544 Verdae Drive: July 2010

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Beginning of the Roof

This is what we look like: July 30

Keeping Room

Beginning of Roof on covered porch

Standing in Kitchen/Keeping Room looking up to upstairs loft

Over Master

Upstairs attic space

Other side of Guest Bedroom

Over master again...

Looking out kitchen window to covered porch-can't wait for my coffee out there!

We did hit a little "snag" this week. The 10/12 roof pitch in the bonus room isn't quite tall enough for the door entrance in the loft area as planned. Jeremy suggested we change the door entrance to the other side of the loft and create a "bonus room foyer" area. He can save my closets this way too! Sounds great to me! I actually like it better this way! We decided on a larger-than-standard-door opening and will elimate a door upstairs. I already have plans for Keslynne to have an art gallery wall in the foyer! Yea for mistakes!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Bargain of the House...so far...

Love to bargain shop...that's the main reason we decided to subcontract the house ourselves...we always think we can save a buck or two. Well, I was able to save us $1,000 with my find of our exterior doors! I could not be more excited to pick up this "find!" Until needed, there is a giant "SOLD to David Mattison" sign on these doors, which will be stained dark chocolate.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

It's starting to look like a house!

View from the Street, July 22

Garage and down to the basement

Looking up to where the covered back porch will be off the kitchen

Back of house

That's Keslynne's room and bathroom up, up, up there!

Going up basement stairs to main level-2nd level stairs are right on top!

Standing in Kitchen looking into mud room on left, laundry on right, and out to garage

Keeping Room-this ceiling will be vaulted

Standing in Keeping Room looking towards covered back porch

Standing in Family Room looking at Foyer-can't wait for my double doors to get in!

Double Trey Ceiling in Master

Looking into my closet

Peeping out the front door...

Upstairs in the soon-to-be playroom looking at double window in Guest Room

Playroom and attic space

Guest Closet

The Princess Suite!

Princess Kessie's Tub/Shower and Potty Room

Princess Kessie's Vanity Room

I had just a mini-heart attack when I came by the house today and our framer, Jeremy, was standing on the end of this ladder...

and this is why! This is what was beneath him!

Standing in Keeping Room looking into the Family Room

In Keeping Room: Door leading to Deck

Standing in Kitchen looking down the Hall-main level

At Mater Bedroom door looking into Office

We have some pictures to come back and post that we took on Saturday night. We had been at M-Fuge in Alabama last week with our Youth and we came home to an upstairs framed on the house! David snapped some pictures of Keslynne laying on the floor in her room where her bed will be! It's so sweet! She's getting excited now that she has a room!

We have made friends with the sweetest neighbors up the street, Bob and Mary. They are retired and drive around the neighborhood in their golf cart with their miniature poodle. They come by every time we are there checking in and telling us how much they love the house. They don't have any grandchildren so they love all the children on the street. They usually have a few neighborhood children riding with them on the back seat of the golf cart. Keslynne and I are still begging for a golf cart of our own!

I'm the official "boss" for 22 days until David gets home from another work trip to China. I was very nervous, but he has taken good care of me! Nothing to worry about...I'm good at spending money!

Sounds like rafters will start on Monday...