Master Bath framing

Just a quick look at the additional framing that has been completed in the Master Bathroom.

The shower has been framed...

It will eventually be tiled, and have glass doors.

They also removed the rocks from where the door between the bathroom & bedroom will break through.  It's now just that coating of mud and the plaster on the other side.

They are leaving this wall intact for a bit longer to contain the mess as much as possible!

Attic Landing

We were super pleased when we came home and saw what they did for the doorway that goes into the new attic space... we were thinking that it was going to be a rather small door on the existing landing between the second & third floors (which has a sloped ceiling due to the roof line).

We thought doorway would go somewhere here

We came home to find out that they had framed out that whole landing, and it feels SO much bigger!

Here's the new view, taken from the same spot as above...

We were happy to see that the hardwood floors reach all the way back to that sill!

Here's the view looking up the steps from the second floor:

There will be a full sized door, and an arched window on that back wall.

There's even enough room to put a chair or little shelf or table on the landing in front of the new wall that will be to the left of the doorway!

Here's the reverse view from where the new window will be...

We thought it was going to be an under-eve, crawl space for storing bins, so it was a huge surprise to see how much space is going to be here!  It's now got me thinking of uses for it other than storage... sitting room? sewing room? library?  Who knows... finishing off this space is like #142 on our list of things we need to do around here!!!!

Enough daydreaming, back to the present... 

Another exciting thing for us was that we got a peek at the original shake roof that was under the existing slate roof.  

They had put a wood frame on top of it to attach the slate:

We love seeing the history of the house and how it was constructed!

So, this was our last great surprise before the rain... 

which was not a great surprise (especially since the roof is not yet on)!

More to come on that!

Break Through- Second & Third Floor!

The dust is now throughout the house, since there are holes everywhere.

Oh well- at least it's progress!

Here's what's going on for the second floor...

Main Hallway Opening

This opening will be into the laundry room

Master Bedroom Opening

This will open into the Master Bath & Closet

They have put the plastic up, but are holding off on braking through on this one.

Here's the progress up on the third floor...

Attic Opening

Looking up from 2nd floor landing

Ugh, these photos remind me of all that wallpaper removal & spackling we did!  

Looking across from between Media Room/Linen Closet doorways

 This was exciting because we got the first peek into the new attic space!

Break Through- First Floor!

Things are getting messy around here!!!

They're doing their best to contain the dust, but it's inevitable at this stage.

It's all incased in plastic for the time being, so hard to get a good sense of what it's going to look like!

Here's what we've got going on...

Family Room Opening

View from the "Kitchen"

View from the family room

 First Floor Hallway Opening

View from Foyer

This is going to become a coat closet, but they had to break through to move the basement door around to the back (it is located on the right under those stairs).  The reverse of this is where the refrigerator is going to be set back into the wall in the new kitchen.

This is the view between the sheets of plastic in the hallway.
The old basement doorway, and the new one is moving to the back, so it opens into the kitchen.

 Kitchen/Dining Room Opening

View from old kitchen

This doorway will be coming from the NEW dining room, and go into the butler's pantry, turning right to enter into the NEW kitchen. 

New Goat Climber

While we were waiting for the kitchen renovation to get started, Mike decided to do a little project for the goats... a larger climbing structure for them!

All of the materials were things we had out in the workshop from previous projects! 

The goats are loving it- lounging up top to soak in the rays, or underneath when they want shade.