Author: chip

OK, got the bad pun out of the way! The big update this round is drywall (like woah!) and lots of materials coming in for the next big push. First up, drywall: The great room ceiling height is now on full display! Approx 20′ high, with so much natural light! The back staircase is now…

Pardon the gap in posts, but its been a busy couple of months. New job, prepping to move (again, before we move into the house), and spring sports in high gear. But without further ado… First up, the exterior of the house is almost entirely complete! Siding is finished, metal accent roof is done, windows…

So we’re now in the electrician + low-voltage wiring phase and I dramatically underestimated how much wire was involved. First, a shot of the low voltage wire. We’re running about 50,000′ of wire total, including cat6, smart home, speaker, etc. I’m not sure if we’ll use all of this, but they sure are trying. At…

We’ve learned a lot about how this whole project is coming together; things are much more complicated than I had any idea about. And right now, we’re in the phase I will refer to as the boring, important stuff: plumbing, hvac, electrical, gas lines, etc. While the walls are open, many pipes and tubes and…

So after a bit of a hiatus from mid-December through the end of January, things are back in action, with a vengeance. On the outside, we’ve got doors and windows going in, a roof on, siding coming soon. And on the inside, we’ve got plumbing, HVAC, and are just about to start on electrical. Plus…

It got cold. We moved into the “trades” phase of the project. And things seemed to have slowed down quite a bit. Now that I got my excuses for not posting out of the way, here are a few quick updates! First, the big thing we’ve been working on is designing the kitchen, cabinets in…

I took a few shots of the great room and office from a few different angles, now that they framing is complete. Documenting here for posterity! And the office:

So I was a bit slow on the crane post, but as a bonus, now we have a roof! This is looking a lot like the final vision now, and we couldn’t be more excited. And how did all of this amazing stuff happen? A crane! I know we’re going backwards in time here, but…

A bit delayed, but its been a flurry of activity. The entire house is now framed out, including the massive wall of windows that will be the focal point of our great room, and tomorrow, the crane arrives to put on the roof! This picture is a few days old, missing a wall or two,…

We’re continuing a streak of good weather, and so the builders are getting work DONE! We’ve finished up the foundation, including lots of little surprises with the existing foundation, and are now on to framing out the house. This part is VERY exciting, because we’re finally getting the full scale of what the finished home…