Everything under roof already!

Six months after groundbreaking, the roofs on both the main house and the master bedroom suite are close to complete. Progress for the past couple of months has been quick and visually stimulating. Once the final touches are on the roofs by the end of this week, Bob Kirk will turn over the project to the plumber first, then the electrician, and finally the solar sub. The daily "oohs and ahhs" I have been having with the raising of the roofs will be replaced by, "oh, plumbing pipes, how nice". They're needed, but not as fun to watch going in as seeing the house take shape from ground to roof!

For a few months I had been second guessing our decision to pickle all the exposed wood. It was a relatively significant added cost, and the work has taken a long time. But now that the finished product is installed, the good news is that it looks great! Having the pickled white wood everywhere lightens and brightens what is already a very airy, open feeling house and master suite. Pretty much all the wood you see in the pictures is pickled-let me know what you think!

Note that there are a lot of pictures of the landscaping. It always looks good, and I was inspired one day to document the myriad colors and textures that Robert has planted and nurtured starting in 2009.

If you haven't watched any of the videos yet, this is the one to watch (right below)! My husband Robert took it after showing me how to do a "trust fall" back into uluhe ferns to move them away from other plants. Watch what happens, it's only 35 seconds long. Aloha!