December 18th. Last Friday the framing crew had the roof rafters in 
place and the roof partially enclosed over the new bedroom addition. The picture at right was taken December 17th in the afternoon showing the roofline of the new bedroom addition and the bay window looking out into the backyard, or at least what is left of the backyard. Over the weekend Jane and I were able to walk around inside and get a sense of space and plan where the bedroom furniture will go. This morning I noticed another large pallette containing the pressure-treated wood that will be used in constructing the screened-in porch, so that may be going up soon. These guys are working really fast and now that the weather looks clear for the next week, there should be a lot of changes before we leave for home on Saturday. When we get back after the holidays we have a few light fixtures, a couple of ceiling fans (one in the bedroom and one on the porch), paint colors, carpet for the bedroom and tile for the bathroom that we need to pick-out. This is the worst part for us, or at least for me, and I wish the Design/Build team would just choose something neutral and install it, paint it, whatever. In addition, since Jane and I thought we could save money by staining/sealing the porch ourselves (probably a bad idea) we also have that chore to plan ahead for.
place and the roof partially enclosed over the new bedroom addition. The picture at right was taken December 17th in the afternoon showing the roofline of the new bedroom addition and the bay window looking out into the backyard, or at least what is left of the backyard. Over the weekend Jane and I were able to walk around inside and get a sense of space and plan where the bedroom furniture will go. This morning I noticed another large pallette containing the pressure-treated wood that will be used in constructing the screened-in porch, so that may be going up soon. These guys are working really fast and now that the weather looks clear for the next week, there should be a lot of changes before we leave for home on Saturday. When we get back after the holidays we have a few light fixtures, a couple of ceiling fans (one in the bedroom and one on the porch), paint colors, carpet for the bedroom and tile for the bathroom that we need to pick-out. This is the worst part for us, or at least for me, and I wish the Design/Build team would just choose something neutral and install it, paint it, whatever. In addition, since Jane and I thought we could save money by staining/sealing the porch ourselves (probably a bad idea) we also have that chore to plan ahead for.
January 2nd. The project is moving pretty rapidly even though it's getting pretty cold to work outside. The porch and porch roof were completed while we were in Cincinnati over Christmas holiday. You can see the 6x6 posts holding up the roof....I'm anxious to see how this will look when completed. It certainly wasn't the design we had planned initially, but it will be nice. We have the walk-through with the contractor for final approval of the electrical outlets and switches and other details that we need to decide on now before they start insulating the walls and drywalling. One pain was that the water supply to the washer was disconnected last week and we've had to take our laundry to the laundromat to get washed. That didn't make George happy and I spoke with the foreman this moring that it would be nice to get the water and sewage connections in place so that we'll be able to use the washing maching by this weekend. I'm sure that will really help......yes, that was sarcasm.
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