Slow week

Not too much happened this week, although you can see they added the peak in the front of the house and did some more work on the porches.


They are also starting to work on the electrical; we couldn't get into the basement but this box on the outside is a clue!



In the kitchen, you can see where the peninsula will be.

Looks like they'll be putting shingles on the roof this coming week, so there will be more to report next week.

WINDOWS!!! And a couple of doors...

As you can see in this first picture, they have put in most of the windows! You can also see some of the snow is gone as of 2/19, but we're getting lots more soon so the next pics will probably show snow again... Ugh. Note the porches are under construction.


This picture shows the door to the second floor porch. The other door installed so far is from the garage into the mudroom.

This is a different view I was able to get since the remaining snow was rock hard from melting for four days and then freezing again. This is the opposite side of the house from our nearest neighbor's backyard. Note the three windows in the bonus room that mirror those on the opposite side. The window on the right is in the staircase; it will be very interesting trying to fit it with a window treatment since it's 10 feet or more above the stairs! We may do a remote-controlled blind. You also get a better view of the mudroom separating the main house from the garage/bonus room/Daves' bedroom. The corner windows in the main house are in Georgia's master bath.

Here's our front door, which is sitting in the garage along with the remaining uninstalled windows and doors. Soon!

Raising the roof

The framing continues, and as you can see they are making good progress. In the third picture Dave M. is looking at the joists showing the coffered ceiling in the Daves' bonus room/master bedroom. Our bathroom will be in the back left and the walk-in closet will be in the back right, leaving a main room of approximately 19' x 25'. The area is about twice the size of our current bedroom! The last picture is from the back of the house.

Framing continues, second floor rear

The whole back of the house is Georgia's master bedroom, complete with a large master bath and two walk-in closets! Here is part of the bedroom.


Dave M. and Georgia are standing in the second floor laundry, an option we picked that took about half of the larger walk-in closet and turned it into a laundry. The space to the left of them is the rest of the closet.




This is part of Georgia's master bath. The tub will be under the corner windows, the double vanities will be along the wall on the right, the second walk-in closet entrance is on the near left, and the entrance to the water closet is on the far left.

This is the second master walk-in closet.

Framing continues, second floor front

This is the second floor area above the foyer. The original plan for the house is a two-story foyer but we chose to fill in the floor to add the space here. The opening is the door to the second floor balcony. The door was originally in the "princess" bedroom but we decided to move it to the hall area.


This is the princess bedroom - it has its own bathroom and walk-in closet. Mom Violett and Sarah have both claimed it. Sarah has even begun to decorate it! :)



This is the third bedroom. The fourth bedroom on this floor isn't pictured but we plan to use it as a TV room.


This is the view from the front of the house. We look down the backyards of the houses across the street to the "lakes". There are two lakes in Maple Park; the park has walking trails around the lakes, a playground, basketball court, and a soccer field. We won't use most of it, but it'll be good for re-sale to be a block away from a nice park.

Framing continues, first floor rear

This is the kitchen, with one of the breakfast area windows at the right. There will be a peninsula jutting out from the wall at the left into the room at an angle, with just enough space for four stools.


This is the view from in front of the fireplace, across the back of the house - family room in the foreground and breakfast area in the background
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This is the expanded mudroom/first floor laundry. The door to the garage is on the left, the double doors to the patio on the right. There will be a closet across the room between the doors. The washer and dryer will be to the right of the patio door.

Obviously, this is the garage. They'll be framing out the bonus room (the Daves' bedroom) soon.

Framing continues...first floor front

They've gotten a lot done this week! Here's Dave M. in the front doorway. (It's his birthday today!)



Here's Dave standing in the living room.

Here's the dining room, with the box bay window at the left.

Here's the view past the staircase toward the back of the house. The living room is to the immediate right, then the study, then a short hallway to the powder room. The kitchen and family room are in the back.

Basement is accessible!

They have put in the staircases, and we went into the basement today. As you can see, it's big! We will use it mostly for storage, but do plan to set up a card room (for Dave & Dave) and a craft area (for Georgia). We are also having a bathroom and wet bar roughed in. And Dave M. wants a pool table for Christmas, so feel free to send in contributions! jk