Where Have I Been? - Day 20

I hate to admit it, but I got sidetracked and a bit lazy this past week. Translation: No blog postings while I traveled and there were also a couple days where I didn't take pictures. The front view looks very similar to previous shots, but some work has been done on the porch. A gas line and meter has to be moved before the crew can put the actual deck onto it and then stone work on the lower portion can begin.

Plenty of work was still going on, but it just wasn't as obvious from the outside and I neglected to whip out the camera. Below you can see the side of the house and a large first floor window with a board across it. That will be bricked in and a much smaller, single window will remain. That will look into the butler's pantry and walk-through bar area between the kitchen and formal dining room.

The electricians have already put in a lot of the wiring on the first and second floor, but this is the 'roughing in' phase which essentially shows where the outlets are going to be. The actual outlets won't be going in until after the drywall is put on. Below is a view from the second floor guest room looking into the two bathrooms. One is for Grace's room and the other is the guest room. That's someone's lunch cooler sitting on Grace's tub. :-)

The plumbers also came in and did their rough in for the pipes and connections in the kitchen and bathrooms. You can imagine that with an entire new floor and a re-worked first floor that there's a lot of pipes and wires that have to be hidden somewhere. The shot below is taken from the kitchen, looking toward the staircase upstairs on the right. To the left is the entry to the butler pantry and in the center is the area where the fridge will eventually sit. Just to the right of that doorway will be a microwave/convection oven mounted over a counter top.

We've also decided that our downstairs bathroom needs to be re-done, which wasn't in the original plan, so that created a little bit of a stir. That is in the back left of the green wall in the picture below. The picture shows the entire kitchen/great room/entertaining area. That doorway mentioned earlier will eventually be a wall. Entry to the bathroom will be from the main hallway that runs front to back from the dining room to the great room. When the workers took out all the old tile and flooring from the bathroom, they found that the joists were rotting underneath so the entire framing had to be re-worked.

I have recently been informed that we have some "fans" of the blog who'd like to see some exterior pictures which also show the yard and some of the other houses in our neighborhood for a little perspective. I gladly oblige. Enjoy

This is a view of the rear of the house taken from the edge of the grass in our backyard. There is another 10 or so feet of natural area, bushes and trees behind me that borders our rear property line.

This picture was taken from our front porch looking out onto our street. You can see our lovely port-o-potty- a neighborhood staple. Based on the other houses in this shot, you can see our home will fit right in.

The crew that's installing the HVAC system started working, so I'll show you some of those pictures in my next installment. Cheers!