Glamor Shots

The quality of the photographs are blurred or lost here, but these are some nice professional shots of our new home. Thank you to Sally Painter for her first set of photographs.

Looking NE. The two-story building, our tree in the courtyard, Common House (in red) with units above and four-story building in the background.

Looking west, the Common House (in red) and units above and behind. A small glimpse of our tree and the two-story building to the west

Within the courtyard, looking NE. The three-story building to the west and the four-story building to the east. Hard to tell but the buildings are dwarfed by our tree. Grassy area to the west and future kids' play area to the east under the tree.

Up on the third floor. Colors. Sunshades. Steel rails with cedar caps. Elevator. Shadows and light.

The model unit kitchen and dining room.



The model unit dining room and living room.



The model unit living room.

The model unit bedroom.



The Common House kids' room in operation. The family room is in the background with piano, games, and music ( more media to come).

The Common House kitchen. Getting ready for a meal.

The Common House great room and cafe with the living room in the background. Our first fire in the fireplace!



Dinner beside the fire. It felt so staged. But it was really a dinner. Particularly once the camera was gone.

Certificate of Occupancy

We received our official Certificate of Occupancy from the city of Portland, Oregon today, Monday, October 12, 2009. The team has done an incredible job! Construction has been only a little over a year. We still have some work to do, AND WE'RE MOVING IN!

Owner's Punch

Kristin and Terri with Grace and Peggy from Schemata Workshop spent the day Friday, October 9, 2009 with the B&G team scouring the site and generating our last (?) owner's punch list. We covered the exterior, the Common House, the townhouses and the units above the Common House. And reviewed the results from our previous punch list of the first and second floor of the NE building and the entire NW building. I, for one, was punchy after all that wall gazing.

Here are some fun pictures of people. For a change.

Exterior Painting in the Courtyard

Now that the rails are in, the exterior painting can continue. Here are some shots from late August juxtapositioned with late September shots. Sometimes from the same general angle.

Looking south.

Looking northwest.

Looking west.

Looking east.

Looking north.

Cedar

Cedar touches. A start on the cedar handrails. Softening the metal railings beautifully. And our cedar roof deck railing system with planter boxes.

Townhouse

Work is almost done on the townhouses. Here is a little sample.

The L-shaped kitchen with room for an island.

The main level bathroom.

Stairway up to the second level.

Upstairs Bathroom.

Front bedroom in the 'tree house'.

Common House September

The Common House is close to being complete. Lots of different details and touches now. A random selection.

There are two main sources of great room electrical lighting. The uplighting is not so obvious. The drop-down table lighting (tables and chairs coming soon!) is shown here too. It can and will be raised up when the tables are put away.

The recycling area between the kitchen and the dishwash area. Exciting! Grin.

Cafe and beverage station. And lighting.

Living room. Specifically the carpet tiles.

The mailboxes at the Common House Entry!

The stairway down to the basement. Our construction team loves wood.

The community laundry room in the basement of the Common House. At the base of the stairs from the main floor. Lots of windows looking in. The washers and dryers lined up. The large space for indoor line drying not so obvious.

OOHHH! The elevator. We can't use it until we move in. But it is here and ready to go.