Yeah, it's taking forever. But here are some pics. Why's it taking so long? Cuz it's just Kaleb and me. What we do: pretty much everything. Here's the shortlist: Carpentry. Cabinetry. Concrete work. Steelwork, including welding. Heating (you should see the boiler room). Plumbing including all the soldering, PEX and sanitary waste lines, both ABS and cast iron. Gas lines both hard pipe and flex. We actually got certified by the manufacturer to use their CSST flex pipe (corrugated stainless steel pipe). Electrical, including 110vac and 220vac as well as the new service panel and service wire from the main disconnect. Tiling. Yes tiling too. Between the two of us, we've done over a dozen bathrooms. Painting and cabinet spray finishing. Drywall and taping. I don't want to even know how many acres I've covered over the years. Oh yeah, all the design work, permitting and planning.
Lower part of bookcase on south wall. Upper casework still needs to get built. 
Notice the black uprights and toe kick. This is 16 gauge steel hot rolled steel.
View looking up the stairs with the fir panels in place.
Another view looking up the stairs, showing the dramatic effect of the wrap around panels. Note: the panels really are the back-side of the cabinet which forms the core around which the steel stair wraps. In effect, the cabinet is 20 feet tall. Creates a dramatic effect as you can see and gives me lots of storage. Oh, the red and blue tubes are the hot and cold plumbing lines temporarily in place. 
Looking downstairs from the bathroom. Pretty cool steel stairs, huh? I'm pretty proud of those, having welded them all myself.
Another view from the bathroom.
Upstairs landing. To the right, hidden, is the big 12 foot tall window that lets in winter light. There will be a small fir bench there as well.
Upstairs beam and ceiling.
Nautilus shaped shower enclosure under construction. Here you can also see the floor heating set up. In each of the grooves we will be placing a PEX (cross-linked polyethelene) tube which will circulate hot water throughout the flooring of the house. (Actually, I just recently finished the heating system but have no pics to show you at the moment --- but it works great. Sigh of relief and yes, some pride). 
Kaleb working on the shower. Notice the happy face.
To make the shower valve work, we had to do some
fancy soldering. I also had to fabricate a steel mounting
plate for it, which I had to drill and tap.
Here is the backside of the shower valve, mounted in place.
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Round window in the bathroom.
Round window in the bathroom.
View of the curved vault above the stair, also showing the roof hatch.
View showing the 1/4" aluminum 'fins'. They have the slightest taper and will be the 'trim' that separates the stucco from the glass. Hard to explain. You'll see. 
View of the house from my neighbor's yard.
Another view where you can kinda see the big, tall window, or as Kaleb and I call it, "The Light Scoop". Great winter light and passive solar collector. 
Alley view. Here you can see a number of elements that I think are kinda cool: the flared, round windows, the curved roof-line all clad in metal and the projecting roof 'coping' or trim which lines the perimeter of the roof. yann buchanan 
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