Our new home is continuing to take shape. We are most excited that they finally closed the "skylight" and completed the truss in the front. Here is what the house looked like this evening:
Joe designed this truss and we are both really excited about how it turned out. There was a huge delay with the Douglas Fir beams that were used (but that's a long and frustrating story)...we're just glad everything is here and it's up!
The painter gave them one coat of stain before they were put up. They will be stained one more time before its done. The columns will be covered up to make them look tapered and the bases will be covered in stone. Fascia board will still be added and stained to match.
Tongue & Grove underneath to form the covered porch:
From the inside looking out:
The back of the house. The fascia board is stained the same color as the truss. The trim around the windows will be the same color as well.
They've been really busy inside. The interior walls went in and then the electrical, plumbing, insulation, and ventilation rough-in work got done. They will start drywalling tomorrow!! Yay!! You can see the beams that finally arrived in this picture:
Gabi & Maya in their bathtub! They love going over to the house to check things out and are pretty excited about everything!
The fireplace has been framed in. We will have a wood-burning fireplace that will be surrounded by rock from the surrounding landscape from floor to ceiling. There will be built-in cabinets on both sides.
We took a family outing on Sunday morning to collect rocks for the fireplace and the 4 columns in front. The girls were pretty excited about it...for awhile. I guess they don't think rock hunting is as fun as we do. ;) There are some really cool moss rocks up on the mesa. Our mason has done quite a bit of work with actual REAL rocks, so we hope it turns out nice.
Here is what the truss looked like for awhile while we were waiting for the lumberyard and sawmill to get their act together (can you tell I was frustrated?? If so, it is nothing compared to how frustrated our contractor was!) :)
I guess the windows have gone in since my last post as well. They're extremely energy-efficient casement windows. These are the ones in the living room. Can you tell Joe was excited that I made him pose for a picture in front of them?
Windows & insulation in girls' bedroom. We used a combination of spray foam and fiberglass batt insulation to get a R-30 rating in the walls and a R-40 in the ceiling.
These pictures are a couple of weeks old, but you can see the interior walls. This is the living room looking towards the kitchen and guest room:
This is the kitchen looking the other way toward the living room and master/girls' bedroom and baths:
The shingles and exterior finished will start going on this week as well. Thanks for checking in on us! Tara
No comments:
Post a Comment