We have stairs now, which makes getting to the second floor so much easier. There was a moment when I swear we looked like a couple of apes swinging from trees trying to get up there before they installed the bottom half of the stairs. A moderately dislocated shoulder and bruised hip bone gave me a whole new appreciation for a well crafted graduated incline. Sorry, no pictures of the monkeying around.
Framing, week one:
You know what’s fun? Jumping around those internal bracing boards like you’re on the set of Mission Impossible (okay, fine, it’s more like stepping over them gingerly with the gait of a middle-aged person, if you really must know).
Some measurements were off, but they’re easy fixes.
The windows in the kitchen are another story. In order to accommodate their weight, a larger header was installed, but that bumped the windows too far down. Moving them up just a couple of inches means replacing wood with steel. Fingers crossed it’s a quick and relatively painless fix. Even with the windows slightly off, it’s easy to see the prominent role the pond will play in the kitchen. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. The pond is the most wonderfully magical thing ever.
We’re hopeful this baby will have a roof next week!
We have a foundation!
And some other stuff!
As the crew was pouring, I kept looking up, certain I would see pigs gliding across the sky on newly sprouted wings.
As with everything else associated with this project, this was not an easy task. The pour itself went flawlessly, but issues with the city the day before nearly threw us off track again. No need to bore you with the details, but you should know we’re grateful to the one person in the Public Works Department who gets things done. If we were younger, we would name a child after him.
adventures on spring lake 