ding...ding...ding....House Update...ding...ding...ding

Another exciting episode of The Old House. I am your host, Karen. And this week there has been a lot of progress since you last visited. We have the exterior wall up and the first level of stucco has been applied. Here's a shot at mid week last week...

...and then my the end of week 2 we had windows and doors installed.

...now great progress is being made, and the outside treatments start to be applied.

...and this is where we stand today.

I know its really exciting, but its time for a short commercial break. We we come back either Saturday or Sunday, we have some great updates inside the house with an the addition of the hallway to the new master suite, so please stay tuned.

Ok--these are my new must haves. Look here for snap boxes.
I found these described on Donna Downey's blog today. She has been re-organizing here studio--which I love!! Can't wait to get more bookshelves in my new den as well as a new desk of some sort. I will have an entire wall to myself. C has said that he would like back into "our den", so I guess I need to yield and give him half the room...and that's really fine, because we will have much more space with the addition.

I will get the snap boxes--I swear---I just have to wait until C lifts the Karen scrap trade embargo, and I can shop again!

Promise to be better...

OK--no house pictures today, but soon I promise. The contractor is moving now. We have a hallway and door into our new master suite. Roofing, some interior framing completed, and the first layer of stucco on the outside. Tomorrow we are going to buy the tile and cabinets for the bath. So exciting! Anyway, I was hopping around at the various blogs I haunt and came across this site. It's called Wonderful Graffiti. It has so many different words, phrases, etc. for placing on your walls. So much fun. I think I am going to look into the site more, and find something for my new bedroom or bathroom. Something that will make me smile when I see each each day.

Sorry, it's been so long...

We signed the contract with our builder on March 22nd. The following week we get this...



...and for the next several weeks we stayed the same... even the cats were getting upset. After all, their backyard wasn't the same--strange people would come in the backyard, disturb everything, and then leave, and ruin a good nap.



Or at least this is what I imagine the cats saying, and this expression says it all...

Then after several phone calls, and unanswered voice mails this Wednesday we get the foundation in...great I am thinking I can take pictures this weekend of the actual concrete being placed, but no sooner than this morning, three men come through the back gate, and by the time C and I get home this afternoon, we have the following...

Go figure...all the wood was delivered yesterday, and they ripped through the rough framing in all of one day. Now, for the walls of the bathroom and walk-in closet on Monday and Tuesday. So we are on our way...finally!