Walking through the Coastal Living Magazine Ultimate Beach House has had a totally new feeling lately.

The house feels more complete, like it is almost ready to welcome the crowds that will be touring it from July 16 – October 31. Construction is vivid in most places, yet the completed facets of each room take precedence for some reason. Here is an update of the progress straight from the Washington Coast!

The two chimneys for the inside and outside fireplace have been installed and completed. The interior fireplace continues out into a stainless steel chimney that sticks out parallel to the house on the south side. The outdoor masonry fireplace has a beautiful stone finish and sits nicely on top of the breezeway that connects the main house and guest house.

Right below the breezeway, an Azek deck is being put in, which will give the courtyard a more beachy feel. The deck on the front of the house that looks out to the ocean has also been completed, and is waiting for the railing on the edges.

Inside, cabinets supplied by J.Tribble continue to be installed throughout the house and are really adding a new dimension to the open space.

Painters are still working hard and have finished painting the guest house. A sign that said “stay out, wet paint” kept us away from snapping some photos inside the guest house, but will surely have them on the blog next week.

Downstairs, everything is ready for the sauna which arrived today and is going to be installed tomorrow.

We have over 20 pictures for you below, so hope you enjoy the update!

Over this past week, the siding of the 2010 Coastal Living Ultimate Beach House has made significant progress! The East side of the beach home (which is also the back entrance to the house) has been fully completed with siding finished on the guest house and garage. Plenty of pictures from that below.

Only siding on the front of the house and a few patches on the North side are left to finish, which should be done within the next week or so.

In addition, the finishing touches on the outdoor fireplace (located in the courtyard between the main house and guest house) are being worked on and as soon as the fireplace is completed we will have pictures right here on the idea house blog.

Inside the oceanfront home, tiles are being put in the powder room & guest cottage, while trim work around the windows and glass doors continues. Interior doors for the main floor and second floor should be arriving today and their installation will begin first thing next week.

The cedar walls in the spa & sauna room in the basement are also moving along and you can see images of that below.

Hope you enjoy this week’s pictures, let us know what you think of the light-gray color siding of the Ultimate Beach House!