Murasaki99 ([info]murasaki99) wrote,
@ 2008-07-12 07:34:00
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Roofline
Oh my goodness, I actually have something up there that looks like a roof! This was the proof of my conceptual design -- that I would end up with a nice little peak over my old roofline and that it would look decent. Even though it isn't finished with shingles and siding, I think it looks good.



The pantry side of the addition, showing how the roofline forms a T. with the old roofline. When I showed one of my local friends a photo, she said "you're building a new house onto your old one!" I suppose that's a fairly close description, although there are houses in the neighborhood where people really did build a two-story home behind the old one and connected the two together to give their family more room.



The backside of the house, the pantry and entrances on the right, the very large picture window into the family room is in the middle, and on the right is the window looking into my office.



This is the office corner, the smaller window closest to the house looks into the new bathroom.


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[info]x_expat
2008-07-12 03:00 pm UTC (link)
Wow, it does look good! And even bigger than in the last set of pics!

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[info]murasaki99
2008-07-12 03:04 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, isn't it weird how it keeps growing? But I don't mind at all. Now it looks a bit more substantial and "real" than the gravel pit and trenches stage. *bounces*

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[info]x_expat
2008-07-12 03:07 pm UTC (link)
I'm assuming you already have plans in place for what goes into which room. ;)

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[info]murasaki99
2008-07-12 07:44 pm UTC (link)
Somewhat, but mom and I are still nebulous on what-all will go into our combined house and I'm sure serendipity will play a big role. Mom has great home-design sense and so as the new space becomes more "complete", I'm sure she will have good ideas on how we can arrange stuff for best living. Me, I'm a pretty hopeless "piler" and I'm trying to un-pile and keep things more in order. 0__o Not easy, but never too late to learn. :)

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[info]catherinecookmn
2008-07-12 09:22 pm UTC (link)
Wow! How are the cats handling all of this?

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[info]murasaki99
2008-07-12 11:44 pm UTC (link)
They're doing pretty well with it. If it gets too noisy, they tend to hide in the back rooms, but as soon as the workmen stop and I come home, they materialize and want to be fed and then they want to check things out. Same for the outdoor kitties. That feline curiosity. :D

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[info]aayesha_r
2008-07-15 02:11 am UTC (link)
Will you have a back porch of some sort, or steps leading down into the yard? I don't remember whether you told us if the picture window will having sliding doors on it, or whether it will be all glass.

The roof-line mates up to the old one really nicely, and the addition looks so big now from the outside! Inside, I couldn't grasp the rooms' real sizes in the house we built until the drywall went up.

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[info]murasaki99
2008-07-16 07:34 am UTC (link)
I took some photos today of the picture window on the back wall. They are making the window sill big enough to hold some potted plants, which will be very nice. We thought about sliding glass doors, but opted for the window instead. We could put in sliding doors later if we really wanted them. There will be a concrete pad outside the back door, but any deck or full patio will be a job for another day. I didn't want anything too elaborate until we figure out where the garage will go. :)

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