Lots of Progress!

I was away on vacation for almost two weeks, during which a great deal of work was done on the house. The insulation was completed inside--thanks to Jesse for photographing this step last week:

This is the Great Room, viewed from the door to the balcony:

















And this is the Great Room viewed from the front windows:
















When I arrived at the property today, the workers were finishing the stucco outside the house:






















And this week the interior was completely dry-walled, so the rooms are really beginning to take shape. As you've probably noticed, I'm only posting photos of the Great Room for now, but I have been photographing every room in the house so that I can do step-by-step picture entries for each room when it's done.

Here is the Great Room as viewed from the bathroom doorway:



















And the Great Room as viewed from the kitchen:




















The entire house should be painted inside and out next week!