New activity on several fronts

Norris is still up in Northern Virginia today, and there was a lot going on at the house site so I have a lot more pictures than usual.


This first shot shows the new front wall - and you can see the roofing visible on the master bedroom/guest room wing of the house, in the background.


Another view of the front of the house - that's all the wall there is going to be on the right. The holes will all be windows.


This is the garage entry at the north-east corner of the house. The new roofing is obvious. The house plans are being carried around for a reason you'll see later.


The framer working on the roof is cutting notches. The three on the ground to the left are measuring for the footers for the deck and screened in porch (hence the plans).

For this next picture, I stood next to the elevator shaft which is the farthest corner of the dining area. Our designer envisioned being able to enjoy the view from the dining room table. We can now see exactly how it will look - through the windows and doorway on the left, and the taller trapezoidal column of windows as your eye moves toward the center. Some seats at the table should have a better view. We'll have a stone-faced fireplace in the corner, and we're discussing mounting the television screen on top of it.
The picture below was taken from the front corner pictured above, looking back toward the dining room and elevator shaft. The kitchen will be on the right. We are looking at the "cold and dark" side of the house here. There will only be a couple of windows on this wall - two in the dining room, and one in the kitchen over the corner sink -- none up high. I guess I have to start thinking about a quilt to go in the gable area in place of our beautiful forest scenery. The rock wall and whatever we can get to grow in that area in front of it is all you're going to be able to see through those windows.


The dramatic interior shot below is taken from the master bedroom, looking up at the now mostly enclosed roof. You can just see the top of the doorway at the lower center of this picture. What looks like a double doorway on the left is a pocket door to the master bath/closet area.
I took this next picture to show Norris how the masons capped the stone-faced retaining wall.
When I got there, the operator was absent, but someone has started digging the footer for the remaining retaining wall.

Below, one of the framing crew tapes the new wall on the bedroom wing. This wall faces the street. I took this picture from the driveway as I walked back down to my car.



And last, here's a shot of Lake Louise, just south of Downtown Weaverville. It was a beautiful, partly cloudy day and lots of people were enjoying a walk around the perimeter. I was there to pick up quilts.