These photos from Saturday show the roof installed in front. They were working frantically to get the back done that day (they did). The chimney base (yea, sorry Mike, what DO you call that?) in the basement is now in as well. Sorry Donavan, your idea for an elevator in the fireplace hole was very cool, but we decided to stick with a fireplace! Siding and windows are ordered and will be here next week sometime. POST POST CORRECTION Gary says the windows are here!!
Back again on Sunday to do a walkthrough with Mike. He was able to work out additional storage and we were thrilled with that. We were thrilled with everything! Well almost… We were in the master bathroom and I’m chattering away about doors and lighting and such when Tom, very quietly says, “um, I have a question…” Uh oh! Turns out while I was designing our glorious European shower, I hadn’t accounted for the full swing of the pivot door. It was going to hit the privacy wall alongside of the commode. A few panicked minutes, some options tossed around, a bit of sketching and we have what looks like a new plan. Mike will have to run it by the plumber and work out some final details, but it looks good, and we like this layout even better.
Busy week to come – it is decision time. George will have the kitchen and bath designs for us to approve any day. We meet with the tiling company next Saturday to select all of the tiles. We will be doing a walkthrough with the electrician soon, so we had to sit with the floorplans and decide where switches and sockets and such were going to go. I thought that was going to be easy, but it was a lot of decisions to make. Low voltage or solar along the drive? Do we need a light in that closet? Where exactly are the track lights going and how do we place the switches? The basement – but we aren’t finishing the basement! Oh yea, I suppose overhead lighting makes sense, and outlets too. When I said I always wanted that big spotlight on the front of the house at Christmas time, Tom decided it was time for bed…
Busy week to come – it is decision time. George will have the kitchen and bath designs for us to approve any day. We meet with the tiling company next Saturday to select all of the tiles. We will be doing a walkthrough with the electrician soon, so we had to sit with the floorplans and decide where switches and sockets and such were going to go. I thought that was going to be easy, but it was a lot of decisions to make. Low voltage or solar along the drive? Do we need a light in that closet? Where exactly are the track lights going and how do we place the switches? The basement – but we aren’t finishing the basement! Oh yea, I suppose overhead lighting makes sense, and outlets too. When I said I always wanted that big spotlight on the front of the house at Christmas time, Tom decided it was time for bed…
