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| Our front porch -- newly decorated for fall with home grown corn stalks, pumpkins, and straw! |
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| We still need to put in a pathway from the driveway to the front porch and add a bunch of rocks to the terraced yard...we will have our work cut out for us with the landscaping! We plan to plant native grasses and such up to the terraced part and then put in a bunch of perennials above the rocks. You can also see one of the water barrels we installed. It rained last Friday and Saturday and both of our water barrels filled up in less than 30 minutes. We plan on installing a couple more next Spring. |
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| Back patio |
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| The solar panels for the hot water are going in this week. The mounting racks are up and the first set of tubes have been installed. |
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| Stone fireplace with wood burning stove. That thing puts out the heat! I just kinda threw my knick knacks onto those shelves, so I definitely need to de-clutter. :) |
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| Kitchen area -- the girls have loved sitting up high to eat and color at the island. We still need to add knobs to a lot of the cabinets. |
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| Hutch |
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| Our new Sticks table ... see post below. :) |
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| The floor turned out great! I think we'll like it even better when they get the solar hot water set up and we can actually turn on the radiant heat. Our only heat source the last week has been the fireplace, but the house has stayed surprisingly warm! Since it is a passive solar design, all of the heat collected through the windows from the sun is stored in the floors and released at night. |
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| Entry way |
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| Girls' Bathroom -- they love their new tub! :) |
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| The best part! The view at sunset out our back windows! |
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| Full moon setting this morning over the mountains. |
We are so thankful that our house is done and we can finally start to feel settled in. There is still lots of unpacking, decorating, and organizing to do, but it will all come with time. We are still in amazement over how much space we have...this is a 1000 square foot upgrade from any other home Joe & I have shared. All of my boxes are unpacked and I still have empty closets and cabinets...amazing.
Happy Fall! As you can tell by the two pictures above, it has been beautiful here.
Thanks for checking in on us and feel free to come visit any time!!
Congratulations Tara! Your home is beautiful. Thank you for sharing and I loved reading all about the radiant heating and solar energy. Also, what a beautiful table. We have actually heard of the Sticks company, but now I really want to do some research. I loved the photos of the table; this will be something you will keep forever. Hope you and Joe are doing great! {We went to Dubuque this weekend; it's so beautiful here in October.}
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