Week 6 - Oct 11-15
Our world was opened up to the great outdoors this week. The installation of 7 new windows makes a great impact of how much of our outside world is now visible to the inside of the house. The new light is just fantastic. The front porch framing has also been completed, so the stone masons began their work on the stone pillars and grill chimney. This is going to be the most dramatic change to the front of the house.
The front porch framing being finished
New windows in the new dining room
New windows in the living room
Chris is the George Clooney of our crew. Too cute for words.
We had over 4 tons of local limestone delivered to our driveway this week. the stone is cut to lay in the Ashler pattern. A historical note on Indiana limestone: The Empire State Building in New York City is built from our local Indiana limestone. There are also many other major pieces of architecture in the US built with our local stone. Go here for more information and the history of our largest local natural resource - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Limestone
Sam, Billy and Bubba beginning the stone laying
The large wall in the center is the beginning of the grill chimney that will hold the gas grill and vent the smoke out of the chimney top.
This stone addition to the front of the house is going to be spectacular. We can't wait to see it finished!
Stay tuned for more exciting news from week 7!
