Late December 2012 - Metal Element & Siding

Peter working with the positioning of the metal element mock-up that will be our house number.

This will be an "L-shaped" piece of Iron 12" tall with the house number cut in with a plasma cutter.
The porch light will illuminate through the house number from behind for that contemporary touch.

Thad Lefebvre, the metal fabricator, sent the first photo to show us the house numbers.

The sun shines through the sign onto the house.

First snow!!!  View out my new kitchen window.

First day of siding!!!  Christmas eve.......17 degree wind chill.....
CertainTeed cement board siding primed.

The pattern is one large, two small, one large, two small.   Now what color shall we paint it???

Early December 2012 - Windows and Shingles

The builder tells us we are on schedule and should be done in 90 DAYS!!!

High windows along the front of the house.

Master bedroom and bath.

The kitchen corner counter depth window......my favorite part of the house.

The front door.....it is full glass under the cardboard.

The big sliding glass door from the kitchen window side.   Garage window not in yet.

Sliding glass door over looking the bluff.

Maddie's room!!  :-)

Shingles are on and the last window in the garage installed.

Now it can snow......

Late November 2012 - House Wrap & Trusses

Peter & Jill's Christmas 2012

The framing crew got a kick out the holiday greeting Monday morning.

Peter in the garage mulling over the window rough in too low.

Trusses in the rafters - boy the house really smells good with all this new wood.

Roof decking on.   From house plans to house......tall.....

View from the master bedroom side.....next come the windows.

Early November 2012 - Framing begins.

Living room corner windows.  10' ceiling height will make 1400 Sq Ft feel more spacious.

Rough opening for the large sliding glass door.  Transom above and glass panels on each side.

View out the master bedroom window.

Another view of the master bedroom corner window.

Piers for the deck off of the sliding glass doors.

View out the living room to show how steep the bluff is.  Peter checking the silt fence.

Went back to the lot today to sweep the house for the first of many times.......

Late October 2012 - Foundation Work

Forming around the master bedroom - northwest corner of house.

Finished living room wall - northeast corner of house.

Bringing dirt back up around the foundation.

Northface Concrete was in charge of the foundation & slab.

Peter over looking the prepared slab as the concrete pump truck drives up.

One cool concrete pump truck.

One very smooth slab.

Peter checking the silt fence below the new deck piers.

Celebrating owning the lot one year today with our first glass of wine at our new house.

Early October 2012 - Ground breaking.

The sign goes up.

Horizontal drill rig to drill under the trees and across the street to connect to the sewer main.

Sewer main located across the street.

Locating the water line before they bore across the street.

Picture of the sewer main exposed right after the bore punched through right on target.

Sewer area covered up, black topsoil brought in for the neighbors yard.

All ready for the seed & straw.

The dirt work and footings begin.

Peter checking the width of the driveway.

Trackhoe digging the foundation walls on the north side of the house.  The bucket is sitting where the living room will be.

This is the master bedroom (northwest corner of the house).    So looking straight ahead will be our "treehouse" view out the bedroom window.

Another shot of the master bedroom with closer view of where window will be.

In the far background is the master bedroom.   In the foreground is the living room.

Our view off of the kitchen.  Beautiful.....