Let's look at it again from another angle:
I also stained the steps into the groovy room, they look like cedar in this picture:
And the door crowns to the master bedroom and the laundry closet:
Eric got another nice day and put a coat of polyurethane down on the back porch:
He also re-attached the gutter that our carpenter removed to construct the porch and never replaced. And we took a desk to the house in the morning...so we're SLOWLY moving!
Now in the new kitchen in the little space between the basement door and the arch:
Eric took advantage of the latest dry spell and slightly (50s) warmer weather to finally get a coat of polyurethane on the front porch:
And from the side view (that really red strip is new):
After work I stained more trim. The window in the groovy room that overlooks the living room:
The window in the upstairs hallway that overlooks the backyard:
We'll have to think about whether we really like it there or if it blocks the window too much, but for now it stays:
Then it was on to our new perpetual job of staining woodwork. These photos are for Suz, "Any new photos? I guess photos of stained woodwork probably aren't that interesting, huh?" You wanted them, you got em! Here's the master bedroom just awaiting polyurethane (now poly drying is REALLY dull)!
It's nice to compare how the stain really warms up a room. Case in point, the HVAC box before:
And now with blue tape and red oak stain:
And the window in the groovy room also got stained yesterday:
A couple hours of that and we deserved pizza. Homemade in our new house...our first "real meal"!
Here's the dormer windows in the master bedroom:
The little window in the master bedroom that overlooks the park (if you're tall enough): 
And you can see in a couple of the above pics that we stained the little "cubbies" on either side of the room. We've decided to try to bring a piece of non-essential (at the old house) furniture each day on our trip to the house. Saturday morning we transported this dresser out of the dining room and into its final resting place in the guest bedroom:
And on Sunday afternoon we brought this desk out of the guest bedroom at the old house and think it works rather well with the color scheme in the groovy room:
Sunday afternoon we installed some cabinet hardware on the linen closet and the "cubbies". We found the backplates in a bin at the Habitat for Humanity Build-it-Again-Center and the knobs we picked up at Great Indoors. The linen closet:
A close-up of the hardware details:
Our architect warned us of a couple things we'll need to pass the final inspection, like house numbers. So we picked those up at the Great Indoors too and put them up:
Eric is meeting Justen at the house tomorrow to go over the final details of the trim work...and maybe paying him if he's done. And then it's all us. Since it was nice out today I took a new exterior shot:
Approaching the main door and the glow of my favorite porch light:
In the front foyer/entry/dining room on the right is the mantle and the coat closet (glass door):
On the left is the chandelier over the bar (one day to be a dining room table) and the French doors to the study:
A wider shot of the fireplace, mantle, coat closet and on the left is the main arch into the kitchen:
To the far left of the entrance are the pocket doors to the living room. View of the left half of the living room including the new exterior door on the far left:
A view of the park from the picture window:
The full view of all 4 windows facing the park on the exposed brick wall. The eyebrow is in the cathedral ceiling where we removed the original ceiling:
We exposed the brick fireplace and had the firebox rebuilt...now we need to get an insert...that's for another budget!
Back out to the dining room:
View from the entry/dining room through the arch into the kitchen (we've still gotta figure out how to paint the arches):
View into the kitchen from the archway. The full panel glass back door is new too:
View from the back door through the kitchen into the dining/entry room:
Lovely flowers in the photos by Market Blooms. View from the basement door into the kitchen:
View from the entry room into the den/study:
Inside the study the door to the guest bathroom (we painted the WC):
Into the guest bedroom from the hallway:
Into the guest bathroom from the other side in the bedroom:
Sorry- I didn't post guest bathroom photos again because I figured you'd seen enough and nothing is new. Here it is in progress if you need a refresher: http://martineaubungalow.blogspot.com/2008/02/return-of-plumber.html
A single shot of the master bedroom because it's just hard to get a good angle:
The master bath from the shower:
The master bath from the sinks:
The hallway on the second floor. To the right is the master bedroom and a closet with the laundry. To the left is the bathroom. Past the railing is the steps down:
From the hallway into the groovy room/den. The window goes to the living room: 
Our fun and funky seating area in the groovy room. Watch your head when you stand up. According to Brian, those angles can be concussion-inducing!
Back down the stairs:
He also hit the little window next to the doors a bit. Yeah, the photo is upside down:
And those eyebrow windows are tricky and will require lots of touch-up painting for the walls:
The hounds are happy that they are once again permitted to accompany us to the house. Here they are in their favorite room that overlooks the park:
They are also willing to snuggle on the futon:
Bogart doesn't "get" this photo-taking thing:
