Vertical progress

Things are really starting to get moving up at 11,400 feet.  After a couple of weeks on the road, I had a chance to head up to the mountains early this morning to see the progress on the framing.  It was very exciting to see the progress and start to really get a sense of the house taking shape on the lot.  

This first photo is taken from the driveway standing about 100' from the front of the house.  You can see that most of the first floor is framed and covered in OSB sheathing.  The breakfast nook is between the garage door and the front door of the house.  There was about four inches of snow on the ground this morning but it was a bright and sunny day today.

Walking around the back of the house, this picture shows the side of the dining room which will have a single swinging door and two windows.  It also shows the back of the house with the framed opening for the large, 4 panel sliding door that will lead to the deck from the back of the dining room.  The great room is still open in the back, the wall is framed but not yet raised into place because it's too heavy to do without a crane.  The right side of the picture shows the three tall windows that are in the master bedroom.

This picture shows those same master bedroom windows taken from a spot inside the great room.  

Taken from the same spot, looking straight out the back of the great room.  On the floor in front of where I'm standing you can see the framed wall that will be lifted into place with the crane on Tuesday.