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More framing


Things are moving along. Not much to report, really. They have finished the first floor and I'm guessing they will start the second floor this week. They have put almost all of the plywood exterior walls up except for in a few places. This picture above is the fireplace flanked by windows in the great room.


Looking from the great room to the dinning room.


Looking from the kitchen to the great room. Dinning room to the left with the back door to the back patio. 


They got to framing the walls of the garage. 


Window from the garage looks out to Mount Garfield. Very pretty view. 


Looking at the northwest corner of the house. The fireplace with the windows flanking it and the dinning room door can be seen where they look onto the back patio.


Front of the house. The entry is done but the garage is not quite there yet.


Front entry. 


View from the dinning room. 


This is where we are now. Just a few areas need to filled in with exterior wall plywood. They've got the white wrap around the entire back side and the rooms flanking the front entry way. Hopefully, we'll have more to report next week!





 

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