moving on, steadfast

OK, I seem to be somewhat starting a habit here, 2 in a row! 

 Here are the next in the Ongoing Saga.  

First Picture is;  One of the bedrooms, vaulted ceiling, bathroom door visible, North-facing window up high on clerestory letting in indirect light 

                                                                                           

And now The Hall to the bedrooms, light filled from 6 windows, still just studs. 

And now, Hall to the bedrooms, all sheet rocked!  The first 2 doors on the right are the front hall closets, opposite from the front door. 

Master Bedroom, all sheetrocked!  (Notice all of the electrical outlets).

11-7-14, Master bedroom, bath door on left, His closet, middle door and right door, Her closet .

November 16, 2014   very first fire in the fireplace <3 

And, Interestingly enough, 1-11-15 Joe walked around all day with a lump in his boot. He finally got tired of the lump, and dumped out his boot to find this scorpion that he'd been standing on all day! Still alive,  No sting!!  

Until Next Time, Nanu, Nanu! 

A few years ago my phone stopped communicating with the computer, I can only presume a virus was suspect.  Then I got behind in updating.... So here's what's been going on since last post!   More to Come, and it Gets FAR MORE EXCITING!!!!

The Roof is ON!!

Windows are IN! picture from 3-16-2014

Outside is ready for Stucco, but stucco put on hold for inside of house to be finished. 3-22-2014   

Work in Progress, Masonry on the Corners  5-17-2014 

Electric Joe  6-15-2014

Joe doing Math to figure out correct angle for ceiling joists to meet the                                             Hall ceiling correctly 7-14-2014

Master bedroom 9-14-2014

back of fireplace 9-28-2014

front of fireplace 9-28-2014

Chimney under construction 10-27-2014

Tip Top Chimney view 11-1-2014

on!

April 8th, Lowell and neighbor discussing... lumber, probably.     

 Then May 13, decking on the North side, more than halfway done! May 21, (Kristina's birthday) we have the south roof covered with solar board- decking with silver foil quilted onto the bottom side of OSB to reflect heat out of the attic.

Working on July 4th, we had a sand storm blow in.  It was hard to see with all the dust blowing into our eyes, and we didn't speak much or we'd get grit in our teeth.

July 8th, Joe was framing out the area for around the chimney. 

 July 28, with the summer flying by, we are finished with laying the tar paper (roofing felt) and lattice or lathe strips to support the metal sheets and to screw them onto.  This is Joe and the first metal sheet down!

The clerestory with the windows cut out, and the North side of roof nearly done!  

More to come!! 

March and April 2012

March 31, ceiling joists up, starting on roof rafters. Joe on the roof, and Lowell (Joe's Dad) pulling off the lumber.

Next day, April 1, moving right along. View is of South side from SW corner of property.

Such pretty blue sky contrasted against the orangy lumber.

Halfway done with the roof rafters, April 1st still.

North side of house from the NE corner of yard. Nearly done with rafterson April 7,  clerestory not there yet. 

April 8, clerestory is manifesting before our very eyes! Joe is on the roof just at the edge of it.  The clerestory accomodates vaulted ceilings in the 3 "kid's rooms"in which North facing windows will go. 

Looks done except for trimming the extra rafter length!

As Of February 14, 2012

Here I was standing on the Northeastern corner of the tire wall for the pic, dining room in foreground with its diagonal wall brace, then small powder room on right and kitchen beyond that...                                                               

The South wall, from the SE corner...We've had snow 4 or 5 times this winter... this picture I took day after Christmas - we had a White Christmas this year!  And so it goes without saying that the winter has been cold, and building slow, what with the cold & daylight ending early, but forward progress is progress! A couple of days we even put an old wheelbarrow in the kitchen and lit a fire in it for warmth so we could keep working.  Good way to use up the buckets full of inches-long scraps.

The 1st picture of the 1st 2 ceiling joists!  

An hour later...more ceilings!

The bathrooms are ceilinged now... ( is ceilinged a word?)

And the hallway to the bedrooms too!  This coming weekend we will put up the "LVL" beam for the "Big Room" and perhaps work on the "pony wall" that is needed to accomodate the vaulted ceilings in the bedrooms.  This little vault will allow for some high north-facing windows to let daylight in, but not direct sunlight to help keep the rooms day-bright but not sun-heated in the summer.

Interior walls starting with the dining room

Dining room and "big room", with lumber in foreground in the formal living. 

outside the back door, looking into the kitchen

the kitchen, and the island electrical pipe in the middle of the floor

opposite side of the kitchen viewing the laundry room door, utility to the right.

Next to the front door, looking down the hall.  All the bedroom doors are on the right of the hall, windows lining the hall.

Master bedroom is the last to finish, and was completed (except for window framing) on November 27, 2011!!  Happy Cindy! 

Wooden walls following the tire walls

The first trip to the lumber yard was soon followed by nailing down the perimeter plate.

After putting the perimeter plate down, we started on walls the exterior first.

Yay!! The first Wall Is UP!!

Bigger sections require 2 people to lift

Morgan likes her bedroom wall!

Perimeter Complete!!