Hi all! Since this blog is supposed to be a news source, we need to publish some! So...
Here is an update on the building project:
So far...
We started with the simple box you see here. Not much style, and starting to fall apart. So with a bit of designing, we came up with a plan to add on without that "added-on" kind of feel.
So, we started destroying things. They say it is always darkest before the dawn. The same applies to any mess. You know you're making good progress when you can work all day and the mess is worse than when you started!
So, after tearing things up, we began to put some of it back. Things were slowed down by almost anything you can dream up as a setback. This meant that I learned (?) many new lessons in being patient. After a while, it became almost funny-- we kept waiting for the next major roadblock to appear, and wondered what bizzare form it would take.
After much rain, time, snow, time, wind, and time, we finally had walls and a roof. (You really take roofs for granted until they aren't there!)
The last picture doesn't show all the current updates (like the new shingles that actually cover the whole house, or the doors on the garage) but it does show the overall shape of the new house.
We now have a (working!) overhead door on the garage, a poured concrete floor inside the garage, and much of the trim. We're waiting for warm weather to put on the vinyl siding so that it doesn't break in the cold. That said, we've also considered just changing our family name to Tyvek, and calling the project done!
The township won't let us build any closer to the road than our current front wall, so we've had to get creative with the entry. There will be a front stoop under the overhanging roof, and we're hoping to add a new sidewalk and driveway this spring.
