There were six carpenters on site today waiting for the window delivery. Eastman called our supplier and I guess by that time (9:30 AM), they had arrived. All the windows and one door have been installed. The front door, one other exterior door and garage doors are all we need now. In the meantime, masonry will get going.Lots of coordination going on between where the windows line up with the front door, the masonry coursing with the windows, the masonry openings for the doors including the ones at the garage... oy! It's amazing how anything gets built, sometimes. And this is coming from someone involved in construction...ha!
I wanted to add this little tidbit of a diversion from the house construction. I was getting ready to read a bedtime story to Abby this evening in her room. It had been a while since I played some music during storytime, so I went to the CD player/radio that is located on the floor just next to the rocking chair that sits in the corner of her room. I turned and saw something tucked behind the rocking chair. I asked her if she put it there, and she said, "Yes." Then she said, "I ate them all." There were four or five left! We were wondering what had happened to that box?!
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Updated: 14 October 2005 22:34 CDT
So, we're looking at finishes. The kitchen door won't look like this one; not exactly prairie style. But, we do like the color against a darker floor finish. We're sort of split between the darker granite and lighter granite. I think we're leaning towards the darker granite. Our kitchen designer friend will be dropping off the actual door sample any day now.
Kitchen faucet shown here. Still not exactly sure on the floor finishes, in particular, the carpeting for the second floor, but samples are on their way. Have to find something that'll handle some wheel traffic.
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The camera was misplaced for a week, and so, there's a little bit of a disconnect between the last blog and this one.
Otherwise, construction continued with the second floor deck and second floor walls. I don't remember if we took a picture for the record, but we had an extra joist left over and the carpenters were using it as a ladder into the basement. Yeah, really safe. Yikes! And they wear sneakers on the site. That makes me nervous sometimes.
One day, you've got the floor deck, and the next day you've got nine-foot walls! It's pretty cool, eh? For those who haven't seen the plans, we can all start imagining what this house is going to look like now. The four windows (right hand side) are looking from the dining room to the golf course. Eastman says if we were able-bodied we could set up a small table and chairs at the dining room and just look around. That might be fun, eh?
Update: first floor deck in place
Here are some pictures from the basement slab pour. We officially start carpentry on Monday. The open-web trusses are on site now, and the loose material (studs, plates, etc.) are being delivered today - now. Ralf and Tom our carpentry foremen seem to be unphased by the unconventional framing scheme of our house. Famous last words "No Problem..." Domingo has been drafting several connection details and double, triple checking dimensions. He met with Ralf last Wednesday, started pointing out some things, and from what I understand, all he had to say was "No problem..." Is this reassuring? I'm a little nervous, to say the least.
And, I know for a fact the carpenters haven't even looked at the drawings in relation to the lumber material list. Again, I don't find this terribly reassuring. In jest, they said, "We'll just see what they (lumber supplier) bring us, and we'll work with what we have," though, I don't know if they were really joking.