Framing, Day Two.

Even though Thursday's work was mostly rained out, the guys got a few hours' work in during the morning.  Looks like all of the rooms in the basement have been framed, with doors...I had a little walkthrough Thursday after work, which was so fun!

We've also been busy making those all-important decisions...fnal window size and placement, front door style (so it can be properly framed), etc.  Angi and I talked alot last week about window style...I'm a cottage-style girl at heart; however, fully gridded windows seemed not quite right for this house, even though I really loved them in my other house.  4 over 1?  6 over 1?  More Craftsman-y with just vertical grids?  Then, what do you do with the interior doors?  3-panel? 5-panel?  1-panel?  So many decisions, and everything really has to go together, style-wise.  So, here's final decision for windows: Colonial over one (different number of panes, dependent on window size) and for doors: 5 panel, flat-panel.  The front door will look something like this (I think):

The first room on the lower left will be storage; moving up will be where the stairway comes into the lower level and beyond that, bathroom.  Mechanicals will be in the upper left corner. 

This is from the main open room (only area that will be finished for now) looking at the stairs.

This is the room that will be finished.

The upper right where the windows are will be a possible space for 1-2 extra bedrooms.  For future resale value (for my kids to deal with in 43 years - ha!)

The forecast for next week is still clear and sunny, so look for lots more framing photos!