Lovely fluffy white stuff

How lovely is this? The blue sky, the long low house profile, and all that lovely fluffy snow. All the recent photos of the exterior of the house are snowy. Every time I see one, I get a bit giggly. 

This shot of a corner of the living room really caught my attention. Where did that hill come from? And how gorgeous would it be to have a window seat there, loaded up with soft cushions and blankets, a cup of tea and a good book?

Snow is romantic from a distance. It's really got me under its spell at the moment. I have lived in snow before, just once for a couple of months, in January and February in Pennsylvania. It was very very snowy, and I was in love. The first day there, as we were driving past an open field, I shouted from the back of the car, "Stop! I want to get out!" I got out, stepped onto the glorious white stuff, and immediately slipped in up to my armpits. I had to be dragged out, laughing hysterically of course. That was when I started to understand the immensity of it. 

But back to the snow in Nova Scotia. There have been record snow falls this year, but still work progresses on the house. 

Many days it's too cold for putting up siding, but slowly, surely the house is being clad. The siding is cement board, which we chose for its low maintenance needs--it won't need to be painted until we're underground, if ever. We found out during the design process that the siding material didn't have much impact on the insulation of the house -- that's mostly determined by the foam in the thick walls. I am really pleased with how this colour looks. It's quite weird to choose a house colour from a little square sample in a windowless boardroom... but it worked out. I reckon it looks particularly good against the snow. 

Here's a grey day and dirty driveway, just for a reality check.

Even though it's been slow going on the outside, inside the house things have been charging ahead. During January and February, inside rooms got framed, the lighting and electric wiring got done, the whole place got insulated, and the dry walling got done. 

The kitchen looks incredibly full of promise to me. I'm going to learn how to make amazing ice cream in this kitchen, come summer.

The painters have been through, and the interior doors and trimming is happening. 

The closet and headboard wall is shaping up. That hole is for a recessed over-the-bed shelf. The paintwork is really grey, not beigy... I hope!

This is the hallway, looking straight on to the airlock. Open coat closet on the right, guest room and bathroom on the left. The photos of the doors were all looking a bit beige, but I'm assuming they are wrapped in some kind of protective covering, and will be sparkly white when unwrapped.

The plan is for us to move in to this house in one month and 2 days. I'm half hoping it will be springtime when we arrive. And the other half of me hopes there's still heaps of snow around.