Progress

The brick columns are slowly being built. It is a one man mason crew putting them up. He is squeezing us in on his way to or from other jobs each day. We had to quickly go out and decide on the type of front column lights we want so we knew where to put the electrical. Our last house the lights we put in where to tall and always look crowded on the porch.

 When we get to the point of him rocking the house he will bring in a crew and we will be his main job and he will fit others in before and after us.

 The front porch box looks more like what I had envisioned now the framers have started putting on the eaves. It is still about 4 feet taller than I think it should be. Once the garage is finished I won't be coming and going from the front of the house so it won't be that big of a deal. And of course, once the siding, rock and stucco go up and it stops looking like a metal building with things stuck on it the look will be totally different.

We have a front wall on the garage now. The framers had to take the window opening out because they didn't realize the garage floor slopes toward the residence. The West Wing is higher than the residence by an inch and a half. Bill, my guy that double checks everyone's work, found that little problem. Would have been horrible if the big window had gone in and it had been crooked to the house. Problem resolved before it became a real problem.