Warm and Dry

windows are in. we're satisfied with the placement, especially the way they frame and bring in the outside.

bedroom 2
bathroom 2living room

we really like the way that Nick, Win, etc. create waterproofing "redundancies," as they say, with the windows. guess that's obvious. who wouldn't like that.
recessed lights have arrived in boxes.
so have skylights
Here's the insulation that will go in the walls. looking forward to that. well, not really looking forward to the insulation. We won't even be able to see that, but we are looking forward to being warm in the winter and not seeing the temperature of the house drop 20 degrees after the sun goes down.
ventilation for the bathroom. this will be a big upgrade too. lack of ventilation in the old bathroom caused many problems (mold, rust, peeling paint...)

framing?

Not really sure where the "framing" phase stops, but at this point they were still building things that looked like frames. Regardless, to avoid further exposing my ignorance of the building process, this will be the last post with the word, "framing," in the title, or anywhere else in the post.

This is the frame for the opening for a future skylight in the bedroom. We like the way this worked out.
There are the frames for the low walls in the kitchen. The range will stick out on the near side of the low wall in the foreground to form a little peninsula, and the counter-height table will be on the other side of that. Low wall in the background separates the kitchen and living room.
Framing for the steps down from the kitchen to the living room.
Same steps viewed from the living room side.
New bathroom will have a low wall surrounding the shower, washer&dryer will be to the right in that bathroom. Haven't seen that setup too often, but we like the idea.

Framing Part 2

At this point the house is enclosed, plywood on the frame. Changes the feeling for sure, and not for the worse.

This is the living room, taken from in the living room.
Living room, taken from the kitchen
Looking out from the kitchen again, high windows in living room visible here.
Kitchen
View from the back, looking East

Framing part1

First stages of framing for the new part of the house. Connection with the old part can be seen above. Looking west from the driveway to the backyard shown below
Roof slope very slight, ceiling will not slope inside. Chose this direction for the slope to take advantage of southern exposure for possible future solar (which, despite what we had been led to believe, is still cost prohibitive at this point)
corner of the west and north walls. framing for windows towards the top on the north.
looking straight west out the back, can see where the doors and windows will be.