They'll stone you just like they said they would

I wasn't entirely sure about heading up to the mountains today - I was afraid it might not be worth the drive if there wasn't a ton of progress.  Turns out I'm glad I made the trip - there was a lot more done than I had expected.

This first picture shows the progress that Brian made on the finished stairs.  He has the newel posts, balusters and railing up.  I was really happy with the way it looked.  We're waiting for the stair nosing from the hardwood flooring company that is backordered before the stairs will be completely finished but you get a pretty good sense of it based on the work he's done.

Around back, Mark finally declared victory over the rear gable truss that has been causing him to say a lot of bad words.  This week he'll be putting the exterior finish on the chimney then finishing the siding and the soffit tongue & groove under the gable.

In the kitchen, Al was hard at work on the tile backsplash behind where the hood is going to be.  He's going to run it all the way up to to the top of the cabinets.

In the great room, Pablo and his team were hard at work on the stone around the fireplace on the North wall.  They were probably 75% done today and expect to finish tomorrow.  The stone is quarried in Telluride, Colorado.

The raised hearth came out really nicely and is capped by a large piece of stone similar to what Pablo used for the mantle over the fireplace.