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