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Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, RG, they are making quite a lot of progress. Those houses will be gorgeous.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Are you singing the Jeffersons' theme song a lot these days, RG? It's really looking good.

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Friday, December 31, 2004 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Vee, Now I have that song stuck in my head! LOL!

Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Friday, December 31, 2004 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
RG, those are huge!!! Congrats on the progress - keep us posted.

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 6:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Two more cabins have been moved out... it's funny to see them down the road at another resort... and amazing how butt ugly they are next to his spruced up cabins...LOL....
One more to go.. #2 looks so lonely down there!

Nothing has been done on the house since the last pictures. It's just TOO cold here! I don't know how it will be humanly possible to get the work done by March 1! But I guess where there's a will, there's a way!

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Too bad the contracters didn't get their rear in gear earlier..they could be doing inside work on this house. (but thats another story :-) )

Karuuna
Member

08-31-2000

Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
RG, you know I may have to come visit this summer just to see all the new buildings!

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, maybe you could stay in one of the old cabins - down the road! just kidding Having stayed there myself, I am going to miss the cabins. Ack RG, how are you going to be able to even SEE the water with all those huge buildings between you and the lake?

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kar, that would be a real treat! Ever think of owning lakefront property in Minnesota?

Grace, we never could see the lake from our house unfortunately... I take that back, if you crawled up on the roof in the winter when all the leaves were gone you could catch a glimpse!! We just didn't do that very often!

The plan is to stay here until Jordan graduates (5 years) and then move on to phase 2. Phase 2 consists of finding a warmer climate, helping Jordan through college (he BETTER go to school in a warmer climate or he's on his own...lol) and finding our real passions in life. Pretty big order, but I think we can, I think we can!!

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Skootz requested and update on the building, so I trudged through ankle deep MUD to get these shots. And I kid you not about the mud. Poor Sophie got sucked into a mud hole....

1
This is a shot of the living room.
2
Kitchen/living room from upstairs
3
The "library"
4
Outside facing lake
5
Outside front view
6


Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
RG, those are beautiful pictures! I can't believe how big and roomy it all looks.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 3:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They sure are something terrific. And they're just temporary as far as your personal plans? Wow! I'd have overbonded with the whole situation to be able to consider warmer climes. LOL

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 3:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee, if you lived here through the -60 temps we had this winter, you wouldn't bond too much...lol! We'll be here for 5 more years, so I'll have plenty of time to love em, and then leave em!!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, well, when you put it that way! Why wait five years? LOL

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Monday, March 07, 2005 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I need advice. We are furnishing the kitchens with stainless steel appliances and brushed nickel fixtures. I have to choose all the lighting for the house and they make lighting in brushed nickel, but for the most part these lights are very modern and sleek. I'm thinking that in keeping with the more "rustic" nature of a lake home this would be out of place. So my choices would be a pewter finish (which is still somewhat more modern but not as much) a black rod iron, or possibly one with a "patina", something like this:

light

This isn't necessarily the style I'm looking for, but you can get an idea of the metal...

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, March 07, 2005 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think it would be fine. Also a black wrought iron type fixture would look rustic and blend with the appliances.

Lucy
Member

10-08-2002

Monday, March 07, 2005 - 12:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here are some fixtures I found in brushed nickel and distressed iron. One is the same fixture you posted. I love the "patina" finish, but I'm not sure I'd mix it with the stainless and brushed nickel. I have both fixture finishes in my house, but the brushed nickel is in my kitchen and the "patina" finish is in my dining room...totally separate rooms. I think you can probably find a rustic brushed nickel fixture or something in distressed/rustic iron that would look great.
brushednickel
rusticiron

Love the pictures you posted...the units look fabulous!

Ddr
Member

08-19-2001

Monday, March 07, 2005 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey RG! What fixtures do you need? For the dining room, etc? Can recessed lighting work?

I did find this one that I think is interesting.
http://www.ylighting.com/seg-3184-962.html


Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, March 07, 2005 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
how about something like these






Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 6:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Those look fabulous! thanks you guys!

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 6:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought I'd show you the progress of the homes this week... so slow going! They are mostly sided now with log siding, garage doors on one (they will be painted to match the window trim), the fireplace is in, and the picture I'm posting is how we are finishing them (minus the dead animals of course)
We picked light fixtures, so I'll post pics of those too....

outside view
fireplace
light
light
This is similar to the one going in the two story foyer, but not exact.
foyer

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, RG, I love the red of that roofline against the blue sky.

Everything looks just marvelous. Somebody...lots of somebodies...is doing a great job.

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 7:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Vee! I chose the red roof because on a fall day last year we were driving through the woods and saw this beautiful log home, the sky was that September blue, the leaves were orange, yellow, and red and against the red roof it looked spectacular! The only problem is that red shingles cost about a third more then other colors, but I HAD to have it! LOL!

I wanted to take some inside pictures but the sheet rockers are slobs! It's such a big mess in there right now...

Michael and I decided that since the first one won't be sold right away that we are going to bring a air bed, some candles, cheese, french bread and champagne (the non alcoholic version of course) and spend a night down there with the fire blazing, the jacuzzi bubbling, and make a night of it!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 8:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What a great idea!!

Grannyg
Member

05-28-2002

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow!! Rg, that is gorgeous!! Hope things continue to go well with the house and that a buyer is right around the corner!!