Independence

In preparation for the pool construction beginning soon, we had Prestigious Landscaping come in to disconnect the irrigation, and move the trees, that are in the way of the pool. We’ve now had all three trees placed down on the slope below where the pool will be, off to one side to minimize spoiling our view as the trees grow in years to come!

The irrigation system is installed both sides of the house; one side is now completely removed (where the pool pump / heat will be); once the pool is complete, Prestigious will come back to re-install it … Now we’re ready for the next exciting phase!

There are MANY walls to paint in our new home (at over 4,250 square feet, it’s big!), but Margaret has now completed one area – the kitchen / living area – with a nice “caramel” color … With paint, the living area is now complete for now, with a big sectional recliner seating area, and with the TV looking less lost on the wall now that we have some cabinets surrounding it. Since the kitchen shares walls and space with the living area, it’s painted the same – which works nicely with the cabinets:

The next (last?) major phase of building our new home is adding a pool and screened seating area; from having a pool at 8002, and talking with friends down here about what does and does not work, we had some quite specific pool design ideas – and working with Brad at Atlas Pools has given us a design that addresses everything!

Here is the design views that they provided, showing raised hot tub, waterfall and “bubbler” water jet, within a big screened-in patio:

Other nice features that Atlas Pools offer include a variable speed pump so that we can run it slower / quieter when we don’t need full flow, and a wireless remote which controls pump speed, hot tub heat, and even the LED lighting built in to the pool and hot tub!

Construction should begin this month, and I’ll surely be doing regular updates again …