First Floor Ceiling Ready for Second Level to Begin

Not too much new to see, but the first floor is complete and ready to begin the second story.

First Floor Study - Side Addition is all Walled In

I am so excited to see the side view of the house now.  It looks much more uniform and better.  The front still has a lot of work to do, but today the guys made great progress on finalizing the first floor.  I look forward to seeing the second floor later this week!

The Interior Views of the Study

Second Day of the Side Addition

Although it's not much to see this morning. I think by tonight all the walls for the side addition will be up. It's small, but this little room will be a great study.

I cannot wait for the front door to be moved.

The new enterance to the dining room.  It will look even better once the stairs are gone.

No house stuff today - just love this picture

I caught Luke playing with the balloons from Cole's Birthday

Cole got a motorcycle for his birthday and is in little boy heaven.

Floor of the study

Some decisions were made today on the windows.  All the front and left side windows will have grilles or be casement windows.  All other windows will have interior grilles added later.

Some other pictures of the hole for the new stairs, from the upstairs.

Even though it's small, the floor for the study finally went in today.  I was hoping for the wall to go up too, but no such luck.

Getting ready for the new stairs

The hole was cut for the new stairs, and the new beams went in. This afternoon the stairs are coming out and so is the wall . . so once that is gone the place will be more open, and true to size.

A few more pictures of the kitchen area. I think I've decided on the casement windows for the kitchen.

View of the hallway into the pantry and dining room.

Kitchen Wall is Gone

Because of the rain, the guys worked inside today. So they removed the wall between the front room and the kitchen. This space will be where the new stairs go. Seeing this, I cannot wait to see the wall and the old stairs gone too.