A new set of tasks

Here it is, our permit to live in the house we built. It's been a long time coming. But now we have a new set of tasks -- moving in, decorating, working on the landscaping. The next set of photos start to show the canvas we have to work with....

The view from the front.

Our pile of rocks (one of several). We will use a lot of these for the bones of the landscaping we will do.

Moving on to the interior. This is sort of a self-portrait, along with showing the master bath.

The cook top. If you look closely you can see that the center burner is on. According to the user manual, each burner should be turned on for 20-30 minutes to burn off all the manufacturing oils prior to using it to cook with. The same goes for the oven and broiler.

The two gas fireplaces have a similar "break in", so I fired both of them up. They surprised us by making quite a stink. We had opened the house up anyway to air it out so it wasn't a big deal. We were outside working on the garden.

A viewpoint that has been used any number of times, to show the kitchen...

..and family room...

...and our bright upstairs bathroom.