Week 8 - Half Way There!

This week brought  - as usual - a lot more work.  This is the west wall of our dinning room, the sheet rock has been removed and the "cut-out" framed in.  When he's ready, Jason (the builder) will cut through the sheet rock and we will then have a 1/2 wall - from the front door you'll be able to look right into our dining room (a 1/2 open concept!)

The plumbing for the sink/dishwasher in the island was installed, as well as new subfloor through out

 The electrical started in earnest

Another colored concrete slab poured

And, the windows were installed.  This is the back of the new addition, a sliding glass door will be installed between these 2 plate glass windows - lots of light!

 New windows all around -

 The wood floor brought inside to acclimate

 The driveway poured (2 separate pours)

 A look at the house - it's actually starting to take real shape - we're SO very pleased

A view from inside the living room out through our new curtainless windows, which - by the way - all had to be reframed (due to the style of the original windows) and which I will now have the priviledge and honor of puttying, sanding, priming and then painting.  Each.and.every.window!  It will be worth it (I keep telling myself this over and over and over).

 

We said good-bye to a few things this week as well - our 3 year old a/c (not large enough to cool the house with the new addition - ouch!!)

Due to a crack that developed in the original porch - Jason (the builder) had the concrete guys come jack hammer it out 

 and repour it - with NO cracks!  He is absolutely the BEST!  Where do I nominate him for Contractor of the CENTURY?

Speaking of the best, I called in the big guy to come help me tear out my beloved boxwood bushes.  They had to go so the siding can be installed, plus I'm not sure they'll go with the new landscaping plan!  These monsters were 1 gallon bushes when originally planted.  Now, they're resting peacefully in the DUMP!

 Gone - a lone and barron waste land -

all that remains is the headless turtle -

One thing I haven't recorded, or documented is how much we have packed boxes, moved crates, stacked and restacked - and sorted through lots and lots of things that 30 years accumulate.  We have found numerous treasures, bringing back lots of memories, one I thought I'd share is a simple note from little Marisa - missing her brother as he was off....who knows where. Brings a smile to my heart!

Onward and upward!