Accessories, tile, and floors.

   Still in the icy gasp of winter, we gained a good snowstorm over the last week, dumping 6-8 inches of snow on the house.  Thankfully, that didn't stop the tile and floor installers from coming to the house to do their much needed work.  This week saw progress on the remaining tile backsplashes as well as the start of wood floor installation on the second floor.  Installation of bathroom accessories makes the house feel one step closer to a legitimate living space, something we don't even have in our current house.  Nearly all the cabinet hardware is installed but we're still waiting for some of the pieces to be delivered.  One more week until Christmas, but there's the time between Christmas and the new year when a lot can happen.  Finishing tasks are winding down, but there's still some large items left to complete.

   The replacement exterior light for the barrel vault at the front door was delivered to the house.  We needed to get a replacement because the original didn't include a yoke to mount the light from above.  We also decided that the yoke installation would place the light too low, so we went with a simpler rod hanging mount.  Margaret thinks it will still be a little low, but we'll see once it's installed.  I should be able to shorten the mounting rod if it's an issue so I'm not worried about getting that perfect height.

   The fixed Framburg sconces were also delivered.  If you'll recall, the glass wasn't fitting properly in the light and it was determined that the correct glass base wasn't installed.  We could have either reordered the light or sent them back for repairs.  We chose the later option since the former would have been another 4-6 week turnaround.  I made sure to check these myself and found them to be correct.

   The foyer sconce location as its drywall patch but needs some mud patching and painting before it disappears.  Hopefully that won't take long so we can finally see what these things look like properly.  The Sound Vision and the electrician should be visiting the site this week to finalize all the electrical installations.  I know I've said that before so I'm really hoping this will be the last time we'll need to have them back on site.  Some line voltage rooms still need to be connected to the basement panel and many of the lights need to have the finished programming performed before we reach preliminary functionality.  After we move in, we can call Sound Vision back to start setting up scenes and multi function buttons.

   More wood floors were delivered to the house and are staged in the office.  An additional 300 square feet of flooring needed to be ordered to complete the second floor.  The installers didn't want to start the work until the additional material was delivered so they could mix the contents of all the boxes as they installed, just in case there were color deviations in the boxes they could distribute across the entire floor.

   The dining room is also being used to store some of the wood floor for the second floor.  Additional boxes are already on the second floor near the fireplace.  It's difficult to judge how much area these boxes will cover, but we have the three bedrooms and the rotunda walkway to cover so I'm hoping we won't run into any more delays with this installation.  Nearly all of the plumbing and tile work is completed on the second floor so  there's no reason why we shouldn't see the completion of this  by the end of the week, as long as everyone shows up every day to work.

   The backsplash tile in the kitchen is completed... well nearly completed.  All the tile that's installed is grouted but there's a small gap between the top of the tile and the ceiling, behind the cooktop.  Mike said they need a few more sheets to finish this part off and then we can finally get the hood installed.  I really like how the backsplash turned out despite all the turmoil with tile direction.  I don't think it's too trendy and I think it will age well, hopefully never needed replacement.

   Here's a closer look at the tile with the grout installed.  We used some kind of a white grout, but there were so many variations of white, I'm not sure which one it was.  The grout lessens the the definition of the tiles so that the only obvious visible lines are the darker tiles.  I think there's a bit of grout at the bottom of the tile up against the soapstone counter.  I didn't touch the corner between the two, so I'm not sure if it's caulk or grout.

   The fridge and freezer still need to be installed because the plumber and electricians weren't on site last week.  Hopefully this is something that will be completed in the coming week.  Here's a look at the entire kitchen with the backsplash installed.  The lights will be adjusted this wee and the hood should start to be installed now that most of the tile is up.

   Here's a view of the kitchen backsplash and the little bit that needs to be completed.  The pipe sticking out of the wall is for the pot filler.  I'm hoping the rest of the tile will come in quickly because we can't fully install the chimney that will cover the pipe until that tile is in place.  Since the stone is natural, we'll probably have to seal it occasionally with sealer to help protect against grease splatters from cooking.   Hopefully the powerful hood will help take care of some of that.

   Here's the other corner of the kitchen with the ovens, dishwasher, and sink.  All the tile here is installed and grouted, mostly completing this part of the kitchen.  The appliances are still not powered on, but I'm not sure if that's because they didn't turn on the ciruit, or if it still needs to be wired up in the panel.  Really all that's left for most of the kitchen is hardware install and glass in the upper cabinets that flank the sink.

   Even though we're still waiting for the hardware in the kitchen, the hardware in the butlers pantry has been installed.  Like the kitchen, we have two kinds of hardware installed in this area, knobs for the doors and handles for the drawers.   Finished in a brushed stainless steel, the knobs are a little chunky with a light ripple on the surface.  The ripples are oriented horizontally but could also be turned vertically.  I think horizontal works better with the cabinets and wood grain direction.

  The handles are the same brushed stainless steel material and fairly simple in design.  They're basically tubular handles with a little profile to them.  Nicely rounded, they feel great in the hand and soft to the touch.  No hard edges to really catch anything on, I think they offer a nice compliment to the clean hard lines of the shaker cabinets.

   The mudroom hardware has also been installed.  We went with more of a craftsman or arts and craft look here with the visible  through mortise and square pins holding the pieces in place.  We wanted something a little more utilitarian looking in here since the purpose of this bathroom is such

   All the bathrooms now have all the bath accessories installed.  Most of the bathrooms have the same style accessories except for the master bathroom.  We went with a more simple tubular design, which matches well with the various sinks around the house.  These match especially well in the guest bathroom since we're using a three hole faucet in a similar style.  In general, we got towel bars, toilet paper holders, and a few hooks placed around each bathroom.  All the door knobs have also been installed around the house.  I think every door is now populated with the Emtek doorknob, but we'll still need to sort out door stops.

   Wood floor installation on the second floor has begun with the longest section on the floor.  As with the first floor, the longest section is installed first so it can be guaranteed that the floor will be straight and contiguous through all the rooms it goes through.  If you started installing using one room's wall as reference, it might not end up being parallel with another room's wall, which would be glaringly obvious.  Since we don't have to worry about putting a nail through the floor's tongue, the floor can be installed in both directions.  There isn't much flooring to be installed in the second bedroom, but the installers do have to contend with the angular and curved walls so it's not a simple installation.  The planks have to be installed within at least a half inch of the baseboard so the shoe molding can cover the rest of the gap.  As with the rest of the house, it's a glue down, so there's no need to worry about expansion and contraction.

   There are 6 courses of flooring laid in the second bedroom upstairs but it looks like the floor is cleaned and prepped.  I'm hoping they'll be able to make short work of the second floor, but from experience, they don't seem to come to the site to work every day during the week.  If we could only get them here on a regular basis, I'm sure the floor would be finished quicker.

   The rotunda landing is finished up to the greatroom overlook and connects the flooring from the second bedroom all the way into the master bedroom.  The rotunda floor has been cleaned and there might be some new leveling compound on down.  It will take a little more time to work on the rotunda since there will be short installed sections involved between two curved borders.  Straight cuts, even on an angle, are easier to make than curved, but at least it doesn't have to have finished carpentry level accuracy since the edges will be covered by a shoe molding.

   There are 12 courses laid in the master bedroom.  They'll have to carefully lay the flooring around the dividing wall and pick it back up on the other side.  If there's any deviation from parallel, there will be gaps in the floor.  The wood floor in the master closet required a riser molding from the wood floor to bathroom tile transition.  I'm pretty sure we'll have to have something like that in this room too since the tile build up was much more than the thickness of the wood floor.  Maybe if we didn't have the in floor heating in the bathroom, the two floors would be flush without any height transition.  It's not much of a transition; less than that of the stone thresholds we have in our current house, but it's not as smooth as the other rooms.

   The bed area of the master bedroom is currently being used as the cutting station for the second floor.  I'm not sure if they'll try to finish the master bedroom before moving onto the rotunda hall and turret bedroom, or if they'll keep this as their cutting area and finish all the other rooms first.  I know Distinctive Designs is itching to come in and finishe the shoe molding.

   The second bedroom also has all the bathroom accessories installed.  We opted for towel hooks next to the sinks rather than towel rings.  It's a definite improvement from our current "leave the towel on the counter" method and we'll have to buy a lot of new linens to populate all the new bathrooms.  It's nice to start out with all the bathroom accessories already installed.  In the 13 years since we've bought our house new, we just barely managed to install hardware in the kitchen, let alone towel racks in the bathrooms.  I wonder if I'll need to install something before we move out.

   This bathroom also has a towel bar large enough for one towel unfolded or two folded.  We've still decided on shower curtains for the two upstairs bathrooms, until the kids get older, but we've gotten quotes for the guest and mud bathroom shower doors.  With all the additional building costs, those will have to be something that's installed a bit later, but definitely on the agenda.

   The location of the toilet paper holder was a little difficult.  I wasn't sure if I wanted it on the side of the cabinet next to the toilet or across from the toilet in the wall.  On the side of the cabinet, it's a little bit of a twist to reach.  It's easier to reach when it's attached to the opposite wall from the toilet, but then it juts out a bit into the main walking space of the bathroom.  You can get semi flush toilet roll holders, but they're not as nice looking.  These are nice because to don't have to deal with spring loaded toilet roll holders.  Once side is hinged and the rod swivels up.  No more excuses for leaving an empty roll on the holder.

   The master bathroom has more hooks than I know what to do with.  Each side of the vanity has two hooks installed on the wall.  Maybe one for a robe and one for a hand towel?  We didn't get a hook installed on the side of the tower cabinet, which would be a good place for a hand towel, but we can always install something later.  We have to be a little careful with opening the cabinet doors in the tower because they can hit the hooks.  Margaret said we could install hinge limiters so the likelihood of damage is less.

   Towel bars are present at each of the shower entries.  The one not pictured is a little farther away from the shower door since the water closet is just adjacent.  In our current house we just drape our towels over the edge of the bath tub.  It will be nice to have a formal place to hang our towels.  We didn't opt for a towel warming or anything fancy.  It's not something we've really experienced, so it wasn't high on the list of things to install.  We've never really had a problem with our towels being particularly cold.

   The laundry room got a bit of bling in the form of these stainless steel tiles.  They're actual stainless steel over some kind of mineral backing tile.  They install in sheets like other small format tiles and seem to cut well.  This laundry room keeps getting fancier and fancier.

   The metal tiles are still not grouted, but I think we're getting some kind of gray grout in there.  It will be interesting to see how they float the grout without scratching up the surface of the tiles with the fine, sandy particulate matter in the grout.  We don't have any undercabinet lighting on these cabinets and we really don't need to.  There's a ton of natural light in this room and more than enough overhead lighting.  The metal tile does offer a reflective surface to help shine light on the counter top, so there's really no need for undercabinet lights in here.

   The turret walk in closet got the same bubble glass knobs that are in the adjoining bathroom, installed, completing the closet in here.  I think of all the spaces in the house this is, unfortunately, the most awkward one.  The closet isn't large enough to have the door swing flat to the wall and it makes accessing half of the closet difficult.  A pocket door might have solved this, but we have a bottle nook in the wall to the left and not enough wall on the right.  The girls will just have to learn to live with it.

   The basement is being used as a painting center for the shoe molding.  Not all the molding is pictured here and with all the wood floors in the house, there will be a lot to come.  It will install pretty quickly, but there's so much of it, it will still take some time to get it all installed.  I think it will be installed before the final wax/oil finish on the floor and will signal the end of all the flooring installation.

   That's about it for this week.  Next week should see the final installation of all the electrical features with both the Sound Vision and the electricians coming in.  The rest of the appliances should be installed and hopefully more tile and flooring will be completed.  Unfortunately, the foyer tile is on back order and not expected to arrive until January, so we'll have to install something temporary to obtain COO. Every week brings us much closer to move in.  I'll probably rent a dumpster over the break to begin the house purging and prepare for the move.  When the time comes, I'll probably take some time off to get the house moved and we can finally close this chapter of our lives.

Porch Railing and More Tile

   Winter is decidedly here now that snow is falling and accumulating on the ground.  We're expected to get a couple more inches of accumulation this coming week so there's no shaking it.  Finishing touches are progressing well at the house and this next week should see larger progressions as well.  The railing for the porches were installed with only a single small mishap.  The tilers are progressing well in the kitchen, but no definitive completion date has been mentioned.  Drawer hardware is being installed around the house and door handles are starting to make their appearance.  We haven't seen sign of progress from the electricians or plumbers in a week but I think they're due to make an appearance this coming week.  Lots of little things and a few big things to accomplish still before we can even think about the final round of inspections.

   We visited the house later in the day since Tanja had a weekend shift.  That gave me the opportunity to take the girls sledding on the driveway for the first time.  There's enough slope on the driveway near the house to give them a gentle 50 foot run without colliding into any trees.  It's easy to fall into "what if" scenarios when it's late at night and the snow makes everything serene.  With the installation of the porch railings, the exterior of the house if almost complete.  We're still waiting on the hanging light in the barrel vault and of course landscaping will have to wait until next year but this is very, very close to the final look.  The porch lights provide a good amount of light in the darkness and offer a very homely glow to the house.  Interior lights make the house look occupied.  All that's missing for this season is the soft glow of holiday lighting.

   The railings came out just as we wanted.  We opted for a dark railing so it wouldn't draw attention away from the rest of the house or the white columns.  We didn't want a white picket fence look and thought a white railing would make the space feel more enclosed.  The railing is made from powder coated aluminum so I'm expecting longevity.  They're solidly installed with little to no wiggle.  The straight sections of railing are attached to the blocks on the columns while the curved section has stand-alone posts.

   Even though the railings on the curved sections aren't supported by the posts, they're fairly solid with a slight wiggle.  They're secured down into the deck with additional blocking underneath.  I suspect if someone went for a full run tackle into the railing, it might have the chance to break free, but it would have to be a fairly large person with a good amount of speed and all disregard for personal injury.

   The railings are at a comfortable height and the gaps between the balusters are at code.  The girls did climb up onto the lower railing and at their age, have no way of climbing up over the railing.  It's nice to be able to have them running around without fearing they'll run right off to a 10 foot drop.  You can see there's a small amount of snow on the deck, but not very much.  I'll easily be able to handle this with a plastic shovel.  This space will be nice to be able to walk on in the deep cold of winter as it remains dry and clear of snow.

   The same railing was also installed on the back porch.  This very important section protects against the long drop down to the storage door and it's a relief to finally be in.  Although this section has it's own post on one side, it's attached to the porch post on the other, making for a very sturdy installation.  We're considering installing a bar height counter top in this area that would sit above the railing and slightly above the barbecue counter.  This space could fit at least 4 bar stools and would be a nice place for entertaining.

   The railing continues around the gazebo, using a shorter railing on the built in seating so that the top of the railing remains at a consistent height.  The railing is installed to line up with the center of the gazebo posts and offers a good depth to the seat.  It's still possible to lie down on the benches and the height of the railing offers a nice backrest when sitting.  The depth of the seat is enough where the back of your knees is still supported but you don't have to recline to rest your back on the railing.  There's a surprising amount of snow in the gazebo so it looks like I'll have to clear this area more than the rest of the porch.  It could be that the snow was coming up from the south and there was enough wind to blow it in.  Shoveling it shouldn't be an issue since we have stone back here.  I don't think the fireplace would get hot enough to melt the snow away.

   The small gap between the gazebo post and fireplace was filled with a short section of railing.  The railing height on the seat is low enough where we had to warn the girls to be careful around.  If they were standing on the seat, they could pretty easily flip over the railing, so supervision will be necessary.

   Since were at four risers on the back steps, a railing was required.  The original plans called for three risers to try to avoid this, but something changed in the implementation and we couldn't get the grade up that high.  The implementation is a little unfortunate because the railing takes up so much of the stone landing at the bottom.  I'm okay with the far railing remaining in place since past that will just be a garden, but I think we might remove the closer railing after inspection.  When coming from the rear garage walk out, the railing creates an inconvenient barrier that you have to walk around to get up the steps.  Combined with the shortness of the landing, you almost have to walk onto the grass to access the steps.  Removal will be easy, just fill the wood and replace one stone tile on the landing.  It will probably be required for COO inspection, so here it currently stays.

   Cabinet hardware has begun all around the house.  There's still a shipment required to receive most of the hardware and some won't arrive until the end of the month, but what's here is already starting to get installed.  Here's the slightly industrial hardware for the built-ins in the study.  If you'll recall from the last update, they're the same design as the dining room built-in, but in a different colorway.  I couldn't take a good picture of the dining room installation since the lights in there aren't functioning yet, but they're installed horizontally for a lower profile look.

   The entryway closet is housing a box full of interior doorknobs but some of them have been distributed to the second floor with a few already installed. I think all the knobs have been delivered so the completion of installation should happen pretty quickly.

   With the completion of the staining and coating of the basement railing, if could now be installed.  It feels very solid with no wiggle and it's as smooth as the railing to the second floor.  The hardware matches the rest of the finishes perfectly so we're really happy with how this turned out.  I replaced the previously installed LED candelabra bulbs with frosted and higher equivalent bulbs, so tihs stairway is much better illuminated.  All that's left for this space is to have the treads stained and coated.

   Since I didn't get a picture of it last time, here are the little crystal and metal leaves that will be hanging on the Comet 21 in the rotunda.  As far as I can tell, the electricians haven't been back to the house since the initial height settings so all the leaves remain in their bags near the fireplace.  If you look closely, you can see a little "U" shaped clip.  I think that's where it clips onto the skeleton of the chandelier.  Hopefully this is easy to do so maybe once every few years we can remove them all for a good soak to remove any dust that accumulates.

   Castro and the tile installers got pretty far with the backsplash tile installation in the kitchen.  There was a lot of discussion on whether the tile should be oriented horizontally, as shown, or vertically, with the chevrons pointing upwards.  I think the tile was designed to be installed vertically but we've always envisioned the kitchen with it installed horizontally.  Now that most of the tile is installed, we're very happy with our decision.

   The white grout will tone down the tile a bit since you're seeing a lot of the spaces between the mosaics, but the darker marble tile will always be there.  The seams between the sheets should disappear too and be near invisible when done.

   The tile is completed all the way to the oven, so there's really just the cooktop area to the ceiling and the floating termination point to finish, then on to grout.  From this distance, the lack of grout is less apparent and you can kind of get the idea of what the final look will be like.  The under cabinet lights illuminate the backsplash well, but there's not much gloss or sparkle to the natural stones so the tile is much more subdued.

      Here's the progress on the entire kitchen.  They should be able to wrap up the tile installation this week so the next update will hopefully have a completed tile backsplash and maybe even an installed kitchen hood.  We're still waiting for the fridge, freezer, and dishwasher to be installed and none of the appliances have power but hopefully that will happen soon.  We're trying to get the house into a state where all the dusty work is completed so they can wash and put a final coat of oil on the floor.

   Since the kitchen backsplash tile doesn't terminate into something near the sliding door, a small border is needed to finish the edge.  There was a box of this thing pencil edge tile located in the kitchen that will be used for that purpose.  It's also a natural stone of some kind that looks like small aggregate and has some sparkle to it.  I'm thinking it's a white quartz or something.  There was more in the box than needed for the kitchen, so I'm not sure why there so much extra.

   The double swing pantry doors were adjusted to meet perfectly.  The right door that used to have swing issues, swings perfectly well and locks in both directions.  Some force is needed to overcome the spring force of the doors, but it's not exorbitant.  No hardware will be needed here, but I might consider installing metal wear plates if the paint becomes too worn.

   The cover plates that hide the spring mechanisms were installed, completing these doors.  I love the look these hinges provide, and really add to that modern Victorian look we're going for.  I'll also love it that these doors auto close unless forced to 90 degrees, so I don't have to always close the pantry doors, which always seem to mysteriously open themselves.

   Another smaller box of interior door handles was found upstairs near the fireplace.  The door handle installation started up here first and many of the rooms have boxes of doorknobs distributed near the door they'll be inhabiting forever so these just need to be distributed.  For some reason, the protective cardboard on the fireplace up here was removed but it doesn't look like anything else was done to it.  The finishing bezel wasn't installed and I didn't see any change to the logs on the inside.  The fireplace installers will make one more visit to clean up the log arrangement and ensure the functionality of the fireplace.  We'll need to resolve the gaps between the metal surround and fireplace box on the first floor first.

   The railing on the master balcony is a little different than the railing on the rest of the house.  The top, bottom, and railing posts are the same, but here we opted for glass rather than balusters so we could have a less impeded view of the forest.  The glass is a quarter inch thick, tempered, and feels solid.  There's supposed to be another piece of glass and railing installed on the sloped side, but someone cut the glass too long.  Since it's tempered, you can't cut it on site, so we'll need to wait a bit more to have that piece installed.

   Towel racks, towel hooks, and toilet paper rolls have made it to the house and are ready for installation.  We already did a complete walk through with Margaret to determine where we wanted these things installed.  Except for the master bath, all rooms have the same style accessories.  These will probably be installed this week.  Before the walls were closed up, we had blocking installed in every perceivable location for grab bars and accessories, so now we finally get to use the fruits of our planning.  I hope our planning was comprehensive enough.

   Most of the master bathroom hardware has arrived, but there are some smaller handles that we're still waiting on.  This style handle will be installed on the master vanity.  They offer a clean look to match our more modern floating vanity and feel great in the hand.  We opted for hardware from California Closets in the master closet, but they pretty closely match this hardware in the adjoining bathroom.

   The wall mounted faucets in the master bathroom are still in the box, but staged for installation when the plumbers get to make their way back into the house.  I'm, anxious to see how these will look and more importantly how the water will fall into the sink. 

   The tile installers finished the tile baseboard around the bathroom.  All the plumbing of the bath tub will remain as is for move in so we can wait for the special tile that will be installed on the curved wall.  That tile will come right down onto the tile baseboard and onto the flats of the wet wall.  After it's installed, we can finally get the bath tub installed.

   The tile guys also installed the shelves in the master shower nooks.  They're made of the same material as the counter top on the vanity so there's no worries about staining or sealing.  These pieces were cut down by PMP stone to fit and our tile installers performed the installation.

   I was wondering if they would need to cut and remove some of the penny round tiles on the back but it looks like they're relying on the shelf being embedded in the side tiles to support the shelf.  It seems like it will be a sturdy installation since a large portion of the back bench is supported in a similar manner.  There won't be nearly as much weight on the shelf as there is on the bench too.  The notched the shelf to fit around the marble profile tile to provide a more finished appearance.  The side tiles still need to be grouted once the back mud dries.

   There are also a few other pieces of counter top material waiting to be installed.  We were wondering how they'll finish off the thresholds to the shower and it looks like we have the answer right here.  The piece on the left looks like it perfectly fits the threshold to the shower.  We were trying to go as low profile to the threshold as possible, but couldn't achieve a zero threshold.  If they install this piece, it will definitely raise the height of the threshold, but it will look fantastic.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see how high it makes it.  The three other pieces are the counter top material cut to use as the supports for the bench in the shower.  They'll be installed with the narrow part on the bottom so there's less touching the shower floor and not as much space to get nasty.

   The Emtek door handles have been installed in the turret bedroom and laundry room, a total of 5 so far with many more to install.  The round, flat knob is the same style as the ones we had installed on the other exterior doors, but we got the square base to match the panel style of the interior doors.  They're very solid feeling with no wiggle in the handle before the throw is actuated.  They feel very high quality and should last a life time.  As we age, we might change them out to a lever since those are easier for older hands to operate.  For now, we'll go with form over function while we're "young".

   The door hardware in the laundry room was also installed.  Once the washer, dryer, and backsplash tile is installed, this room will be done.  We went with some more simple handles in this room, but I can't remember who manufactured them.  Thin and clean with some sparkle, they'll complement one of the nicest laundry rooms I've ever been in.

   I forgot to take a picture of the awesome spray pattern of our laundry room faucet.  We totally didn't expect this, but the faucet, with a pull down handle, sprays in a broad fan pattern.  While useful for washing dishes, this is also perfect for use on clothes.  The tub basin is deep enough for hand washing clothes and the fan pattern of the sprayer will be great for washing out soap. 

   Here's the brushed stainless tile that will be installed in the laundry room.  It's going to be used on the backsplash behind the faucet, as well as all the way across the wall, over the laundry machine counter and other side counter.  Tanja has been eyeing a space for this tile ever since she saw it online and this is the perfect place for it.  It compliments the gray cabinets well and will be absolutely radiant with all the natural light this room gets.  I'm really excited to see this tile go in.

   That's about it for this week.  Castro and his tile installers will hopefully finish up the kitchen backsplash so they can move on to installing the back splashes in the mudroom, laundry room, and other two upstairs bedrooms.  We're expecting the wood floor installers to come back and complete the installation on the second floor so that Distinctive designs can return to install all the remanding baseboard shoe molding.  Lots of electrical and light programming setup to complete, as well as final appliance installs.  Hopefully next weeks update will have all the nice near finished pictures everyone loves to see.