Doing a no-rain dance!

Framing has begun

Day one of framing out the upstairs addition has officially begun! Here's a photo Shannon snapped with his phone. As you can see, things are progressing nicely. And very, very quickly. You can already see the opening on the left for the small shed dormer above the living room window, and the opening on the right will be the window that will be part of the larger gable that will go from the front door to the edge of the house on the right side. 

We're so excited! Fingers crossed things continue to go smoothly.

Raise the roof

Okay so we're not actually raising the roof but it is coming off soon! We just picks our new roofing tile too. Who knew it could be so exciting? ;) It's nearly impossible to tell from the picture, but it's lovely, really. It's called driftwood and it looks great on a house... More so than on this wall at the supply shop. We drove by some sample houses today and this was our hands-down favorite. Happy to check it off the list.

Making room

The framers are coming this week, so to make room for them to come in and out with all their tools and supplies, we've been prepping the house and clearing a wide path as much as possible. We moved the desk into the guestroom and put the island against the far wall. It feels so weird having the room wide open like this!

Back it on up

The dumpster has arrived! Things are getting real.

Consult

Attic before photos

Shannon has made so much progress getting the attic ready for the big reno. He's got the floors up, the walls and ceiling down to the studs, and everything packed up and organized.   Check it. The first photo is looking toward what will be our master. The second is from the top of the stairs looking into what we're calling the library, an open area that currently has a small dormer to the right, but will have a much larger opposing gable.

More photos here. Can't wait to see the finished product!