Framing Day One

Workers arrived today at 8 a.m. to begin the framing. When I left the house at 1:45 p.m., the subfloor was built. When I returned at 5:00, there was suddenly the beginning of an addition!

Work stopped around 6 p.m. when we all went on a post-dinner field trip to check out the new space!

John took the these first two photos during the afternoon.




Below, here is the crew standing where the kitchen island will be.



Left side of the house -- the side that looks out to our current home, which you can't see from the kitchen island. We had good luck with those sight lines!
Here is the right side of the house, the wall that will have the TV and sofa facing it. Not visible from that angle is the neighbor's carport. Another good sight line decision, it seems (we hope!).



Here's the view from the play area and dining room into the rest of the house. Where you see the interior beam will be a wall part of the way across with stove, counter, some kind of pretty backsplash. The front window will become a double window. The fridge will be where the pail is at left.