Exterior Doors

We finally got the exterior doors. They had to be special ordered, and it took several weeks to get them. They are all-wood, nine-light doors in mahogany. The front door is a double (French) door.
The wood is unfinished, however, so they need to be stained and finished. The door are hung and can be taken down individually for staining.

Kitchen door from the outside

Kitchen door from the inside

Front door (with plastic left on for protection)

Breakfast Nook Bench Continued

The next step for the bench was to put in the seats. These are 3/4-inch birth plywood that I've spent the last couple of week staining and finishing. When the seats are on, the backer supports go on, and then the back boards.

To finish, we have to install the tops, which will be part of the window trim, the side, and the faces, but the bench is ready for use now.

Breakfast Nook Bench

We want a built-in bench in the breakfast nook, and decided that a wall-mounted would be good (and match the various other wall-mounted items we have).

To get the strength and rigidity needed, we decided to install the frame right into the wall. We cut holes into the wall on both sides and at the end of the bench (by the door). Then we installed a 4x4 on blocks in wall and attached it to the studs. We also put in two pieces of 3/4-inch plywood screwed together and attached directly to the stud.

 
Next, we put in 4x4 between the first 4x4 and the plywood frame. This is everything that will hold up the bench.

Then we put the drywall pieces back in and sealed them.

Office Floor

We moved the work to upstairs and installed the floor in the office.

Full Moon

And More Flooring

The work on the floor continues,and we finished the living room and kitchen. There's just a few more feet to go.

The view along the island looking into the living room

Now that the floor in the kitchen is finally done, we were able to install the dishwasher (which we've had for weeks) and the board the matches the cabinets and goes next to the dishwasher.