House building

I decided that I should post a picture story of the process we went through in having our house built! If you went over to picasa and looked through the pictures there, you will see some duplicates!! :)

Footings and foundation...

Flat work (garage and driveway)...




Framing (there's alot!)...






The garage framed out...

House-wrap...


This was one of the first issues we noticed! We drove over to check on the progress, and was excited to see the sidding going up, but it wasn't suppose to be white trim...

The inside framing, with insulation...
2 of the 4 bedrooms, looking out into the front of the house:

Livingroom/clergy room:

Looking into the family room and dinning room from the kitchen:

Kitchen:

Garage (the third stall):

Drywall is next...
Looking from the family room into the kitchen:

Looking down the hallway towards the master bedroom:

Standing in the master closet:

Standing in one of the extra bedrooms:

Looking from one of the extra bedrooms into the loft:

Garage:

The really deep closet under the stairs!

Looking from the kitchen into the family room (that opening leads to the living/clergy room):
Looking into the family room from the kitchen:

The right look for the outside...

Yes, that is a red door!! It's starting to grow on me!!
The awesome rocks I get for the front!The view from the street, obviously!!!
Grass and painted pillars. We drove by one night, and it was the dark brown, the next day it was the light body color!! I think we plan on painting it the dark brown again, it looks nicer, don't you agree?

Now for the inside work...
GRANITE COUNTERTOPS!!















The "roughed-in" powder bath... All we have to add is a toliet and sink! Everything else is in there, including the toliet paper roll, mirror, lights, fan, etc!!!

So, I hope you enjoyed the walk-thru! I tried explaining some parts and such, but knowing me, there's always something I forget! Once things settle from the move, which a big thanks to my in-laws for helping out. Joan and Kevin came up to do the actual moving, and Kyle and Alex watched their dogs. So at Kyle and Alex's house, they had four dogs, and we only had to deal with one up here. That was a big help, can you imagine 6 people moving things while trying to keep 5 dogs happy? Espically with no backyard in!! Luckily it wasn't raining, so Koko only had dusty/dirty paws instead of muddy paws!