Amelia and Eli were so excited about the work that I climbed the ladder, opened the closed second-story window and hoisted them into the newly framed second story. The day began with only the outlines of the new roof peak (middle, first row) and a new header across the roof–three headers, to be precise. The far right photo in the first row shows the carpenters scurrying across the roof. The second row shows our tarp-covered house, first from the back of the property, and then from the neighbor’s drive. And, finally, it shows the rear wall of the pre-addition property, mostly still intact, which is pretty amazing. Soon all of that will be gone. The windows on the left, for example, will be replaced by a fixed glass-covered 30-inch pocket door, a 30-inch wall, and a 30-inch working pocket door.  Go below the gallery for more commentary.

The third and fourth rows show the framed interior of the first floor. The third row shows, in order, (left) the great room, with its wall of windows, taken from the rear wall of the house in the corner where there will be a new kitchen penninsula; (middle) the breakfast nook, which intersects with the kitchen wall/penninsula and the mudroom and entrance; (right) the view outside the rear door to a 14-foot deck. The fourth row shows the second story, underneath its surreal blue tarp. It is supposed to start raining tomorrow, but I believe the ceiling will be there before the end of the day. Notice the blue hue of all the pictures. (Left) the new master bath, along the rear wall, from the new master; (middle) the master bedroom on the east edge of the second floor; (right) the view toward the rear wall–with the bath window on the left and the master bedroom window on the right–taken from the office/bedroom. Finally, the fifth row looks out those windows on the new garage.