{"id":286,"date":"2015-07-28T22:21:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T22:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magnahomeblog.com\/?p=286"},"modified":"2015-07-28T22:36:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T22:36:24","slug":"286","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magnahomeblog.com\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"Moving fast."},"content":{"rendered":"

Last post I wrote was on July 14 and I was away on a biz trip. \u00a0I said in that post that I thought it would be interesting to see how things looked when I got back. \u00a0I\u00a0know this builder moves fast and I knew it would be a challenge to keep up and\/or not miss anything. \u00a0When I left, this is where we were.<\/p>\n

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Bill was with me for part of the trip, then went on to his own biz trip, so we were both away. \u00a0Bill got home before me, and went over to the house the same day to see what progress had been made. \u00a0So I’m in a meeting, and he sends me a text with the photo below. \u00a0I fell off my chair and then almost cried. \u00a0We have a house!!! \u00a0Wow, unbelievable! \u00a0It is so amazing to see it take shape. \u00a0Seeing it on paper is a thrill, but when walls start to go up, it is unreal. \u00a0The framers started the week of the 13th I think, and today is the 28th, and they are pretty much done except for a few walls Bill and I want to move… \u00a0Wow, never thought I would be collaborating on where to move walls.<\/p>\n

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Last week we were both around here for the most part and got to go by a couple days and really see the progress. \u00a0So we had the outer walls up…<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/a>

Windows to Karen Office.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Front<\/a>

Front door with side light panel.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Living<\/a>

Living room\/dining room open space and this is the opening for sliders and windows to maximize view.<\/p><\/div>\n

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…and then the insides start to come together.<\/p>\n

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Karen’s Office<\/p><\/div>\n

\"MM<\/a>

MM studio<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hallway<\/a>

Hallway from Karen’s office to entry, MM studio and staircase<\/p><\/div>\n

Maybe too much focus on Karen’s office and studio? \u00a0Ok, let’s see how Bill’s doing…<\/p>\n

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Demolition of cement wall for Bill’s wine room.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our builder saw an opportunity to save a bit of money by leaving this cement wall intact (which is the foundation of the old house) instead of knocking it down so the wine room could extend to the “underground” cement area as originally planned. It was tempting, but this is just not an item to compromise on at this point and the room would be quite small.. \u00a0So down came the wall! \u00a0A guy named “Tex” does the work. \u00a0Messy, messy work, but this guy is good. \u00a0Then the pieces have to get jack hammered and hauled out. \u00a0The neighbors must love us. \u00a0I think I will be baking a lot of cookies when we move in to apologize for the disruption of this very loud construction. \u00a0But this wine room is going to be nice size. \u00a0It is just for storage although the builder would love to make it a showpiece. \u00a0Not our style, sorry… \u00a0But on the outside we are considering a little bar area with a mini fridge with a wine barrel incorporated into it as a focal point, so that will be cool. \u00a0We don’t have a lot of those kinds of elements, so good to have at least one.<\/p>\n

So as each day progressed, it took more and more shape, so here are some photos from yesterday. \u00a0Ceiling is going in and final walls (that are up for discussion) are drawn out or temporarily set in place. \u00a0Gotta make some big decisions. \u00a0It’s starting to come alive and have a “feel”. \u00a0It has a really good feel and we are loving it.<\/p>\n

\"entry<\/a>

entry way – front door with side light panel<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kitchen<\/a>

Kitchen – spray paint on floor is where cabinets and island go.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Master<\/a>

Master bedroom looking at closet door – where you see the framing crew guy is Bill’s office<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Karen's<\/a>

Karen’s fort above – by really will be crawl space we will have access to. \u00a0Framer standing in kitchen.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Living<\/a>

Living room ceiling<\/p><\/div>\n

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So here is the outside. \u00a0You can see on the left that the deck is starting to take shape and you can see the cool angles of the roof. \u00a0Called a “butterfly” roof with the two sections that go different directions. \u00a0The cool thing is that whichever way the roof slopes is the only place you need to have gutters, so you don’t have to put them all around. \u00a0Ours will be on the front for the most part as the overhang above the deck slopes forward. \u00a0We will have good coverage there allowing us to use the deck most of the year round.<\/p>\n

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What else can I say? \u00a0I guess I can say that this is consuming most of our mental energy. \u00a0There are so many things to think about, and we are trying to strike the right balance of what we need to be involved in and what we leave up to the builder and designer to decide. \u00a0We trust them so much that we have stayed out of most. \u00a0It is really a great collaboration and although we had our rough patches early on, the builder has proven to be great so far. \u00a0Every time we doubt something, we have our confidence rebuilt by seeing the progress and seeing how detail oriented and serious our team is. \u00a0We are having fun with this now, but exhausting all the same. \u00a0If we’re not having a meeting about something that takes up a good chunk of the day, we’re researching something or refining details. \u00a0Still a LONG way to go too!<\/p>\n

So a few other nuggets completed:<\/p>\n