Garage doors are in. Will someone please roll the trash bin to the street?
The bonus room above the garage is a light blue - very pretty.
Basement room is a beige-coral color that we are hoping will go nicely with the terra cotta tiles for the floor.
One of the upstairs bedrooms is a light yellow called "morning sun" which is ironic since the room faces west!
Dry wall installation sure makes the inside take shape.
We have heat inside that the drywall finishers need in order to put the mud on the walls.
On the outside the stone finish is around to the front.
The major changes this week were the well being dug and this concrete patio outside of the basement.
Since the videos do not always work on the blog, I've gone back to uploading them to you tube and providing the link:
The deck is now in place all the way around the back.
This is the HVAC unit in the basement. There is also one in the upstairs and one in the bonus room to heat and cool the bonus room and the breezeway.
Look at all those wires! Lots of electrical work has been done and Jacob installed the camera mounts so that we will be able to keep track of the place remotely.
We now have doors!
Our street sign is up!
Jacob painted on the waterproofing for the "wine cellar"
The main stairs are now in - this is the view from the front door.
Lots of work has been done on the house; the siding is on the dormers, most of the windows are in, there are stairs now to the bonus room and to the basement, electrical power cable has been buried and attached, and the framing of the finished basement has begun.
These are the stairs that go up to the bonus room above the garage; much more convenient than climbing a ladder!
Since we were away and did not see the progress for 2 weeks, it seems like there were lots of changes. The shingles are on most of the roof, and inside the framing is started so that the rooms are all taking shape.
The fireplace stone is so nice. This is the view from the back porch and shows all of the work that is done on the back deck framing, too.
From the fireplace looking up to the loft; the ladder is where the stairs will come up. Won't it be a nice view?
The roof is mostly on and there is paper over the roof of the garage. Inside the dormers give the bedrooms such character because there are so many slanted walls.
Rafters over the front porch. Just perfect for attaching my front porch swing!
More rafters have gone up and it's starting to get more closed in; feeling more like a house!
This is from the front door - some of the inside framing has been started.
This picture was taken from the back of the house - you can see the masonry work on the fireplace and then inside, the ceiling on the great room is now in place.
The framing continues and the dormers are in place for the second floor of the house and over the garage.
Jacob took some pictures of the fireplace that is being started and the windows beside it. Looks like it will be nice.
There are now 18 courses of logs on the garage. The big debate this week was that since there are 22 courses on the first floor of the house, how will the garage and house match up on the second floor? Now we are debating whether to make the garage taller or make a couple steps from the house into the bonus room. 
This is the stain color provided by Southland. We tried some other products, but this was the lightest one, so we will go with it!
The view from the garage of the whole house. 
This picture was taken from the front corner of the garage. You can see the porch which will be plenty wide for my swing! The A-frame one the side is new and so is flooring on the breezeway and the logs being started on the garage. Coming right along!
Jacob climbed up the scaffolding along the back and took this picture looking into the kitchen area. 
Lisa is visiting from Oregon so she and Holly were able to see the progress in person!
This is the view from that garage side. I like how the logs look at the corners, except that if I were about 8 years old I am certain that I would try to climb up!
This is the view from the front door looking towards the breezeway and garage. The opening there looks small but it is 3 feet wide and we don't plan on putting a door there.
Went to see the work this week and most of the first floor is in place.
The plumber came out and put some pipes in and then the basement slab was poured. It is big and it echoes!
