House Projection Tour Calendar Week | Video | Novel Improver

As promised, hither nosotros become - a major update on the menage tour.  We are at the fifteen calendar week point, which for us is one-half way.  Hurray!  With some pelting early on, together with mutual depression temperature temps during framing (which equals a slower moving crew) nosotros were running a lilliputian behind, but starting to brand upward fourth dimension instantly that it is all closed in.  Just this calendar week our builder rearranged some things to larn the plumbing started this week, which shaved almost ii weeks off.  I'll receive got it!

We are using Noblit Didier as our builder together with couldn't hold upward to a greater extent than pleased.  They run inwards our neighborhood a lot together with actually know what they are doing.  Nothing inwards these sometime houses surprise them - they receive got seen everything together with ever receive got a solution.  I also dearest that they utilization a software organization that lets us run across the entire schedule every bit they brand updates together with each invoice.  It is helpful for a crazy soul similar me who wakes upward inwards the middle of the nighttime together with wants to know who volition hold upward working on the site tomorrow : )   It is thence dainty to hold upward working amongst such professional person outfit on a structure projection - hard to find.  I volition become into to a greater extent than item subsequently almost how nosotros in conclusion selected them after a twelvemonth long hunt.

With the holidays every bit beingness a slap-up distraction, beingness out of our menage hasn't been also bad.  But, amongst dreary Jan together with Feb lurking, nosotros are getting a lilliputian anxious.  Mike together with I moved into our starting fourth dimension menage inwards March together with I receive got the best memories of settling into the menage but every bit Spring was setting in.  It was the best feeling.  I tin lav nonetheless odour the damp odour of muddied fresh boundary every bit nosotros discovered bulbs popping upward all over our yard together with spent every infinitesimal doing DIY projects.   Which reminds me, I never did larn some to planting boundary bulbs to receive got popping upward for our motion in...

We are inwards the midst of picking out fixtures, cabinetry together with fun things.  I volition convey yous into that loop subsequently this week.

Here nosotros go.  Brace yourself - in that location are a lot of photos of framing together with plywood.  Hope that is exciting for yous ; )

Here is a refresher on the starting fourth dimension flooring even out plan.  The forepart room stays the same, the remainder is added on together with opened up.  The garage has turned into a library together with the 2 auto garage was added on the left.  More details, here.



They re-sided the dormers for a improve expect - they were non thence slap-up before.  We are considering keeping the cedar natural on the dormers together with the garage front.  Everything else volition hold upward painted Navajo White (creamy white), including the trim.  We had the dormer windows replaced, too.  The previous windows were but a vinyl replacement together with nosotros wanted the forepart ii windows to fit the remainder of the house.

We selected Andersen 400 Series forest windows from Home Depot.  They are forest on the interior together with clad on the exterior.   We went amongst the 400 because the "Canvas" color matched my Navajo White color perfectly instead of the criterion white of the 200 or 100.  I tin lav non nation plenty almost how slap-up the service was - non to hollo the cost was $6,000 cheaper than whatsoever other bid (even for the same Andersen windows).  I volition become into to a greater extent than window item later, likely when the are beingness painted on the interior.

The roof is GAF Timberline hard disk drive inwards Charcoal.  It took me forever to notice a roof color, thence I but decided to create what was most classic.



Here is the garage.  I dearest the crown item the builder added higher upward the garage.  I receive got a barn fashion light fixture inwards hear for above.  I am designing the doors today - hopefully : )

This is the back.  I dearest the back.  Sometimes I want I could plough the menage around!  Where yous run across the white menage wrap volition hold upward the roof of the porch.  Can't hold off to sit down out in that location amongst my java inwards the morning, tea inwards the afternoon together with vino inwards the evening.  Again, all of the outside boards together with cut down volition hold upward painted a creamy white... non this lovely beige. 

The beige boards are James Hardy Board planks.  We wanted to create forest shakes all over the menage but the cost was staggeringly more.  When painted, it volition all expect the same, thence I am definitely ok amongst saving a ton of coin - an piece of cake decision.  When it comes to staying inwards budget, in that location are a lot of distractions out there. For to a greater extent than hard decisions, I tried to recollect to upgrade things that would brand our day-to-day life inwards the menage better.  For the huge savings inwards siding (like $10K+) nosotros tin lav create a lot amongst finishings within that nosotros volition actually enjoy.   The roof was some other 1 of these decisions.  Wood milk tremble would receive got been my starting fourth dimension choice... but for the same cost every bit my entire kitchen, I decided I would hold upward but fine amongst criterion shingles. 

First Floor #1

Here are a dyad of videos that volition aid yous sympathize the catamenia together with the feel.  Please ignore my real out of breath vocalization - for some argue I was thence out of breath that I could hardly nation to a greater extent than than ii words at a time.  I volition blame it on the sparse mutual depression temperature air...

First Floor #2

s Floor #1

I am missing the s Floor #2 video - Mike is supposed to mail it over from his telephone inwards a bit.  Of course, my telephone is out of retentiveness thence I had to utilization his.

I hope the videos helped yous to sympathize the flow, instantly hither are photos thence yous tin lav run across details... though they may hold upward messy together with junky.  This is what a structure projection mid-HVAC crew.  Looks similar progress to me!

This is the entrance hall but after coming inwards thru the forepart door.  We opened it all up.  The sometime garage instantly has a flooring (or will).  There volition hold upward french doors leading to it.  I am standing inwards the sometime living room taking this photo.  Because much of the menage is open, nosotros wanted to receive got 1 cozy room where nosotros could unopen the door together with receive got some quiet.



Old living room.



View but beyond living room - big novel room.  The Kitchen volition hold upward on the left side amongst isle facing the correct side of the room... but correct of where that xanthous cord is piled up.



Same spot, but pointing to the right.  You tin lav run across where the fireplace volition be.  Sofa volition hold upward nether the windows, reverse ii comfy chairs - almost where those white pipes are laying.   You tin lav run across the isle marked on the floor.



This is the sentiment dorsum into the sometime living room, standing almost where the isle volition be.  You tin lav run across mike's library doors to the left.  More french doors here.



This is the sentiment of the fireplace/hearth expanse from the island.  Kitchen/Dining tabular array volition hold upward centered amongst the window to the right... form of where the sawhorse is, but running the other way.



Photo from standing inwards fireplace expanse facing dorsum to kitchen.  Range together with hood volition hold upward nether beam.  Sink inwards the island.  We volition receive got glass-front hutches on both sides.  Under the windows to the correct volition hold upward a depository fiscal establishment of lower cabinets.

Here is the cabinet layout from the Cabinetry builder.  We are using Profile Custom Cabinetry.  They are 100% amazing- I am working amongst Mike the possessor together with he completely "gets it" together with knew precisely what I was looking for when I said "hard working english farm menage solid reason kitchen."  And that is what I said to him - how nerdy is that?  I volition become into to a greater extent than details later.



Past the kitchen is the mudroom/studio.  The pulverization room is to the right, garage to the left.



There volition hold upward cabinetry storage here, amongst a built inwards desk for my estimator area.  This volition also hold upward where I receive got most of my photos because of all of the slap-up low-cal from that big window.  We reused it from our sometime kitchen.



And the french doors, also reused from the sometime house.  We saved almost $4K past times reusing.



Back upstairs, through the living room - repeat photograph for reference sake.

This is the upstairs landing.  It is opened upward past times 3ft together with volition receive got a built inwards linen hutch to the right.  To the left is our sometime room (door non pictured).  You tin lav run across into the laundry room on the correct side, thence downwards the lilliputian hallway to our master.  The door on the correct is the fourth bedroom.  Emma's bath together with sleeping room are to my right, non pictured.

Laundry.  You tin lav run across our sometime sleeping room on the left, which volition hold upward the novel invitee room.



Our sometime room shares a wall amongst Emma's giant closet, thence nosotros had a "secret passageway" cut.  Can't hold off for her cousins to remain together with sneak dorsum together with forth.



Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 peak through the surreptitious passage into Emma's room.  Rocking chair that wouldn't fit into the Pod nonetheless there!

Our menage isn't huge, thence all of these lilliputian nooks together with sugariness touches volition add together to the charm of it.  Our goal wasn't to build a giant house, but a actually dainty little, cozy menage that had everything nosotros need.

Now, to the correct downwards the lilliputian hall to our room....

Our room.  We took the ceiling upward inwards the optic (forgot what that is called...!) to add together tiptop because it is non a huge room - mayhap 13x16.  All of those pretty windows aid opened upward it up.

This is the wall our bed volition become on amongst a nighttime stand upward on the left together with a pocket-sized desk on the right, nether the window.

His together with Hers cupboard to the left of the bed.  I'm non a big walk-in cupboard form of soul - but a trap for a mess!  We had this type of closets inwards our sometime menage together with I loved them.  They volition receive got criterion french doors.

This is the sentiment from the bed expanse to the bathroom.  Small french doors.

Love that tub nether the window!

Here is a practiced shot of our windows.  They are thence pretty - can't hold off to run across them painted amongst my antique hardware... that I receive got yet to find.

Ok, thence create yous experience completely overwhelmed?   Thanks for enduring that agency also long, agency also in-depth update.  Let it soak inwards for a lilliputian while, thence all hold upward dorsum tomorrow to actually boggle yous amongst agency to many lighting together with hardware choices.  Welcome (back) to our project!  We are getting to the fun purpose : )

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