House Build Progress: Framing

We pulled onto the property the other night and couldn’t believe our eyes. The last progress we had seen on the house was the subfloor and now all of a sudden WE HAVE FRAMING AND WALLS!!

The house’s façade (east elevation)

Southeast corner of the house–you can see the south elevation is where the kitchen will be

north and west elevations of the house–you can see the screened porch is framed!

The first floor is fairly complete and it won’t be long until the second floor is completed–the girls will love seeing where their room will be! The footprint of the house is pretty basic with a minimal number of corners, projections, or other variations. We did this mostly to save on cost. It’s crazy how fast it went up and it’s great to be able to physically walk into the rooms, feel their size and experience the spatial relationships to other rooms. It makes it all so real!

The “great room” facing where the fireplace will go

The view from our front porch!

The photo below is a view standing in the “great room” looking towards the rear of the house where the screened porch is, and where a pair of French doors will be flanked by windows.

For one, I CANNOT believe how large our master bathroom is compared to what we have now–it is going to feel palatial to us when we move in. And all the closets are going to be divine. Yay for more storage!

looking into the master bath with a walk-in closet on the left

standing in the master bath looking through all the way to the master bedroom

Below is a photo of the kitchen space. I’m so excited to design our farmhouse kitchen and even more excited that it will overlook our vegetable garden and fruit trees to the south of the house.

the kitchen space, facing south

The screened porch framing is up as well and even the stairs–we are so looking forward to being able to walk around the second floor once it is framed out.

I love the photo below because it captures all the rooms on the south side of the house before the walls divide them–standing in the laundry room, you can see all the way through the framed out pantry, kitchen, and finally dining room.

Perhaps the most incredible thing to see (for me) was the window and door openings. I love seeing how wonderful the windows are going to be (I LOVE lots of light!) and getting a feel for the amount of light that will be in certain rooms.