A Little This, A Little That

I've been trying to figure out closet and laundry doors the last two weeks, it's taken a few trips to Ikea, and I still haven't got it worked out. The trick is matching sizes between closet openings and closet doors plus I'm also trying to tie in the black bamboo floors, white walls, silver reveals, and oak entrance doors of each bedroom with the closet doors.

One more view of the facade at an angle taken from the edge of the garage. Although this is almost the drawing's exact elevation, it is a view that will not be visible from the lot unless one is standing at the edge of the garage roof--not a likely prospect once the metal roof and solar panels are installed on the garage roof. The point being is that no matter how specific the drawings are, their representation of the finished project is not close to reality. Drawings are one dimensional drawn from a specific reference point.
The pool equipment enclosure, the wall behind the bucket of trees, went in this week. In front of the wall, barely visible in this picture, is a gas line. The gas line will be used to create either a fire pit or fire wall. One of the design concepts was to be able to see, from the living room: fire, water, and sky.

This little retaining wall was not in the plans but necessitated because apparently the survey was off.

The footings for the retaining wall along the street are being laid out.

Construction would probably have been finished by now were it not for street improvements that need to be built, mostly curbs and gutters. The street improvement plans determine the finish level of the garage, the entry courtyard, and the stairs leading up to the house level.