Boxing Them In...Interior Framing

Heeeeyyy yyoouu guuuuyyyysss!(name that movie) We have some crazy progress upstairs! Insulation, wiring, drywall! I'll show you all that soon. First, I'm going to show you a few pictures of the interior framing.

This picture is looking into my son's bedroom. That beautiful black plastic is the access door so the guys can get in and out. We still don't have a staircase, but we are very close to it. That doorway has been closed up and they have put the window in now that they have had the drywall delivered. I'll show you why they kept that mystery door there for such a long time in another post.

You can see the doorways to the kids' rooms here. Sorry the picture is a little wonky. I had to hold the camera in the air above my head to get an accurate shot. I'm vertically challenged, ahem.

This is looking directly into what will be the playroom. Hallelujah! A special place for toys and play things! I think this will be my saving grace.

To the left, behind the ladder, will be the bathroom. I know. It's kinda hard to picture. For me too. When the contractor needed me take a look upstairs so we could decide how the bathroom would be laid out, I needed him to lay down boards in the dimensions so I could get a better visual picture. 

One last picture. This is the view out one of my son's windows. It's hard to see, but in the summer when the trees are in full leaf, it's going to feel like a tree house in his room. I love that! :)

Second Stories

Hi all! We have a second story! Well, technically you have to climb a ladder and through a window to get in it, but we have a second story!! The gas company made it out this week (finally) and moved the meter, so we are now ready to have concrete poured for the floor. Unfortunately it looks like it will probably be spring before the driveway gets poured. Wah waaaahhh. We've just run out of good weather. Had the gas company moved the meter a week ago, we'd be golden. No such luck. It's not overly important, it will just be a mess. And now, on to the pictures!

The chimney had to be removed  because the second story will overlap this portion of the roof. We do have a fireplace, but seven years ago during our first remodel, we had converted our traditional wood burning fireplace to one with ventless gas logs. So there was no longer a need for the chimney. Money well spent, by the way. That fireplace puts out a ton of heat! Early last March we had to replace our furnace, and that fireplace kept the house in the mid sixties for the week it took for it to be installed. That, and space heaters. It was still too cold for my kids and I to stay here, but it was ok for the husband and the dogs. ;) 

What the?! I can see where the windows will go!

The longer window opening, in the above picture, is the access area they have been using 

to get in and out.

This is the back of the garage. You can see the door opening for access in and out of the garage to the backyard. And above on the left, is a bedroom window. To the right of that, somewhere in the vicinity over that man door opening, will be a bathroom window. We had to make some amendments to how the stairs are going up. Therefore, we couldn't make a decision as to where the bathroom window was to go yet.

And a roof!!