what the view might be like, late on a Saturday morning from my bed, if my bed where here.
With the rafters gone, it is much easier to see how great the raised porch ceiling will be.
Plenty of room for the new transom!
New front door patiently awaits installation
Awesome crew in this week, helping move things along at an awesome pace. Deck is now built, soffits repaired, front wall begun.
revelation! my bedroom window looks out onto the backyard!
Doug started on the framing for the new bedroom windows today and we got to see for the first time what it will look like in there with light and a view– amazing!
Doug framing for the back bedroom window
Rough-in Inspection happening this week. Do I really know what that means?—no. But it seems like progress.
tools are tidy, but will not eventually live in the kitchen nook
guess it is getting close to time to clean whatever that grime is off the kitchen walls
10 little indians, guarding the door
The bedroom floor is visible now. Must be time to get the ladder out and paint the ceiling.
A tidy worksite makes for a .... what does it make for?
Okay, whether we are even past the halfway point, I no longer pretend to know. Reality check: this is what renovation looks like. More pics from this phase at my Flickr site.
what will be lovely inset doorway to bedroom with shelf running above
what will be clever 4 ft. wall to separate bedroom from bedroom nook and allow me to place bed against that wall, so as not to block the windows on the other walls
What will be totally awesome new bedroom windows (Anderson, clad exterior, wood interior), once they are actually IN the windows, IN the bedroom
what will be stunning 3/4 glass pine door off kitchen onto back porch
'nuff said
nice having all that light filter into the living room. Walls will be good too.
renovatin' is hard on the landscaping--what will be my bird-filled backyard sanctuary
What will be new attic access, with trapdoor made from tongue and groove ceiling and built-in ladder along the side wall
Old doorway behind bathroom wall that will become a tiled niche above the bathtub (which is sitting in the living room)
Executive Decisions
oh yeah. And the kittens. 🙂 (on 7.22.09)
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