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Trimwork continues. The carpenter is working on crown molding throughout the house and decorative headers on doors, windows, and cased...

Sheetrock installation has been completed. The interior doors have been set in place and we are starting on trim work. The concrete has...

On April 29, we had the sheet rock delivered and ready for installation. The exterior of the house looks amazing now that the brick...

The roof shingles and Perma-Boots were installed on Monday and Tuesday. They will come back to do the metal roofing detail on the front...

The exterior was painted. We ended up going with the color Cornwall Slate from Sherwin-Williams. The mahogany front door was stained...

The installation of the hardy plank siding began on April 8. They are still working at it, but it is almost finished. These guys are...

The back doors were installed today. We chose a set of beautiful clear glass french doors with a transom window. The fireplace box was...

The plumbing, HVAC, and electrical rough-ins were completed. The back door was delivered as well. There was extra support installed in...

The mahogany front door is a beautiful addition. Since we did not have enough space for sidelights or transoms, we chose an 8 foot door....

The framing was completed on Tuesday. Plumbing is up next.

The framing of the walls downstairs is coming right along! We were able to walk through and identify each room. The crews are ahead of...

The framing began yesterday.

The crawl space was sealed today in preparation for the framing to begin later this week.

Foundation is complete! We had quite a bit of wet weather lately which caused some delays, but that is all passed us and the foundation...

The foundation is taking shape but still in progress.

I am at it again trying out samples of paint colors for the exterior of the home. The shutters will be a darker green and the siding will...

The concrete was poured today for the footing. The water lines were inspected and they started covering up the trench that ran alongside...

GROUNDBREAKING We have officially broken ground on the house! The footing was dug today and concrete will be poured tomorrow after...

Exterior House Plans  Our actual house plans - view from the front As you can see in the house plans, the front of the house will have a...

The electricity line was clearly marked above the g round so that no one will dig it up or cut the line on accident. Next week, the water...