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.