Building our new house - Ha felépül egyszer a házunk...

Exciting day again...the trusses for the roof arrived this morning, as it was promised. So we'll have roof over our heads soon...:) Ismét egy izgalmas nap...megérkeztek a tetőelemek ma reggel, ahogy igérték. Szóval hamarosan tető lesz a fejünk felett:)  

I like http://www.houzz.com   because you can browse tons of pictures and  get interior design ideas (you can even save them in your own folders) Here I've collected a few ideas for our bathrooms...Vanities, fixtures, lights or just the layout...Feel free to comment, share your ideas, or just say hi:) Click on the link below to see the design ideas I like... Nagyon szeretem ezt az oldalt: http://www.houzz.com   mert rengeteg lakberendezési ötletet merithetsz nézegetve a fotókat (ami neked tetszik, saját könyvárba rendezve el is mentheted)  Ezen az oldalon pár ötletet gyűjtöttem össze...mosdók, szerelvények, világitás vagy csak az elrendezés... Szivesen veszem, ha megosztod a véleményed (neked tetszik valamelyik? :), ötleteidet, vagy csak be akarsz köszönni. Klikk az alábbi linkre: http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/62562/list/Bathroom-ideas

While we are waiting for the trusses for the roof to arrive (hopefully tomorrow), I have my homework to do: finding plumbing fixtures for the bathrooms. Vanities, faucets, bath tubs, shower and shower heads, toilets let alone all the accessories, that I can buy later (towel racks, soap dispenser, toilet paper holder etc.)...my head is starting spinning...Anyway, I've found quite a few things online, and we also visited a big showroom in LA just to have a taste...:) I like contemporary style, so I've tried to pick all the fixtures that fall into this category... I added a link with some of the ideas I saw online, feel free to check them out and let me know what you think...:) (I know, you can't argue about taste:) http://www.houzz.com Oh, by the way, the second floor is done! yay:) Mialatt a tetőelemek kiszállitására várunk (remélhetőleg holnap), én nekilátok a házi feladatomnak: ki kell választanom a fürdőszobai kellékeket, és szerelvényeket. Mosdók, csaptelepek, kádak,...

It's been a while since I wrote anything here, but the life hasn't stopped...only for a couple of days at Thanksgiving:) How interesting it is that "big things" always happen when we are about to go somewhere (summer vacation, trip to San Diego and now our traditional Thanksgiving family get-together). Before we headed out to Half Moon Bay the last Tuesday morning, the big crane arrived and all the big beams were put up on top of the first floor. So now the workers can start working up there...The house is getting higher and higher...I'm afraid we're going to block the view from the neighbors :) But we'll have the best view in the neighborhood. I can picture myself sitting on the balcony and enjoying the great panoramic view of the mountains...But we're not there yet...:)  Egy ideje nem irtam a blogra, de az élet nem állt meg azóta sem...csak egy pár napra, Hálaadáskor. Milyen érdekes, hogy a "nagy dolgok" (értsd: látványos:-) mindig akkor ...

The first floor is almost done..well, at least the framing:) it's exciting to see how fast the walls have been put up. In about 2 or 3 days almost all the walls are up, the only one missing is the one with the arched windows on the North side of the house. Dave gave me some brochures and I've got my homework to do: choose windows and doors...so now I'm studying vinyl windows, exterior and interior doors...styles, shapes, materials..wow, my head is starting spinning:) Az első emelet majdnem kész, legalábbis ami a falakat illeti :) Izgalmas látni, milyen gyorsan felhúzzák a falakat. 2-3 nap alatt elkészültek vele, már csak az északi oldalon levő oldal hiányzik, ahol a boltives ablakok lesznek. Dave adott nekem egy jó pár prospektust, és megkaptam a házi feladatom: nyilászárók kiválasztása:) szóval most bőszen tanulmányozom a bel-és kültéri ajtókat, ablakokat, anyagok, stilus, forma...ajaj, a fejem már kezd szédülni..:) View from the kitchen - Kilátás a konyhából Po...

Wow, I've got to catch up, because things are speeding up here:) My guess for the entire floor to be finished up in a few days turned out to be an underestimation, since it's actually been finished in a day! That's impressive! Not only was the floor finished, they also worked on the stairs into the basement, and now we don't have to use the ladder to climb down, if we want to look around, but can go on the stairs. They did a great job on that. When we looked around downstairs, it looked great, and huge :) What a difference it makes to have a 10" ceiling! It makes the basement look much bigger and spacious. All we need to figure out is the interior design :) Ajaj, bele kell húznom, mert a dolgok kezdenek felgyorsulni :-) Alábecsültem, hogy a teljes padlózat elkészitéséhez pár napra lesz szükség, ugyanis egy nap alatt elkészült! Lenyűgöző! Nemcsak a padlót fejezték be, de a basementbe levezető lépcsőn is goldoztak, igy már nem kell létrán lemásznunk, ha körül akaru...

Another step closer....we've got the garage floor done ( or basement ceiling)! It's good to see the progress, and how Dave's crew is working on our house. As I told Dave the other day, I didn't really like Mondays in the past, knowing that the whole week is still ahead, and the weekend is so far....but now I kinda like Mondays, because after a "long" weekend when they're not around, the crew is back and back to work...:) So yesterday I was talking to Dave and he said they'd probably be done with all the floors by the end of next week, and then they can start working on the framing of the first floor..and I was like, "so when is the concrete coming?" Since I'm from Europe, I can't imagine a house, especially floors, without solid concrete:) Dave started laughing and pointed to the floor saying, "hey, this is SOLID...you'll have concrete on the driveway". OK, I trust them, they know it better than I do...:)) Just in case,...