Fireplace window and "slot"

Fire place, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

There will be a fire element here with a window so you can enjoy the fire outside in the courtyard.

Back patio area

Back patio area, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

Concrete in the back patio area is poured.

Back patio concrete

Back patio, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

More exterior flat work!

Entertainment cabinet wall

Entertainment cabinet wall, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

Sheet rock crew is keeping busy. You can see an interesting architectural detail here. There is a "slot" running down from above. The entertainment cabinet will fill in most of the area shown. The cabinet will end at the right of the parallel walls. It'll be obvious what I mean in the next few weeks.

Coping

coping, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

Here is the new piece of coping that was installed last week. Looks a lot better than the two funky pieces they had in there before!

Lynx 42" grill

Lynx 42" grill, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

This is sitting in our garage right now along with half of our worldly possessions. Use your imagination and envision it as the centerpiece of our future outdoor grilling area.

I found a great deal on eBay (love you, eBay!) on 2009 Lynx built-in grills. These things never seem to go on sale! They are harder to find at a discount than Jimmy Choos. The only downside to this model is that it's missing the "ProSear" feature. Alas, that would have doubled the cost of the grill as the model with ProSear was not available in overstock. So we'll just have to suck it up. My cheap husband is fine with it. He still gets 42" of red hot grilling surface.

Pool coping install today

Pool coping, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

They are installing the coping today. The coping is 24" square. I asked the tile guys to modify the install today because we needed 6" more than a full tile. Rather than throw an extra tile into the mix and shave off a uniform width to make everything look the same, they cut two pieces into 15" to make it work. Which looked like complete crap. It didn't help that they put the narrow pieces right smack in the middle of the coping run. So I asked that they pull out the two funky pieces so we can order a larger piece to cut down to size. I don't think the tile guys were so happy with me.

Penny round pool tile

Penny round pool tile, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

The tile looks darker in person than in the photo but this will be used at the waterline and on the "Shamu" shelf (the it's a shallow area near the steps that can be sat on). We'll probably grout with a dark gray grout.

Behind the tile you can see the coping we are using.

Drywall in the kitchen

Drywall in the kitchen, originally uploaded by Clean_Freak.

We have walls! We have walls! Yippeee!!!