Here are pictures of the downstairs bathroom, including a close-up of the vintage (1920s-30s) light fixture on the ceiling. The tub will go at the end of the room as you look through the door, but it isn't ready yet.

The stairs were built last week but have yet to be stained. They are red oak. Also, here is a close-up of one of the sconces on the wall above the stairs.

Our butcher block countertops have been installed, and we're in the process of treating them with coats of tung oil. They are maple, and we're using a mixture of 100% pure tung oil along with a little bit of dark raw tung oil to darken them slightly, thinned with citrus solvent. One picture shows where the sink will be, and the other one will have the stove at the front end. The beadboard on the wall will be painted like the cabinets.

Here's also a picture of the pantry with painted shelves. There's a little junk being stored in there.

Most of the interior doors are stained. Here's a picture of one, plus a close-up of the porcelain door knob.

We have made quite a bit more progress on the house, but there are still lots of little things to finish. We have built-in bookshelves in the two front rooms. Here are some pictures of them, as well as one of the inside of the front door and one looking across the front hall from one room to the other.

The chimney is finished! Here are some pictures. We have several other things done, as well. The floors are underway, and the interior doors are all in. We also got our electric line buried and hooked up, so we have power and heat now! (no lights yet)

The railing is partially finished around the porch. It will be painted white, as will that strip of trim on the outside between the posts and rock. The floor will be gray.

The tile is down in both bathrooms and the utility room. It is a black and white check pattern in all three. We also have the hardwood started upstairs. It is almost finished in both upstairs bedrooms. Here's a picture in one of the rooms. The window in the picture still has to be stained.

Our hardwood floor was delivered Friday. It's 3 ¼-inch wide prefinished oak boards. Here is a sample of it. The color is "Ozark vista." Some of it looks lighter than what is pictured here, but I think it will all blend together and look OK.

I just realized I haven't posted a picture of the fireplace. The firebox has been built, and now it just needs a tile surround and mantel. Also the chimney is progressing - slowly.

Progress has been slow. I got one exterior door stained a few days ago - the kitchen door. Here it is:

We are currently working on kitchen cabinets, which, of course, are pretty detailed and time-consuming. Here's a picture of the boxes for the main wall of cabinets. The stove will be at the far end of this section, and around the corner to the left will be the kitchen sink, dishwasher and fridge, with lower cabinets only. We are planning to paint these cabinets, maybe the same color as the ceiling (Rice Cake), which is a light cream/barely yellow.

We have a couple more things done on the house now. Some of the window and door casings are up, and we got our transoms installed. Here are a couple of pictures of trim around the doors in the dining room and living room. We used 4-inch fluted casings with 4 ½-inch corner blocks downstairs (3 and 3 ¾ upstairs). I am going to work on the stain a little more now that they're up and also add a coat of clear varnish. The staining has been a LOT of work. We have probably more than half the casings done now, but we still have to finish those and do all the doors, windows, baseboards and crown moulding. Both the doors pictured here have glass transoms, but you really can't see the glass at all. In the picture looking through into the kitchen, you can see the beginning of the cabinets and also the chalkboard panel door that we got for the pantry.

OK, we have most of the house painted, and it is an ongoing ordeal. In the living room, we have Olive 3 by Laura Ashley. It is a pretty color, but I'm afraid it's too dark. I'm contemplating changing it to Olive 2, which is one step lighter.

In the downstairs bathroom, we have French Bistro in Kilz brand. It is much, much brighter on the wall than we expected it to be. The color is not accurate in this picture because the flash is on. It looks much more intense when you're in the room. Once again, I'm thinking about changing it to a lighter color. Whatever we do there will also be in the utility room across the hall.

Finally, we have Amaryllis Yellow, also from Kilz,

in most of the rest of the house (dining room/kitchen, hall and landing, upstairs bedrooms). It's a little "yellower" than I wanted, but it's too big an area to repaint, so I'm trying to embrace it. The color has been the most stressful thing so far.