Merry Christmas everyone! 2013 was quite a year. We have so much to be thankful for, including the opportunity to undertake this incredible and fun project. We wish everyone a wonderful, safe, and peaceful New Year.
Here's a view from the front of the house showing some of the lumber waiting to be installed. In the back you can see the initial walls of the kitchen.
Here's the beginning of the side wall of the great room (left) and the back wall of the master bedroom (right).
A view of the kitchen from the bedroom.
The master bedroom.
Another view of the kitchen, from just behind the fireplace in the great room.
Here's a view from what will be the great room.
A view from the great room looking out back.
The kitchen from what will be the playroom.
The (former) south side of the house from the future playroom.
More master bedroom walls going up.
One of our favorite features -- a long, wide, and tall hallway going from the bedroom all the way across the house to the breezeway and ultimately, the garage. The great room is immediately to the right.
View from the master bedroom. We decided to "unframe" the fireplace to leave the bricks exposed.
Another view from the master bedroom.
This will be our reading room and library, reusing the existing fireplace.
View from the front hallway out to the great room. In the middle will be a fireplace, with doors on either side.
The ceilings in the great room are going up -- nearly 16 feet (!).
View to underneath the patio -- soon to be covered up by said patio.
View from the back of the great room into the house.
View from the kitchen back into the house.
View from kitchen to back pergola.
Here's the hallway, this time from the breezeway to the bedroom.
The progress is quick with each passing day.
More progress on the great room.
View from the great room.
New bedrooms forming...
View from the back yard.
