I'mmmmm Back!!! and the progress looks great!

     Wow, it has been over a month since I lasted posted…what happened to the time!?  Debi and I managed to escape to Guadalajara for a nine day road trip of fun shopping and visiting friends in the Lake Chapala area.  What a great trip and a big thank you to Cathy and Allen.  We found lots of cool stuff for the house including travertine and copper sinks, lots of glass ware, beautiful wood carved furniture, and stone carvings used in landscaping.  Next we want to do a trip to Puebla and the surrounding areas to look at travertine tiles for our floors and look at the talavera which comes from there.  There is so much to see and visit in this country…can’t wait till the house is finished and we can spend more time exploring….or maybe just relax!

Also, I did spend time finishing my painting and am working on a new one now.  As promised here is a photo of my first one.

What do you think, do I have any potential?  Anyway, having lots of fun with it.

      So, where did I leave off with the house?  Oh yes, they had just finished the pour of the second level floor.  Well, in a nut shell,  it took approximately two weeks for all of the walls to go up and two more weeks for the roof to go on!  I think I can show the progress better through photos so here ya go!!! 

The first set of photos is of the forming of the concrete counters in our kitchen and our view.

Wood forms in place.

Now rebar is set and ready for concrete.

Counters are ready for coat of stucco and then coat of pasta finish (will explain this in future blog) 

View from our kitchen.

The next set of photos is of the roof framing.  We decided to go with coconut palm wood for the roof framing and this is covered with pine wood.  All of the wood has been treated with a poison to kill termites and any other critters trying to eat it. This will have to be reapplied every couple years plus a sealer.  Fun living in the tropics and all the creepy crawlies you have to learn to deal with!  Ants, scorpians, termites, oh my!

Walls are up and awaiting a roof!

Lots of palm beams that still need to be sanded and sprayed with toxic bugger killer stuff!

The first of the roof framing going up.

And the work continues...not a cloud in the sky!

The palm wood framing is finished and the pine wood sheathing is going on.

Debi... in her new kitchen

These final photos of the house show the finished pine, tar paper over sheathing, and stucco on walls.  Now we are really starting to get into the details of the project.

Finally getting some shade on the open beach side of house!

Pine wood is just about all done.

Check out those beams!

Beautiful use of two woods...we are very happy with the result!

Tar paper and stucco...roof tiles and paint coming soon!