Sunday, February 20, 2011

Progress!

Disclaimer: The colors you are about to see are not the final colors. Things have not yet been painted.

Okay, now that we have that covered. It was a little alarming to pull up to the house today to see it yellow. The same horrible yellow as every single wall of the apartment we are staying at. Nope, just the Hardie Board siding as it comes and the shakes in their original state. The roof is complete. We didn't get to pick the shingle color. They must have taken our color choices and picked what would go best. It looks nice. Now of course I'm that much more anxious to see the actual paint colors go up!

Today was the first time at we looked in the house. We got to walk around IN our new house! We got to see what our view out the patio door will be. What it will look like standing at the front door. Things that just seeing the house from the curb can't tell you. Oh, and the window mistake has been fixed. The glass block is back where it belongs in the Master bath.

Front of house with shake detail.  Craftsman style is starting to show.

Living room with our "free" south-facing windows due to an error in our plan.  Patio door to screen porch.

Kitchen window looking to dining area.  Living room looking back to kitchen.

Triple window in Master bedroom.  Double window to the left is guest room or office.  Glass block window in M/Bath with tub and shower area.

Megan's room and spare room. Not sure we've decided which will be hers just yet.

Back of the house/porch (west) and side of house (south).  Screen porch off dining area/kitchen.

These week to week changes are incredible. It's just amazing how much they get done in a week. Other big elements for the exterior still to come include enclosing the screen porch, installing gutters, stone work on the column of the front porch and of course the real color scheme. Exciting stuff!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

More Big Changes

We went from having the start of the framing to actually having solid walls, windows, a front door and a roof. The roofers were even there when we stopped by on a Saturday.

The framing for the screen porch has also been started. It's so nice to see it all come together. Pretty soon the weekly changes won't be as obvious from the outside. In just two-months, this will be our new home!

There was a mistake that we noticed this week. (You can see it in the last photo). The glass-block style window that is supposed to be in the master bathroom was installed in the kitchen. Oops. We contacted our project manager and the architect was going to check it out first thing Monday morning. Luckily the siding hadn't been started, so it shouldn't be too bad to fix this mixup.


Saturday, February 5, 2011

We Have Walls!

Another week and the framing has begun. And another bundle of materials has been delivered. Maybe by next week we'll even have a roof!