Thank you Bunny, Diva, VWduck and Scott. DH and I have truly been blessed and are grateful for every day in our new home. There were many, many days where we wondered if this was ever going to happen. Faith, and a lot of prayers got us through.
Scott- here are some pictures of the wood details. Gary ( our builder) did a fantastic job, we pretty much gave him free rein and he did not disappoint!
The wood in the bathroom and over the front door came from my grandparents' farm. The wood above the fireplace came from Gary's Dad's farm. Gary hand distressed each of the stair treads, he used rebar for the spindles and square nails on the treads. The cat on the steps is Winston, my daughter's cat. He was visiting for the holidays.
He also spent three day putting in the tile in our shower. I will post pictures of that later!