Changes are happening!

Things are starting to look very different- finally.  The siding is almost done, there is only the top half of front of the house that is not done.  They were waiting to put a water barrier material down on the porch and lower part of the wall on the outside to protect if from getting wet and rotting.

So that is all that is left of the siding.  Then the Trex will go down up there and then the rest of the trim pieces and railing.  Columns are in and they look alright I wish they were a little bigger, they look kinda like toothpicks, but they'll be alright.

They are also working on the chimney and I really like it!  I like the color of the brick and I like the little design they chose to do.  I am anxious to see how the top is going to look.  This brick will also go around the skirting of the house and will be the steps.  It will make the white not seem so overbearing, that and the shutters, but that won't be till the end.

Another look at the chimney.

Part of the front door.  The sidelights are in, but the transom is on back order.  This is not my door, this is just a construction door.  It will stay up till the end so the real, good, nice, expensive door doesn't get messed up.

Inside things are really looking different!  They have most of the sheetrock up.  The whole downstairs is done.  The upstairs, mostly.  I am really loving it!

Here is the garage, the back wall is where the washer and dryer.  I know alot are going to say, "why are you putting your washer and dryer in the garage?"  Well, thats where they are in the original plan and if you remember this 'garage' is not really the real garage, this was another room/bathroom.  And we plan on doing that, someday, we just decided to do it the garage now to save money.  If we need it for a mother-in-law space later then we will finish it out.  So that is why the W/D is in the garage.  We also wanted to keep it ground level cause I like to hang clothes out on the line and it wouldn't be very fun going down stairs to do that.

The other side of the garage.  The door going into the house, the water closet and then in the corner (where you can't see is the stairs going upstairs.

There they are.  Covered in insulation and other junk!

The kitchen looking in from the garage door.  I am so glad we decided to move the cabinet and bar area.  That pony wall there is where the cabinet with the stove will go on this side and the bar is on the other side.  Where that circle is in the floor in the middle of the room is where the wall was going to be originally.

Looking at the kitchen from the family room.  Powder room to the right.

The back doors.  The two middle are fixed and the two outside open.

Pantry(right) and fridge area (left).

Dinning room and Loy being goofy.

Living room.

Family room from the kitchen.

Well that is the downstairs and outside.  I will do the upstairs in another post, since this one has so many pictures already.