The construction crew has been busy. The rafters are up, and most of the roof is on. Most of outside has been covered by inch thick weather-proof siding, and the inside walls have all been roughed in. We heard Friday from the builder that the house will be weather tight by Tuesday.
The builder and one of his crew were over to look at the front door that we salvaged from the old house. Both Geff and I really liked the idea of using the old front door on our new house. It is a great, solid mission-style door. Fortunately, after seeing it, the builder is on board with using it as well. The opening is much larger than the door itself, but they will build out windows around it.
During the walkthrough today, Geff took a video while I took stills.
Here is the standard photo from the driveway.
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| View from the driveway |
The garage area is basically about the size of the old house, and it sits roughly in the same foot print. It is the great room and master bedroom/home office space that extends the house much further to the west than the old house.
This next view is from the east side of the property, looking into the garage.
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| The east side of the house |
Geff was just starting his video when I took this photo. If you look closely at the back of the garage, there is a board on the right that is used to walk up into the house. When the house and garage is complete, a ramp will be in that location to make the house wheelchair accessible. There will also be a storage room straight back from the garage door.
The front yard doesn't look like much today, but it will be a decent size. The city has stipulated that we add five trees to the front yard, so in addition to a sidewalk, we'll have five trees, grass, and either flowers or vegetables, or a mixture of both.
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| The front yard |
While I took close to 40 photos, I'm trying to limit the number of photos that I actually post, so skipping the ones of the basement opening, and the bedrooms, which were roughed out the last time I posted. I do have to post another one of the laundry room, though. The last time we walked through the house, I thought that the laundry room might feel a little small, but standing in it today, this room is plenty big, especially considering that our last laundry room was in a closet.
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| Laundry room |
I was standing in the back of the room, roughly in the space where the washer and dryer will be. There will be cabinets and a farmhouse style sink on the right side. The sink will be part laundry, part craft clean up, and part dog wash.
The second bathroom is also larger than I thought, which makes sense since it will be wheelchair accessible.
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| The second bathroom from the third bedroom |
Next up is one of the areas that I am really looking forward to: the pantry.
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| The pantry |
The pantry will have shelving on the left wall, and we will have our stand up freezer in the back corner of the room.
The center part of the house will be the great room: kitchen, dining room, and living room.
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| Looking west from the pantry entrance |
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| Looking south from the pantry entrance |
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| Looking north from the dining room area |
When you walk in the front door, the dining table will be on your right, and the kitchen will be beyond that, also on the right. The left side will be the living room area. And, a sliding glass door will provide access to the deck.
The powder room is near the front door.
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| Powder room |
The home office is in the front of the house.
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| Front office |
The master bedroom feels huge.
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| Geff is showing the size of the opening |
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