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It is still a little premature for the "D" word, but for all intensive purposes we are pretty much done. The floors are finished and look really good and I got the shoe mold put down yesterday. I finally figured out how to transition the gaps in the floors between the laundry/bathroom/and main house. The floors sloped left to right and were different elevations so making a threshold proved to be quite a challenge. After a few failed attempts I bought a bag of flex grout and grouted the whole gap. I am sure a 2" grout joint is not preferred but neither is a house where every floor is a different level. Anyway, a fix... and that is the point. The last big interior project is the handrail for the stairs. I have tossed around so many ideas and landed on what you see for lack of patience and available materials. I just planed down some old yellow pine 2 x 8's and made the parts...and while doing it I realized they were old ceiling joists and a rafter from the family room remodel in the house on Center Grove. For those of you who don't know, this is the home where my roots are planted...and I can't think of a more fitting place to run my hands every day, remembering where my construction days began.