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We take over - 07/30/06


The completion of the house is now in our hands. We setup camp at the new house on 5/14 with an air mattress and a dining table, and a functional kitchen and bathroom. The months of June and July were about installing the downstairs flooring.

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5/14/06. We setup camp and have slept here since.
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Our first nights were in the ping-pong room.
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Moving (first things first).
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An operation kitchen at last.
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Our 1st cooked meal.
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Our first loaves.
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Our first NM chile meal.
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Our first flooring experiment was the tower closet.
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Cottage for sale.
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Cascade Canyon
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On a mtn bike for the first time. Going up "Repack."
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Jamey and Arthur.
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A fawn hanging out under the redwoods.
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Up on Mt. Tam's western ridge.
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Looking over Bolinas.
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Leveling the floor.
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Moisture barrier goes down before the underlayment and the wood.
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Underlayment.
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Laying our first boards (living room).
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Santos mahagony
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Our house looking from the north side of Fairfax. (Center of photo, low on the hillside!)
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Dining room.
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Maria sorted all of the boards.
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Workspace
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The kitchen floor is coming together.
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Hallway behind the stairs.
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Finally, a dining room with a permanent floor - no cement, no paper. Most of the downstairs flooring is done.