Drywall and Heat!

This week the whole house was drywalled and the heat is on! The baseboards work throughout the house.

Kitchen here.










Dining room end of kitchen, looking into living room.














My sister Sarah and niece Rose came along to see.












Special mold resistant drywall in bathrooms.















Finishing the master bedroom.













Guest bedroom.













Sarah, Rose, and Noah, Noah's room, right next to the master.

Dry Wall Arrives and Chimney Goes Up, Up, Up

First floor view of chimney. We met with the mason and our builder this morning to plan the hearth area. The chimney will be bricked to the ceiling, and we'll have a circular brick hearth with a fan of bricks on the edge and a herringbone pattern inside that. There will be brick up 3-4 feet on each side of the chimney with a shelf on top.

Second floor view of the chimney. It will be behind dry wall next week.

All the drywall was dropped off this week. Huge sheets of it. The drywaller will come Monday to start this. After that, the rooms will be rooms!

Insulation and Chimney Pix

The house is insulated! This is the front side of the master bedroom upstairs.

Looking out from the dining room through the archway into the living room/front entry.

The living room and wall between the living room and dining room. The double-flue chimney is coming up through the floor straight ahead.

Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, a-flue!

Kitchen, pantry, little bathroom, and door to garage.

Basement view of chimney so far.

Lots More Developments

CMP strung the lines last week - let there be light!















The basement is bright today with sunshine, even with no lights yet.











The stairs from the second floor down to the first.
















One of the master bedroom closets. Looking through it is the back bedroom, probably Noah's. The chimney will go in to the left of the closet, hopefully this week.








The master bathroom - we got a tub with little jets!
















The other bathroom upstairs.
















The propane was delivered on Thursday. The furnace will be installed this week.















The garage door is on.











It just gets better and better...

Framing the Interior Walls

This week the walls will all be framed up, and the plumbing and electric is going in. CMP strung the line yesterday and we have power!

Some of the plumbing.

The kitchen, and the doorway straight ahead goes into a walk-in pantry.

The stairs are in, both up to the second floor and down to the basement. This is the upstairs hallway, looking ahead to the garage end of the house, with a bedroom to be on the right and left. Straight ahead will be closets for both bedrooms.













This side of the stairs on the first floor will be our office, with a large built-in bookcase on the wall straight ahead.










The front door is in. Welcome home!

Big Progress In A Short Week

This past week Eric and his crew built the garage...

...and started the roof for the front porch...

...and worked more on the rooftops (and finished them, shingles and all, see below)...











...and began the little staircase up into the house from the garage...










...and on Thursday, Fairpoint planted the utility poles - soon there will be heat inside...










...and Eric began to frame the walls upstairs.












The roof trusses in the garage.















Earlier this afternoon, we drove up again, and Colby and Matthew show how tall the house is.

Noah: "I want to stay toasty in the car, Mama!"












We marvel at the scene (especially the finished rooftops on the garage and front porch).










And then turn around to see another amazing view - from the front porch.

Heading out.

Kate: "Noah, look at the moon!"

Noah: "Tractor, Mama!"

Kate: "Noah, look at the moon!"

Noah: "Plow tractor, Mama!"

Kate: "What do you see in the sky, Noah?"

Colby: "He likes the tractor better."

Me: [Laughing, then quiet, finally.]

Window Pictures

The windows are in...we haven't picked out our front and side doors yet.

Love the slider in the dining room...