Windows & More Staining

This one will be short and sweet, but I'm trying to do better about doing updates more often. I also realized that I haven't posted pics of the inside once you could tell what the rooms actually were.

It was really pretty this afternoon and since I now have access to a babysitter again (aka my mom), I was able to do it in the backyard of the new house. It was such a gorgeous day that it was a blessing just being able to be outside. 

And here you can see what we are actually doing with all of these stained boards. The center post in the "v" still needs to be stained. The posts going to the ground will be all completely bricked. The ceiling of the carport will be white vinyl beadboard which I think will really highlight the stained wood on the ends. This is the front of the carport, but this will also be the same on the front porch and screen porch.

We have windows! Yes, I know it probably would've made more sense to take the picture from the front of the house, but well I didn't. Plus, I have more windows in the back anyways. The two doubles on the left in the picture are in the playroom followed by the triple ones on the back of the screen porch that are in the living room. The two short ones are in the kitchen, a single in the master bedroom, and then a double in the office.

Here is a picture standing in the front of the house looking towards the back of the house through the living room out onto the screen porch. To the right will be the playroom that will be connected by 2 sets of skinny tall french doors. The kitchen is to the left (not pictured).

This is standing at the front of the house in the dining room area looking into the kitchen. There will be a kitchen island separating the kitchen from the living room. The smaller of the two windows will be over the kitchen sink. It is my only surviving french casement window. I wanted all the windows to be casement, but me being the budget girl, cut them all out except this one b/c they just ended up being way too expensive. The longer picture window next to it will be over my desk (the counter is dropped 6 inches so that is why it is longer). The door on the back wall goes into the master bedroom.

I'll try to take some more inside pics soon. The roof should be starting to go up sometime this week! I'm really excited about that. 

Framing & Staining

Once again, it has been longer than intended between posts. So to make up for it, there are lots of pics. Most of this will show the framing of the house.

This is a view standing in the living room looking up at the cathedral ceiling in both the living room and extended out into the screen porch (of course, there will be a wall in between.)

And here is Tracy working on it...

I was really excited the morning that I pulled into my parents' driveway and saw that top board going up. Okay, I'll admit it. I was more than excited, I was plain giddy.

This is the back screen porch. The front porch, screen porch, and carport will all have matching open cathedral ceilings. I imagine that I'll spend quite a bit of time on both the front porch and screen porch in a swing wrapped up in a blanket reading a good book.

This is the open  carport. I know in today's time, most people value a closed in door garage. Guess I'm just not most people. Though it may get cold some mornings, there are going to be plenty of other times that we will be able to use the carport more like a pavilion that will far outweigh the other. Understandably, if I was building in a subdivision, I'd probably reconsider this. Guess that is one advantage of living in the country where the outdoor area is just as valuable in living life as the indoor area.

It really started looking more like a house to me around about this time.

The plumbing has also started. I need to take a pic of the tubs. I ended up special ordering the kids bath/tub combo, because I wanted to make sure that the tub part was deep enough. I'm so glad that I did, because it really looks much better than the generic barely there tub that is standard these days. I'll have to take a pic soon. 

The last few days, we have been busy staining the finishing 1x12's pine that will be going on the "triangles" on the carport and porches. I call them triangles, but I'm sure there is a better word out there. I've never been so thankful for Pappy's shop before this. We were able to do all of the staining inside which was really great since it is ridiculously cold outside.

These are all still wet with stain before they are wiped down. I have no idea why some of them obviously came out darker than the others. Could be the wood itself or that those were at the bottom of the stain can. Who knows. It adds character, I guess. That is what I am going with anyways. 

These all have been wiped. The ones in the middle still need a second coat. Once they got the second coat.