Almost Real Time!

You can all thank my sister for asking for MORE PICTURES!  She knew that the progress was further along that what I had up on the blog.  I'm trying to get more and more geeky with this whole process so I can post pictures faster!  The pictures here are from yesterday!

Our progress so far:  We have the entire first floor framed in, sheathed & wrapped with the Tyveck.  The second floor framing, wall framing and attic floor framing are all done on Keith & Terese's side upstairs.  Nathan had a puzzle to figure out - where to put all the materials for upstairs.  He didn't want to haul it from the ground so with a (mostly) successful transfer of materials using a forklift, he got it all up there.  He drafted it all out ahead of time and put the lumber & plywood on dollys and can just move it around as he needs to. 

The house is looking quite large right now.  We are sure it won't feel so big after everyone gets used to seeing it there AND when the exterior materials are put on.  We've broken up the scale of the exterior materials.  This will be the largest house on our end of the street and we didn't want to have it 'sticking out'. I think you can see  the different materials detail from the drawings from an earlier post on August 15th.

Here is a picture of the house looking northwest (towards the back of the property of K&T's house)

looking northwest-ish

J is quite good at climbing the ladder to the upstairs (NOT the red one in this photo!).  Nathan has secured the ladder on the top & bottom since it will be there until the stairs are built.  I have a heart attack each time she's up there.  She is always very careful and is always compliant when I say she MUST hold my hand or have Daddy hold her.  She always wants Nathan to dance with her when there is anything new up.  It's pretty cute!

This is the viewing from the inside K&T's hallway looking south out through their kitchen to the roof deck.  Our bedroom will be across from them soon!

from hallway through galley kitchen upstairs

Terese picked a lovely large three-bay window to look out over her kitchen sink.  We are all quite happy to see the view from upstairs.  It feels like a tree house!  We had to make a decsion early on if we were going to do a basement or upstairs.  We couldn't afford both.  I think we're all feeling very confirmed that we made the right choice!




view from T's kitchen sink

 Just think, in a couple years there will be a nicer view, hopefully and apple and/or pear tree, raised garden beds, flower beds, trimmed trees...it's gonna be pretty fantastic!