Overhead and Underfoot

More progress the last few days...

Overhead:  The trusses were delivered and the framers quickly went to work getting them up on the house and the second floor of the barn.  It's been SO hot this week and those guys just work, work, work! 

 

Mike standing in the upstairs of the barn.

As we move into this 3D stage of building, we notice things things we maybe should have done differently.  It's a bit of a guessing game when you create a plan and elevation that hasn't been built before.  We knew that and were willing to roll the dice and hope things will turn out approximately how we dreamed it.  So far, so good!   For future reference, we probably would not build the barn so close to the house again (we were trying to save money on blacktop) and we would probably rethink how high up the covered part of the back porch is (we are worried about too much sun exposure back there).  Nothing major though and we really are so happy with how it is all turning out.

The back of the house.

Underfoot:

The flat work company came out and built forms and then poured, stained and stamped the front porch and the back porch.  We chose a weathered tan and gray stain and for the front porch, a slate stamp. 

 

For the back porch the stamp is a stone pattern.  They'll come back after the house is done to pour the steps and put a nice sealer on all of it.

We still can't get over how beautiful it is out there.  Even when it's nearly one hundred degrees, the river flowing by seems to make it a little bit cooler.  Mike said he even went down and stuck his head in the river last weekend when he was framing the barn to cool off and it was so refreshing!