Well, that's it. The house is framed, the plywood is up making the exterior walls and ceilings. The windows are starting to get cut out, and tar paper is going on the roof. I feel a sense of relief at this stage. We know that the changes we made have become a more or less permanent part of the house, and when we walk through it now it's starting to look and feel like a home. I've already got visions of Limei and I running around in circles as soon as we sign the papers and get the place to ourselves!
The biggest accomplishment today though was the construction of the garage overhang. In the pic below the left side is fully completed, the supporting beam just needs to be knocked down on the right side. In the end it looks like none of us really knew how that thing was going to fit in there until it was actually put in. We didn't think it would fit under the porch roof and still have enough of a pitch to be visible, but, there it is. A handful of kneebraces for show on the front of the roof and a couple of eyebrows on the side and the woodwork is pretty much done.
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EXCITING! So you are starting your scrap lumber pile, you have now arrived! Congratulations. Limei looks like a natural home maker. Love, Mom
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