Bye Bye Basement...more pictures

Did Someone Say DRY WALL?

Who would have known that the words DRY WALL would be such music to our ears? While we know that this means that we are still far from finished with this adventure, it also means that the walls are going UP rather then DOWN. This is certainly progress! We expect that the contractors will start to get the dry wall up this week. As a result Will had his trusty buddy (and long time drinking partner) Chris over to review the wire situation over a beer. Several beers later and a trip to the VI (ok thats not true) one beer later (they are getting old) they had a plan and now will is upstairs working the wires through the walls.

The picture shown here highlights our new windows in the master bedroom. They overlook the back yard and give us a great view of the maple tree. The pictures below do now show all of the true progress that has been made, but once the walls go up we will post some more pictures with a better perspective.

At this point we are about four weeks away from being able to put in kitchen cabinets and appliances. This means Will and I better make up our minds on what we are going to do. This includes an exhaustive search on features and functionalities for a dishwasher (noise level?), fridge (photo screen? wine holders?), oven (slide in? mounted?), microwave (convection? drawer?) and Will often saying "Yes dear...I love it..." Essentially, we ran out of money for all of these things months ago but we are just going to ask if we can get our debt limit raised..that shouldn't be a problem should it?!

Finally a HUGE thank you to all of the wonderful friends and families that that have taken in the basement dwellers for extended stays over the last few months. To those that we still have yet to visit....we are coming!!!

Progress Last Month

Another Triangle

The backside of the house gets it's triangle.

Also not seen in the picture are some holes I've been digging. We want to wrap the deck around our large Maple tree but we are worried that when they dig the footers they will destroy the root structure. We know there will be some damage but we want to minimize the destruction of the larger roots. So, I've been digging by hand to see where the larger roots are so we can avoid them ("good ol' hole diggin"), FUN.

After sitting on his ass for weeks Steve feels the need to break something and the last of the green fills that need.

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Moving Up = Moving Down

Well when you move the house up, the family must move down! We have officially moved into the basement. The three kids share are in bunk beds in Will's old workroom and Will and I are now in the laundry room. It has actually worked out quite well. Don't know if we will feel that way after the next seven months. :-)

With the second level up I will admit we were a bit taken back by the size of the house. Its a big change from the cottage feel. However the rooms are all framed out on the second floor and it is exciting to see the new space start to take shape.

Enjoy the pictures!