The slow but steady progress of construction work... The roof is mostly done, the concrete strike is over, and some electrical wires have been run... and now for the pictures!

They cut out the holes for the skylights (8 2'x2' skylights) and then papered the roof.

 

While the roofers where working on the installation of the tile, the siders started puting the shingles on the gable end.

They cut out a really big hole and put a set of french doors in it, and moved all the windows around on that wall to make the symetrical with respect to the structure. 

The fireplace got framed in, facing out. The new fireplace looks nice, should get installed pretty soon (after gas work is done).

The rock wall installation also happened. The water feature isn't scheduled yet, but at least the "bluff" is no longer threatening to collapse.

The finished shingles with the tiled roof looks awesome. The cool thing is that you can just see in this pic that the middle section is open - the shingles you see in the middle are showing through from the back wall. 

Looking out from the structure, you can see the sky light details and the open truss. The skylights still need to get trim applied.

From a distance you can see the finished roof, all tiled with skylights and everything. The patch of light colored material on the main house is all that is left to show that we ever had a chimney. That will get patched with some siding and it will vanish.

Lots of work still left - concrete, gas, electrical, lighting, island, railing, stairs (need to be replaced on the other side of the house), fire pit, etc.