Exterior doors and some roofing

Progress continues slowly, with electrical, AC and plumbing work.  Exterior doors have been installed, and some roofing has been installed.

We have not finalized the flooring, but are close on it.  Hopefully sheetrock will start soon.

                                                    The view from the front yard:

Front porch, with front door:

The door leading from kitchen/dining area onto the screened porch:

Front door, as viewed from in the living room:

The roofing material is metal, with a silvery/galvanized coating.  It takes on alot of the color of the sky and looks different depending upon the angle of viewing.

This is the metal roof, as viewed looking out a second floor window.  Looks white to me.

The view from the street behind us, looks blue from here:

Adding a dash of color....

A bit of color with the siding going up before the roof can go on...

Notice the "evening blue" siding on the dormers

A few new things...

We made a trip Saturday, 11-10, to cover several issues: locating lights and switches, making choices for cabinets, checking AC vents, and getting a look at the appliance list and choices.  After 4 hours at the house with all this, we then headed to the cabinet maker's shop to look at finishes and hardware.  Long day!

Here are a couple pictures of the exterior, showing the arches between the columns, and the storage room closed in.  The arches may get modified due to code restrictions for what extends below base flood elevation, so we're trying not to get too attached to this look, ( but I like it!)

More progress

We made another trip to Picayune on Friday and got worn down again on trying to pick out lighting, but did make some headway.  Not finished, but closer to picking out all the stuff with sparks in it.

Sunday we took a trip to see the house and see how the spaces will look with the lights we were thinking about.  The drawings are OK for some things, but not others.

One highlight was to see the outline of the kitchen cabinets laid out on the floor in marker.  The cabinet guy has made some really good suggested changes, and we got to see how they would fit.

Here are a few more pix:



The ground floor storage room:

 

half wall in master bath to separate tub from shower

front porch - (saving money without a floor)

Side porch to be screened in:

 The back of the house, not alot of appeal...

quick update

We took a trip east today to pick out some more light fixtures and then over to the coast to see the house.  Our friends Julie and Paul came along with us after we left the lighting place.

here are a few pics:

View from the street.  Note roof on porch...

Another street view: 

 Side view

 Kitchen wall

Living room, looking toward the TV/Audio/Shelving section that will be built into the wall.  Note the curved corners of the shelving area.



Framing nearing completion

I made a trip yesterday to resolve some window issues in the house, and to complete hanging lights in the boathouse.

Here are a few updates showing the roofline of the porches, and a few other details.

The framer may complete his work this week, wexcept for the ground floor.  Then its roofing and siding, and then interior crafts, such as AC/Heat, plumbing, electrical.

View from the street:

 Up closer:

Side view of screened porch:

Powder Room nestled in the stairway going up to top floor:

Porch bathroom on the left and elevator enclosure on the right:

View from the upstairs bedrooms.  You can see the gray roof of the boathouse behind an oak tree near the water

One of the neighbors enjoying the view.  This is a really big crane or something, zoomed way in with my blackberry camera:

 

Porches being framed

not much else to say, beyond the title.  My contractor sent me this picture today.  I will try to go over there this weekend for an indepth look-see, and maybe to hang some more lights in the boathouse.

porch framing and more interior

I made a run over to the job site to help resolve some issues that developed with windows and roof lines.  While there I looked at the latest constrruction, as follows:

Views from the street and the side, showing the intial framing of the porch beams.

The upstairs hallway and alcove, with the half-wall to let the light flood the upstairs.

The sitting room, just off one of the upstairs bedrooms:

One of the upstairs bedrooms

The living room with a big doorway and big windows



Boat House is done, essentially...

My boathouse contractor is done, and what's left to do is workscope that I wil complete, like installing lights, ( half done), outlets and a ceiling fan.  I will also build a bench and fish cleaning table.

Here's the latest picture, with some additional siding installed below the really high roof, to add some shade when the sun is low in the sky.



"Drying it in"

So what's the title mean? "Drying in" the house, is making it relatively watertight, so the indoor trades, such as electrical, plumbing and AC can begin their work.  The house is nearly "dried in", so to speak.  Most windows are in place, special watertight fabric on the roof decking, ( metal roof will follow), plywood siding in place and tyvec house wrap in place.  Some sections of the roof need to be completed still, like above the master bedroom.  The porches haven't been started yet, but that will come in time.

Yesterday we looked at lighting fixtures and cabinets - Wow, we have alot of choices to make.  Let me rephrase, Maggie has alot of choices to make.  I think the lights will be alot of work, due to the shear number and possible choices.  The cabinets might be a bit easier, because the cabinet man does beutiful work and has really good taste.  I am told that the cabinets are very reasonably priced and are built custom to what you want and prefer.

Ok, here are some pics:

View from the street:

Side views - notice the columns without porches - these will go on the front and side.

Stairs from ground floor, which will be in a ground floor storage room.  If its raining or snowing, you can drive under the house and come up these stairs.  If the weather is nice, there will be a nice set of stairs that will go up to the front porch and front door.

The view while standing in the living room, looking toward the master bedroom beyond.  Notice how light the bedroon looks?  That's what no roof will do for you.

The view looking into the kitchen from the dining room.  A window on the right will be over the sink.  The skinny windows high up are above the cabinets, to add a bit of natural light.

I turned around from the view above, and shot this one, again standing in the dining room, now looking west toward the water.  The dining room has two windows, and opens to the right to the living room.  The open area in the wall is for the front door.

Upstairs bedroom, with dormer and window.  The gap in the wall will be closed, I hope!

Framing continues

Yesterday I made a trip over to work on installing lights in the boat house.  While there I took a few pix of the house progress.  The framer has been working on the roof structure and dormer framing mainly, which takes some time due to height and complexity.  He's gotten most of the roof framed, and now decked in with plywood.  There are special nailing requirements for the decking due to high wind loads that the house will experience.  He'll take pictures of the nailing patterns so we can use them to get wind insurance.

Here's a view from my neighbor's yard.  You can see the big center dormer framed up.

Now, directly in front of the house.  There will be a porch across the whole front, but its not yet framed.

The south side view.  A really big porch will be added on this side, to tie into the front porch.  The concrete columns with nothing on top of them will form the base of the porches.

A view of the back of the house.  One of the two big windows will be in a sitting room that adjoins a bedroom, and the other will be over the stairs going to the second floor.  On my trip last week I requested some changes that will open up the stairs and upstairs hallway area, making better use of the natural light from the window.