Progress....

 First coating of stucco is on. We're doing stucco without a lot of adornments. This view is of the back of the house. The 3 windows are over the kitchen sink, and the two windows to the right are for the dinning room.  To the left is the covered porch outside the master bedroom. We want to screen it in to keep me safe from the mosquitoes, and to provide a protected (and not fully outside) for the cat. 

The vanity in the master bathroom, (right) not quite fully assembled. There will be a medicine cabinet filling the opening on the left.  We like drawers. 

This photo also provides the best look at the granite counter top used in the kitchen and for the vanities.

This photo also shows the primary color for the walls.  We've used two shades of brown for most of the house.  My office is the exception. 

You'll have to wait to see that color.

And here (on the left) is the darker brown that we used for the living area section of the main room.  You'll see it in other parts of the house as an accent in future photos.










To the right is the kitchen before the counter tops were installed.  There are the 3 windows in the first photo.

The island haa a large (~7 foot) counter top with overhang on 3 sides. We want to be able to have friends gather around that.

Of course we have to have Alese's signature shelves. We don't do cabinets above.   

The tile throughout (below) is almost all in place.   Tilers said either end of the day or tomorrow morning the tile will all be laid.  Alese describes the tile color as sort of muddy water.  Yes, we've gone brown for our main colors.   

The view below is looking into the corner of the dinning area.  The kitchen is out of frame to the right and the living area begins at the jog to the left.  The display shelf lines the outside walls of the dinning and living areas.