construction update: week 3

here is our progress after 3 weeks of building! i am so excited with how well it is moving along. even after sitting on this house plan (and making MANY changes) for over a year, we found there were a few more to be made during framing. i was away visiting my family, so lance and i talked over the phone and we decided to add a bonus room upstairs...there was just too much good attic space to let it go to waste. plus in our current house we have an attic area that we can walk right into and it is wonderful for storing things in, no small, steep ladder to navigate with large boxes, so our the new bonus room is allowing us to do that here as well.

so over the past few weeks, we've finished framing, started plumbing, sheathed the house, started electrical and started roofing the house. unfortunately the windows have been held up, so we have to wait until those arrive before we can start bricking, but that isn't really holding anything up inside since the house has been dried in.

it was very exciting to come back after a week away and see how much got done!

hard to really tell in these pictures, but this is a view into the living room. there will be a large window into the backyard and covered porch.

this is the covered porch. i am sooo excited about it! we have a very small porch right now and i am looking forward to having one big enough to put a table and chairs on. we'll be able to walk out onto it from the kitchen and master bedroom.

this week, lance and i walked the house with the electrician and laid out all our lighting. i forget how much there is to think about with electrical and lighting! and i'll be picking out our light fixtures and plumbing fixtures. i also found a GREAT deal on the 1x1 mosaic tile for the kitchen backsplash...i've really wanted this, but it is just so expensive. one of the local building supply stores just got some in. it isn't glass, but it has a very similar look and doesn't have the crazy price tag!

on schedule for the coming weeks: finish roofing, windows, cornice, framing modifications, continue with plumbing and electrical and install fireplace box. i love the early stages of building since things move so quickly!