Here's What's Happening At Our House

The building crew is done with the structure of the house.

All of the windows and most of the doors are in.
We still have a couple that are special ordered that aren't in yet.

Do you like the grids in the windows and some of the doors?
They are between the glass, the only way to go as far as cleaning them!

We are buttoning up for the winter now.

Big Ran is working on siding the eaves.

He's doing a great job.

Yes, it is nice to have a husband that can do that!

What are you guys doing around your place?

More later.............................Sally

Yes, We Are Still Building a House

In case you are wondering, we are still building a house.

We have a gorgeous black roof on.

It's hard for me to get a good straight on shot of the house because right beside me is a huge pile of dirt with weeds growing out of it.

It is finally starting to look the house plan,

don't you think?

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Since my last post we have added a front porch and part of the windows and doors, too.

It has really changed the look of the house.

I am going to take some more pictures of the front door and show them to you very soon.

In the mean time, this is a close up of it.

Here is a shot of the cleaning crew.

Obviously Madison and Big Ran are moving really fast.

But Shafer stopped long enough to get his focused picture taken!

More later..............................Sally



Trusses in Place

We have most of our trusses in place, now we need to get a roof on this place!

Here's what our house looks like now.
Do you see those flat places on the very top of the trusses?
Those still need the peeks put on, but the builders are doing that as they get to the top so they have something to climb on.

Just in case you haven't noticed, this house has a lot of different roof lines.

I am going to need a lot of Christmas lights!

This is part of our back porch.

Hopefully there will be some shingles up there next week.


 

More later...............................Sally 

Outdoor Lighting

I have been checking out some outdoor lighting online lately.

I think that either one of these would work nicely. 

One of these lights costs $160.00 less than the other one.

 Can you tell which one??  

More later..........................Sally

Building a Home

The trusses for the roof have arrived!

Now let's raise the roof!!!

More later....................Sally

The Makings of a Porch

The cement for the porches has been poured today.
It made them look much larger.

One of the back porches.

And the other one.

This girl is getting excited!

Okay, now I'm looking for a porch swing.

More later....................................Sally

Video of the New House Progress

Here is a video of the new house progress.

I hope you like it.

Shafer is helping me again!

More later.......................Sally 

Window Shipment is Here

Now we are getting somewhere!!

The windows and the front door have arrived. 

We ordered them from Lansing Building Products, they were the only company that had the transom that I wanted for the front door.
And I must tell you, it is awesome.

There are triple windows, double windows with transoms, and I think every window is a different size.

Some of these windows are very heavy.

But don't worry, I was out there to supervise!

Before long they will be installed and you will be the first to know!

More later...................Sally

Master Bedroom Headboard

I have ordered my master bedroom headboard.

I found it at www.hautelook.com.

Here is what it looks like.

 

I was going to try to do a DIY headboard from scratch.

But I don't think I could have beat this price!

Do you like it???

I sure hope I like it when it comes in. 

More later......................Sally

This New House is Moving Right Along

We have walls!

I have been told that all the outside walls should be up today.

Yay!!

Putting the ceiling in the basement makes the basement seem much larger.

I had to get a picture of the guys in action.

Now I have to get the plans and figure out exactly where I want all of the inside walls to go.

No small task.

Wish me luck.

More later..........................Sally

Progress, Progress, Progress

So far we have beams up in the basement.

The stairs are boxed in.

Some of the floor is being laid.

Doesn't look like a house to me yet.

Here is a view from the basement up.

I never had any idea how many tresses it takes to hold up a floor.

I will feel very safe walking across it.

Just taking you through every step of the way.

More later......................................Sally

Building Supplies Have Arrived

Our first load of supplies have arrived.

Maybe this is really going to happen!

We have been picking out windows, doors, columns for the front porch, siding, shingles, and much more.

I will keep you updated on all of the decisions that we have been making.

I would love to hear form some of you about your house building/remodeling experiences

These decisions are a lot harder to make than I would have ever guessed.

More later.................Sally 

Doors and Windows

Well, today we went shopping for windows and doors for the outside of the house.

We are waiting for bids to come back in from 2 different companies.

Here is a picture of what the front door that I have picked out looks like.

		No, it is not green or red. It's the glass work that I am talking about. What do you think???? More later..........................Sally

Art for my New Kitchen

I just ordered this poster from blimpcat at http://www.etsy.com/ for my new kitchen.

I am in love with yellow and gray and I couldn't resist this.

 Now to find the perfect frame.

Julia Child is one of my favorites!! 

More later.........................Sally

Massive Rock Wall

Yes, we are still working on the new house!!

We are working on some landscaping and ground work so all the water from rain or snow goes away from the house instead of toward the house.

This is a massive stone wall.

It is at the walk out from our basement.

It takes some heavy machinery to get these rocks lifted and put in place.

This is the finished project.

I am in love with it!!

Now we need to get the other side done!!

More later..................Sally

Street to House Plumbing

We are getting stuff done around here for the new house.

Here are some pictures of the plumbing going in.

This is our line hooked up to the city's meter.

Dig, Dig, Dig!  

We are putting a bathroom in the barn, so we now have water and sewer hooked up to the barn . 

 

 This is our connection to the new house.

And I have water to the garden!!!

No more lugging the three water hoses to the garden spot!

Yay!!

 

 Aren't the tress getting beautiful!?

 Big Ran has the sump pump in.

  

 Tonight they are starting on the big rock wall down by the basement walkout.

I will post pictures on it soon!!

    

 More later.............................Sally