This is the back porch ceiling. It is finished all the way around the house. We just need to paint it light blue. It will be trimmed out with cedar boards that will be painted white. Thanks to Jim Yongue for all of his help installing the ceiling boards. You can also see the outdoor fireplace in this photo.

This is another view of the salon bathroom. This room is pretty much complete. We need to add grab bars on the wall and a towel bar. The floor turned out really nice. We used a laminate tile product that locks toghter like laminate wood flooring and it really looks like real tile!

The salon is almost done as well. We have the floor down and we just need to add a sink and wall station. Photos of that will be coming soon!

This is a picture of the sink, light fixture and mirror in the salon bathroom.

This is the part of the house where Jeff finished up the siding. The last shake went up in the very top of the center peak. He did an amazing job. We are so Thankful that God kept him safe all of that time up on the roof.

This is a view of the back of the house behind the garage. This photo is just to show that the siding is complete.

This is the mirror, sink, and light fixture that we chose for the Pine Room. Everything turned out so nice in here. The paint color is perfect. The color is actually called Pine Needle!

This is the bathroom in the Pine Room. It is finished.

This is another view of the Pine Room. We are currently using maple furniture in here but we plan to have pine furniture in here when we open.

This is the Pine Room. The room is finished except for

some trim around the floor and installation of blinds. This room faces the driveway and has a beautiful view of the woods and sideyard. The colors of the trees along the woodline are so

pretty right now.

This is a photo of the mirror and light fixture in the walnut bathroom. The walls are actually a very light yellow color. We will be using dark purple bedding and curtains for contrast. This room is almost complete. We just need to have the old clawfoot tub re-finished and we'll be all set.

Here are Jeff and Shelby relaxing on the hammock after a long and hard day of work. I bet you can guess wich one worked harder!

This a view of the back of the house. Many thanks to Jeff's Dad who built the railings on the decks for the three suites upstairs. He visited us in July and we put him to work! Jeff could not have gotten this done without him. Thanks Dad! It looks great!

This is my favorite view of the house. This is what our guests will see when they come down the driveway. As you can tell the siding is all done! All 25,000+ shakes are on! Remember, we hand dipped each one and hung them up one at a time. We started staining in August of 2008 and ended in August of 2009. It was exactly 1 year and 1 day for us to finish.

Jeff finished the trim around the large windows in the living room and entry way. They turned out so nice. This is a photo of the one in the living room. The other window in the enrty is just a bit smaller than this one.

This is the sink we are using in the bathroom for the walnut room. This room will also have an old clawfoot tub to use. We purchased the tub locally. It was pulled out of and old house.

This sink looks old, right? It is actually a reproduction piece that we found on an online aution site. We are working hard to get this room ready for our first guests who will be coming in July...Mom and Dad Swartz!

Here is Jeff coming down off of the ladder. He had just finished putting the siding on the last dormer of the main house! (Did you notice the rainbow behind him? ) Now he only has four more dormers on the apartment to do. Each one takes about three nights after work for him to complete. Go Jeff, go!

We thought we would add this picture of this rainbow that was behind the house the other night. It looked so pretty just over the lake like that. It was a very peaceful night that night. The rainbow was just the icing on the cake. We are so thankful to our God for all He has done for us and for all that He has blessed us with. His creation is beautiful! We would be nothing without Him and we would have nothing without Him. Thanks be to God!!

This is our master suite with the ceiling fan in place. Thanks again to Ken Hartman for all of his hard work with the wiring. He's the best!

You can also see a small shot of the floors here. They are finished now, too. They were done by Dinu's Hardwood Flooring. He did it exactly like we asked him to. The floor's are perfect! Many thanks to Dinu and his crew!

Here is one of the back walls of the house. We just finished putting the siding on this one. Thanks to our friends Art Fredrick and David Dean we were able to get this big wall done. That's a lot of shakes! Art worked long hours on this.He even worked at night! He wore a light on his cap to work after dark. Thanks so much guys for all your help!

We have lights in the house now! We have been very pleased with our electrician. He is Ken Hartman from Hartman Electric. He and his assistant John worked long hours to get this job done. We really appreciate all they did for us. They were very detailed and asked us a lot of questions to make sure they did the job just right and just like we wanted it. It's hard to find workers like that anymore. They actually asked us things before hand so that no mistakes were made. How about that! If you need an electrician contact us for Ken's info!

Okay, back to the house. Here is Jeff in the kitchen. You can see the fridge on the left and the wall ovens on the right. I can't wait to start cooking in this kitchen! I'm sure Jeff can't wait either! They are measuring for the counter top today. It will be installed in two weeks. Then I think we can move in because everything else will be ready. Across the hallway in that open room with the window is where the salon will be.

I didn't think it was fair to not have a picture of Shelby on here, too. This is how she helps me pack. Pretty lazy, huh?

Here they are. Shadow is on the left and the new kitty, Cleo, is on the blanket. We rescued her about a month ago. We thought we should include a shot of them helping us pack. I can't wait to see them in the new place. I did not have a photo of all three but I'm sure we will when we move in. They are our official Autumn Inn greeters. Actually, these two both hide whenever someone comes in the house. Oh well!

As many of you know, we rescued a kitten about a month ago. Yes, now we have three. We are officially "crazy cat people". Anyway, she thought that the Mustang was a giant jungle gym and climbed all over it. Thankfully, the scrathes will buff out. We decided to bring the Mustang to its new home to be kept out of harms way. For all of you car nuts out there, this is a pretty sight! I'm sure the black car will be following close behind!

This is Ben Beevers posing in front of his work. Just behind him is where the double ovens will go. Behind him to the left is the pantry. It has so much room. It will be perfect for all the storage I will need for baking goods. I have to say it again that we love these cabinets and we are so happy with Ben's work. If you're in the market for a cabinet maker this is your guy! Remember he will ship his work to you. He is willing to go to Asheville and Charlotte, too!

This is a picture if the island in place in the center of the kitchen. The window overlooks the lake. Again I say Ben's work is amazing! If you need cabinet work contact us for his information!

Here are Jeff and Ben Beevers, our cabinet maker, carrying the island to the kitchen. Our cabinets are custom made right down to the one of a kind color formula! Ben matched the color to an old piece of walnut that we had. The cabinets are made entirely of cherry wood and boy are they heavy! You can see the strain in Jeff's face! Even the interior plywood is cherry plywood. We are so pleased with Ben's work. These cabainets are amazing! If anyone needs cabinet work done he will ship them to you! You don't find craftmanship like this anymore. I can't say it enough...they are georgeous!

Yippee! Our kitchen cabinets were delivered today! We are so excited!

This is our living room looking up at the ceiling. We wanted to share pictures so you could see the colors we chose for the house. On the walls is a light green and the ceiling is a dark green. The french doors lead out onto the back porch for a view of the lake.

Here is Jeff ready to greet our guests! Well, not really since he is decked out in his work clothes! This is a view of the foyer area from the front door. You can see through the fireplace.

This is the master bedroom wall color. It was an Olympic historic preservation color called 'Cincinnatian Hotel Carl Tan.'

The bathroom is a slightly darker shade of brown.

As you can see we chose to use a lot of color in the house. The red room is the dining room. The green is the hallway and the living room color. The yellow is Jeff's office.

This picture was taken from the back proch looking in at the living room. The chimney goes all the way up to the ceiling. The mason will be starting the rock work soon. The front door is located on the other side of the fireplace. The fireplace will be see through from both sides.

Here is a picture of the living room taken from the loft area. The floors were stained and had the first coat of poly this week. You can see we chose a light sage green color for the walls. On the ceiling we used a darker thyme green. We are so pleased with the end result of the colors. The darker green really brings the ceiling down to make the room feel cozy.

Here is a close-up of the siding on one of the dormers upstairs. This particular dormer is part of the honeymoon suite which will feature a mahogany four post bed, whirlpool tub, fireplace and an oversized private balcony.

All of our suites will be based on a different type of wood. We will start out with The Pine Suite and The Walnut Suite. The Walnut Suite will have a view of the lake and an antique cast iron soaking tub.

In the future when the final three rooms are complete, they will be The Mahogany Honeymoon Suite, The Oak Suite and The Bamboo Suite. Each will have access to the porch or private balconies.

Some of you have been aking about the siding on the house. We are using cedar shake siding. We purchased the cedar from a mill up north. The shakes are not stained so we have to do that ourselves. Each one is individually dipped in a bucket of stain, the excess is wiped off and then hung up on clothesline to dry. This is a shot of them hanging up in the basement. It is a very long process but it is worth it to us because it saved us a lot of money doing it ourselves. The end result is beautiful.

This is the front of the house. The siding is not complete. We are still working on that...in our spare time! We have been doing a lot of work inside the house so that we can get an occupancy permit. We will finish up the siding once we have moved in. We are hoping that will be in just a few weeks!

The apartment is located above the garage and the part of the house with the porch is the Bed and Breakfast and our living space.

Each guest room will have doors that lead out on to the porch to their own private table for breakfast.

This is a photo of the back of the house taken from the lake. As you can see the siding is not finished yet. This is one of our favorite pictures of the house.

Here is the finished dock. We have since added copper solar lights to the top of each post and, of course, a boat in the water!

Jeff and our friend Jacob get started on building our boat dock. The water level was really low at this time so it made the contruction process a lot easier.

This picture was taken from the lake looking up at the lot where the house will be built.

Here is another photo of our proerty after clearing. You can see our driveway in the background winding through the trees.

Here is a picture of the lake view from our house. We have cleared away some of the trees since this was taken. This was before constuction on the house started and the property had just been cleared.

Hello everyone! We have finally set up a blog for you to see pictures of our Bed and Breakfast. Things are moving along and we hope to be moving in a couple of weeks. We are planning to have our grand opening in September. The Autumn Inn opens in Autumn! Hope to see you there!