This is the week for subcontractors to do their thing: electricians, plumbers, and HVAC crew joined our ever-faithful framer. Now every day the place is crawling with workers! Not much change on the outside, but with all the guts completed this week, we will see sheetrock and siding go on soon.
My focus this week has been to plan for cabinets in bath and laundry room, plumbing fixtures, paint colors, flooring, and preliminary landscaping design. I have spent 3-4 hours stints at Home Depot 3 times days in the last week. I know several employees by name!
Notes on the pictures of the day: Michelle asked for a photo to see the tie in of old to new. We'll be working on landscaping (including an arbor) to soften this front.
2nd photo: view from the new laundry room. This is Carter's old bedroom (front bedroom) and soon the wall with yellow insulation will be torn out to make our new dining room with vaulted ceilings. Oddly, from the inside of the house, everything looks the same. Only when you open doors, do you find cavernous new rooms and hidden staircases!
Last photo: from the loft down the stairs. We'll keep the ceilings framed high and use can lights above, with low steplights on a photocell to turn on at night. Don't you love the window at the top?!
The door at the bottom of the stairs is our OLD laundry room door - we cut the corner out, so we can shut it easily and keep the dust and noise to a minimum, and keep the kids out of mischief. Eventually, we'll open up that doorway and the stairs will end squarely at the end of our hall. And yes, I'm upgrading the master bedroom door to a sound-minimizing solid core!
I should have more decorating stuff to share soon! My scanner is still down, so by the time I post the floorplan, this house should be all finished anyway. ;-)
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