Friday, November 21, 2008

We have a roof and windows!!.

We have hit a huge milestone on the house project. It can no longer snow inside the house! Hooray! While we still don't have shingles on, the sheeting is attached and our skylight views through the rafters are no more. It has been nice to see the roof lines of the house finally take shape. What looks like a huge mess of pickup sticks are our trusses. The sheeting material you see above those trusses is what is now keeping the weather out. I should have gotten a shot of the snow that still needs shoveled out of the house!
   
What an exciting day this was. My beautiful front door arrived, and yes, it looked like it did in the brochure! It is always so hard to bite the bullet and place a very expensive order for something based on a tiny picture on a brochure or web site. I absolutely love the front door, and can't wait to be able to put it where it belongs. The next 2 pics are of our windows being installed. They are not all in, but a good portion of them are done and I LOVE them. Again, they were a special order (I was very happy with) and they are a double prairie style etching. That's a fancy way of saying I can't take them back!! Notice the furry members of the work crew. 
  
The crew is taking a few week break for Thanksgiving, but hopefully we will be done with the "ruff-in" of the house before Christmas!! Speaking of Thanksgiving, Aaron and I are off to Mexico without the kids for a week. We leave late Saturday night, and get home the following Monday morning. We are so excited to go get warm and relax on a beach together! Thanks to Grandma Lynn and Grandpa Ron for holding down the fort while we are gone. We hope to get some pics posted from the beach! Happy Turkey day to all!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love it I love it I love it!!! That door looks beautiful. Where did you order or stuff from that you had to go off of pictures alone? The house is taking shape...yippee!! Have a fabulous time in Mexico...enjoy the sun.

jennywren said...

Your house is looking awesome! I love seeing all the pictures of things you guys are doing. Have fun in Mexico! Lucky lucky woman. :)

Trina Davis said...

Hey, it looks big enough for a few families. When's the move in date. :)

Unknown said...

It’s always such a relief to get the roof finished because everything underneath can be protected. That’s why the construction of the roof is so important. Its exterior needs to be able to withstand unpredictable weather, while its interior needs to be able to stand for several years.

~ Otis Kunkle ~