More arches than Mc Donald's

The name given to our house's floorplan is Riley, but perhaps a better name would be Archie. There are 6 arches outside, 5 arched windows, 7 arched niches &/or pass-through openings, and 14 arched doorways. I think I've counted them all, but I may have missed an arch somewhere.




The brick work is complete outside.
By Monday, the drywall will be complete.
On Tuesday, the wood floor will be installed.
On Wednesday, the cabinetry will be put into place.
The flooring and cabinets will be sanded, stained, and finished at a later date. In about a week, they will be getting ready to pour the driveway and sidewalks.

It's going to take a lot o' mud to texture the walls.

Oh, here are some ceiling arches that I forgot to add to the arch tally. This is the ceiling in our master bathroom. There is a mini version of this design in another part of the bathroom, so that would add 8 ceiling arches.

Arches -- I just had to state the obvious.

As you look from the family room into the kitchen, yes, 

there is another archway, but it's already been counted. 

6+5+7+14+8=FORTY?

The outdoor fireplace is not blue... it's stainless steel. There is a protective coating on the insert that gives it the blue hue. The mantle is a hand hewn big chunk of wood that will eventually be stained and finished. The plastic wrap does give the mantle an artsy look, so maybe we should keep it as a decorative feature.

Rear view

The wood trim on the house will be painted soon, so we will no longer have to look at the goldish colored primer. The gold doesn't blend very well with the brick color, but our real color selection should look nice. It is called "chamois," and it is a brownish/taupe color.

The Smithlings and Zach had to go check out the pond that is across the street from our house. The ducks were hiding today, but we found scads of tadpoles. FYI, there are no arches here, but I might talk to our builder about adding one. ;-)