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!