WOW. It's been awhile... to say the least! After a disastrous situation and relationship with our original builder we went through many months of "re-organization" and have FINALLY started to build again.
This summer the road in front of our house was made wider and re-paved - you can see it here almost ready to be finished.
Our new builder is Chris from Revival Homes. We had spoken with him about the project years ago and he was happy to come on board and help us with our dilemma. Lots of work has been done inside including HVAC and plumbing. Our two stairways did not meet code and had to be re-done. There was a torturous amount of work to be torn out and redone. PAINFUL in so many ways!
Last week our front porch was poured and stamped. We look forward to the cement aging with time and taking on a darker patina.
The front door and garage were also poured.
This week the two chimneys are the "big news" - don't they look great!? This is the master bedroom chimney.
They are being built with reclaimed Cream City brick which we will also use on the two sided kitchen/dining room fireplace.
We love how tall and old fashioned they are turning out.
The back of the house.
Some of the internal fun. You can see the wall of the old house basement here butting up to the new one. Carey is working hard this weekend on cleaning up all the dirt!
Plumbing.
This is the upstairs landing where we will have two walls of built in bookcases and a sitting area with a tv for the girls. We decided to add a sky light which will go in soon. So that's a short and sweet wrap up of where we are today. So many things have happened along the way proving this project to be something along the lines of "opening a can of worms." What woudl life be without excitement, right?!? We have our fingers crossed that we'll be in before Christmas and the Wisconsin winter arctic freeze. I hope to update the site the blog on a regular basis with lots of progress so stay tuned. Cheers!
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