Gimme' Shelter - Day 12

If we were building a skyscraper, Day 12 would have been the equivalent of "topping out" day. I entitled this post "Gimme' Shelter" because essentially the house is closed in, now. Obviously we're missing some windows, but those are coming- I promise!

The crew was able to put on all of the plywood decking for the entire roof and nearly all of the sides to the new part of the house.

We are getting our best look yet at what the eventual, final shape of the house will be.

Obviously there's a long way to go and things like shingles, windows and siding will give it so much more texture and personality, but this is essentially the silhouette the new place will be cutting in our neighborhood from here on out.

Kristin met with our builder Stan this morning on site, to go over a few possible changes related to some windows, walls and shelving.

I was a bit nervous, even though we'd talked about it, since just about everyone we know that's renovated has said that any time you make a change to the plans, it makes the project more expensive.

She said that with some of the changes we made, we might actually 'save' a few bucks. Ha! I'll be happy if it just keeps us Even-Steven with the other alterations I know we'll be making down the line.

This is the back side of the house and those men are standing in the master bedroom and outside of our picture window.