This is the ceiling in Bedroom 4. Evan helped me today gettting the bathroom vent ducting connected, sealed and routed out through the side wall of the house. Also visible are the HVAC supply and return ducts, plumbing drains, and water supply lines.

Evan wanted this picture of the back yard from the basement family room.

This is the central vacuum unit. it's located in the basement workshop because the garage stairway took too much floor space away in the garage. The vacuum exhaust is routed to the outside of the house.

This is the shower unit in the Main Bath. It's an acrylic fiberglass unit, and is set in a bed of mortar underneath for extra support. The brown stripes on the walls around the shower are drywall shims to bring the drywall out to the level of the shower edge.

This is the steam shower in the Master Bath. It is also set in a bed of mortar under neath for support. There will be doors that extend to the top of the unit to retain the steam inside the shower. The steam generator is in the basement and is plumbed to a steamhead on a side wall near the floor (it's hidden in this view). There is a time/temperature control in the shower to run the steam generator. And, there is a low-voltage light in the ceiling of the shower.

This is the whirlpool tub in the Master Bath, fully installed and ready for backer board and ceramic tile. The tile will be on the deck around the tub, on the two angled walls in front, and on the three walls in back and above the tub, up to the bottom of the window. The faucets, spout, diverter, and hand shower are in a curved arc on the deck on the right side of the tub (brass-colored projections). The tub is set in a bed of mortar to provide uniform support under the base of the unit.

This is an art niche that is framed into the end wall of the bedroom hallway. Linda plans to display flowers, seasonal decorations, or maybe a special painting here. There will be a recessed light in the hallway ceiling to provide accent lighting for the niche.

The frame I built to make the arch for the art niche. The arch was made using strips of 1/4" plywood that were glued up in layers and clamped to this curved frame and allowed to dry.

After the bricking and soffits were completed, we had the garage doors installed. With a couple deadbolts installed on the exterior doors, we can now lock the house up. That is a real treat, to be able to stop work and leave materials and tools at the house, lock up, and go home for the night!