"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!