

Week 53 & 54: Leach Fields, gas tank and Space Pak

We missed 1 weekend to go on labor day holiday. The last 2 weeks were full of activity. Leach fields were assembled, gas tank was installed and filled. We finally went with a 500 gallon tank since our swimming pool is no longer in the picture. Space Pak AC system is done in the main house. There were tube after tube of smaller pipes, it was quite a lot of work for our plumber Devan. Majority of electrical rough-in has been done.
Cedar ceiling is almost completely up in the courtyard, it looks incredible!
Our tomato harvest is picking up speed, we missed 2 weeks and this time we were up there, we harvested about 1 full pound of it.