Pop goes the chimney. As you walk into the house from the front door you will be welcomed with a warm, glowing fire in the woodstove.
Kevin has been steadily binning and priming the trim. Kevin loves trim.
He also loves phat returns and copper. Nice aren't they?
Back view. Trim being applied. It is a very precise, measured process.
Nice and simple.
The back wall of the ell is shown. It has turned out to be a bit bigger than we thought. This will be a nice transition from the barn into the house. Oops this is a repeat and I haven't figured out how to delete pictures.
Side view with beginnings of porch frame.
The basic ell. There are windows on either side of the door. Felt material was laid on the ground with stone for the porch frame. This helps with ventilation and weed control.
Porch is up. Side view. The front and most of the side will be full-length screens.
What do you think? Nice breakfast on the porch soaking up the sun, magazine reading, margaritas, and maybe porch sleeping! Oh ya!!!!!
Kevin's beloved dormers. They are similar to the dormers at John Brooks Farmhouse up the road. Speaking of Jon....Jon-Paul (my not so little brother) started his first day of highschool on Tuesday 9/4/07....Unbelievable
Our barn gets mutilated. Shingles had to come off because codes mandates that a layer of drywall be in place between the ell and barn :( And a window from the barn had to be removed as it was too close to the ell. But we get to keep the door.
Another tough day for Clarke at the job site. Actually he loves the new house. He is constantly rubbing all the new wood. He has caught his fair share of mice, but has been avoiding the chipmunks. We just caught the 6th chipmunk in our have-a-heart trap. 
Framing of the ell. It will house a 3/4 bath and a washer/dryer. It will be slate stone of some sort and basically be the mudroom.
Starting of farmers porch.
South facing gable houses 3 windows. The big one is for the 2nd bedroom. The middle window is for our walk in closet and the 3rd window view will keep Kevin entertained as he sits on the toilet in the master bath.
North facing gable. Window to the left is for the 1st bedroom. Middle window is the 2nd bathroom and the small window is part of our bedroom.
Back of house includes bump out windows. Top floor window will be our view of Spruce Mountain from the master bedroom. From the other window I will be soaking in my vintage claw-foot tub admiring the backyard!
Full view from barn side. Ell not yet framed.
Here come the dormers! Isn't she cute!
The first and second pictures are taken from the back of the house. You can see the bump out that is part of the kitchen and where a table will sit. The room next to the kitchen (in the back) will be the study. It will have a nice set of windows and door to the backyard. 
This picture is the sunken family room. The big opening will house 2 in-swing French doors totaling 6'wide and 8'tall! There is great sun from this side. It will eventually open onto a beautiful stone patio. We will use stones from around the property and from the blasting. The two front windows will look out onto the 8' screened farmers porch.
Here we have the front door entrance, although the ell entrance will be used more often. Basically this is the kitchen. The corner windows represent the location of the sink. The long wall will house a double wall oven, refridgerator, range top and some counter space. There will also be a wood island (hopefully we can use the tiger maple that was cut down from the property). As you walk in from the front door there will be a wood stove with a stoned face (yes more stone from the property) going up. The stairs will be behind the wood stove and come down into the kitchen. A butlers pantry will be tucked under the stairs as well. This will all make more sense as we move along.
And now we have the basic box plus some Typar. Keep in mind the wrap around farmers porch!
