Walking through the house for the first time . . .

1st week of July

The first floor framing is going up!  July is starting out very hot; not particularly unusual for July in northern Virginia, but we are having more rain than normal and it is making progress for the contractor a little more challenging.


View at the front corner of the garage

It almost feels like a dream to be walking THROUGH our new house.  I have spent so much time daydreaming about the spaces we designed.  To see it and feel it, really happening, is kind of amazing.  And the smell of wood is wonderful.



View toward front door

We met the head carpenter on site a few days ago, and he quickly assured us that there are a lot of framing connections and details that they will go back to, once the roof trusses are up.  Their goal is to frame up to the roof as quickly as possible, get the trusses up, and start enclosing.



Rear view

They are being haphazard with their window openings as they initially frame; some are there but many still have to be cut through the plywood.  As you can see, there are nice big openings in the basement as well.  This house has a lot of windows.

Once the studs started to go up we took out our tape measure; couldn't help ourselves.  Every inch matters to us, and we wanted to know that everything "right".  I'm impressed.  Every dimension we took is within half-an-inch of the dimension on the drawings.



View from Family Room toward Kitchen

In a few months there will be a stone fireplace, separating the family room from the eating space and kitchen.  For now, just lots of bracing (until they can tighten up their connections).

View from Family Room toward Stairs and Front Door