Another New House Project

[steveinmo]

Eddie,

Thanks. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed reading about your projects.......dating back to the container "house". You've been somewhat of an inspiration to me (and I'm sure a lot of others) over the last couple of years that I've been hanging out here. I really admire your ambition and work ethic. But I do have one problem.......you make me feel really lazy sometimes! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Steve

 

[steveinmo]

arthr31,

Thanks for the kind words. The soil looks better in the pic's than in real life, although there is some good topsoil. I hope to have a nice garden next year assuming I can find the time next spring with everything else I have to do around the new place.

I really enjoyed plowing snow for the first time this week. I got a lot of good advice from reading the forums here.

Steve

 

[steveinmo]

OK the weekend's over and I'm back to the office so I've got time to post a few more pictures. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Here's another shot from the family room looking back towards the kitchen. The ceiling height in the family room is 13'. You can see how it steps down to 9' in the kitchen area.

 

[steveinmo]

This one is standing in the entry and looking at the entrance to my office. The ceiling in the entry is basically two stories. The ceiling is 12' in the office.

You've probably noticed the arches. This is a theme we used throughout the house. My wife wanted a Tuscan theme - whatever the heck that is. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Actually it turned out well. From the entry there is an arch at the entry to the family room that mirrors the arched windows beyond.

 

[steveinmo]

Here's a shot of the master bedroom framing. It has a bay window that looks out the back of the house toward the pond. The ceiling is recessed with indirect lighting in the coves.

 

[steveinmo]

Here's a shot of the staircase in the entry. It created quite a challenge for the rough in crew as well as the trim carpenters. Forming the oak handrail was quite a chore.

 

[steveinmo]

These next few are after the sheetrock is up.

This is the dining room. Something else we did was to use radiused outside corners instead of the standard square corners on the sheetrock. My wife said it kind of "continued the Tuscan theme". /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[steveinmo]

Here's the master bedroom with sheetrock on. This picture doesn't really do the room justice. It's bigger than it looks.

 

[steveinmo]

This is in the master bath. The picture is showing the walk in shower. The walk thru is on the far left. The window to the right of it is..........well it's actually a window! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It gets glass block, but we wanted it trimmed like a typical window. I think it turned out great.

 

[riptides]

Magnificent does not do justice for your near-end product.
How good for you!

I may have to steal your window to the shower idea.

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif