25July Progress

WINDOWS ARE IN! :)

Dormer- Transoms- Entry

better view of the dormer

Front Door :)

Trash Door- Side of Garage

Back patio fp.... i can hear the frogs and crickets now :)

window coming soon over the tub

Oh yeh... now thats a vaulted ceiling.

21July Progess

Dormer going in.....

still waiting on a door from the garage.....

2nd part of back patio got its roof

now i see how the roof works

Master ceiling - this is going to be gorgeous. <3

Moving right along 18JUN2013

The builder has asked us to go by and choose out brick and stone....
House has been 'wrapped' and given the termite treatment (the green stuff along the bottom of the exterior walls. HVAC has started (duct and the air handler).

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Duct

Window in the unfinished bonus

Air handler (for me, the HVAC dork)

View from BR window :)

View of the pond owners smoke house (thats what it reminds me of, my papas old smoke house) out the LR window

LR fireplace

view of the LR vaulting and fp

front entry

more view of the LR vaulting and you can see the vaulting of the patio cover as well

Patio- Window to the LR and the outdoor fp :)

Breakfast area(L) and LR windows- all out to covered space

The Covered Patio :)

Progress 15JUN2013

roof and gables

Side shot to see the gables that will be accents to the front elevation

Front entry & covered porch (porch concrete will be placed later)

the 'dramatic' entry - craftman columns to come.... Front door at the center.

Beer frig cubbie in the garage, the dog bedroom will be open to the inside adjacent to the beer frig cubbie - shown sewer stack for future bathroom in bonus (to remain unfinished for now)

The back. Main covered patio shown, area between 2 gableswill also be covered. Patio concrete to be placed at a later date. That is Mason's window there on the right..... he has the best view of the pond :)

staright on pic to see how the driveway will be.

Radient Barrier material

Progress pics 7JUN2013

starting to get an idea of the roofline and the vaulting in the living room.....

unfinished bonus room over the garage is taking shape....

this was for Ben, theres going to be an extra parking pad to the side of the garage

and this is where I step in.....

Framing had already started when I got involved

 The house will be great but the best part is the outdoor space.....

This is the back covered patio. :) with a fireplace

and this..... is what sold me. This is the part that I couldnt pass up. 

This will be the view from the patio....

The Backstory

So here I am again... sharing the details :) This time its not about growing a big baby.... its about building a house. Another house. Our 4th house..... 3rd build. If I could do something other than what I do this would be it. I love every single aspect of building a house... from picking the site to laying out the floorplan to choosing the light fixtures. If you're reading this you probably remember the facebook traffic about 2 years ago when we built our Richmond Hill house.....While Ben was deployed..... We had to sell that one for our recent PCS to Ft Benning. Bitter sweet but the new owners love it so I'm ok with it :) Plus it gives me the chance to build again :) The original plan was to get a big hunk of land here and build a fully custom house.... Then I figured out that Ben was going back to real work and wouldnt have time to enjoy the land until he was done with the Army. So.... I got a realtor.... figured out what area we wanted to be in (schools/commute) and looked at what was available in the existing homes selection. Nothing for me. Thankfully, my realtor's husband is a custom homes builder. PERFECT! After lots of driving around, google maps, GIS, tax maps, questions, school reviews and commute measuring it turns out that they had already started a house in the area and even better.... the floorplan was nearly perfect :) Why the rush you ask? We just got here in June, right? Getting here was just step one. I never intended to stay in a rental. Ben said 'we're going to Benning and we need to be there on xyz. Find a place to live' (kinda) so I did. His commute is the shortest its ever been (besides the work from home deal). There are still boxes untouched in our current rental house. There have been minimal pictures hung, only in mason's room. we saved all the boxes from the PCS and I will move and unpack completely before the end of the year. Likely while Ben is out of pocket....again :) So... if you want to watch the progress.... see my details.... hear my rambling.... this is where its at :) I am currently obesessed with Houzz.com and of course Pinterest. A lot of the details and big design parts of this house are living in the head of the builder who has a big vision for this house. Like I've told him many times so far.... this was his project before I showed up. I'm not trying to change his idea I just want to add my few must haves.... the rest is up to him. Building beautiful homes is his thing.... I'm not trying to change that :)