Thanks again to some beautiful weather, things are progressing nicely. At this point all the windows are installed (except for the one still used to get into the main floor) and several doors are installed as well. The framing is complete. Yesterday we met up with Jeff to review:
- Kitchen cabinet and appliance layout - made a few changes here since we decided to open up the wall between the living room and kitchen
- Electrical - we didn't pinpoint every single outlet, but reviewed locations of cable and phone connections; types and locations of lighting, etc
- Door info - which direction the doors will swing
Amazingly enough the few framing changes that we discussed Wednesday afternoon, were all completed today. Nothing major, just
- Kitchen opening to living room - WAY more open of a space
- Door type for master closet (Jeff HATES pocket doors and he discussed the benefits of not having one here = more closet hanging space = happy Sarah)
- Removing the closet from the office, which will allow for better placement of office furniture
- Flipping around the linen closet so it makes one big closet in the upstairs hallway, allows for better access to linens
The best part of our visit was Jeff's estimated completion date - first or second week in December. He said that it should not be a problem being in by Christmas. This made us VERY happy and we have something to look forward to (and can legitimately give an estimated date to all those that have been asking).
The next steps are to:
- Work on the backfill around the house and in the garage, which will eliminate our need to walk the plank anymore
- Finish the roof
- Start the electrical, plumbing, HVAC
The sidelights are installed for the front door, but the actual door has not been delivered yet.
These are the basement stairs. The door way with the light coming in is our "safe room" and the area in front of that will be our kitchenette space. Where Gabe is standing while this picture was taken is his man cave.
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