I stopped by the house yesterday on my way home fromNew Jersey because I was curious to see the house without the front door structure. Actually, it hasn't been taken down completely yet. Lee discovered that the pillars are probably made of solid concrete and are in good shape. So the question is do we keep them or go with the plan to construct new ones. We had planned tht the new ones would house the drainage system for the deck above, and that can't happen with the existing pillars. On the other hand,Lee is loath to destroy something that is perfectly good and I can't disagree. In the mean time, they did a great job wrapping up the wisteria and making a comfortable bed for it .
Up on the third floor, the framing is going great. In Sarah's room you can see where the new closet will be and where the space of the old closet can hold a dresser 30 inches wide by 22 inches deep by 56 inches tall (Lee and I measured the space but neither of us had pencil or paper with us so I'm putting it here). The wall where the closet is will pretty much be a wall of doors: 2 for the closet, one for the main storage space under the eaves, and double doors where the built-in bookcase was to allow easier access to that area under the eaves. Later, we'll decide if we want to put shelves behind the doors.
I went down to the blue cocoon to see what's going on and found Mike the mason just kind of standing and admiring his work . And with good reason, it looks great. There is a new retaining wall of fieldstone to match the foundation walls. And he said that nest week they will put the bluestone on the stairs. The landing by the vestibule currently has an orange floor. Very colorful; maybe we should keep it...
They guys were just finishing up digging up the floor in the garage which means soon they can begin doing the drainage and plumbing pipes and then put in the floor and then start framing the walls. There are huge piles of clay and concrete, almost a story high, that represent the old floor in the basement and garage. They have put up a lovely temporary door to the garage in a green color that goes nicely with the orange. Very cheerful, if not exactly the sophisticated look we had in mind.
Up on the third floor, the framing is going great. In Sarah's room you can see where the new closet will be and where the space of the old closet can hold a dresser 30 inches wide by 22 inches deep by 56 inches tall (Lee and I measured the space but neither of us had pencil or paper with us so I'm putting it here). The wall where the closet is will pretty much be a wall of doors: 2 for the closet, one for the main storage space under the eaves, and double doors where the built-in bookcase was to allow easier access to that area under the eaves. Later, we'll decide if we want to put shelves behind the doors.
I went down to the blue cocoon to see what's going on and found Mike the mason just kind of standing and admiring his work . And with good reason, it looks great. There is a new retaining wall of fieldstone to match the foundation walls. And he said that nest week they will put the bluestone on the stairs. The landing by the vestibule currently has an orange floor. Very colorful; maybe we should keep it...
They guys were just finishing up digging up the floor in the garage which means soon they can begin doing the drainage and plumbing pipes and then put in the floor and then start framing the walls. There are huge piles of clay and concrete, almost a story high, that represent the old floor in the basement and garage. They have put up a lovely temporary door to the garage in a green color that goes nicely with the orange. Very cheerful, if not exactly the sophisticated look we had in mind.
posted by Deb the Builder at
1/26/2007 03:57:00 PM
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