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4372. wabbit - 9/8/2008 12:35:42 AM t'ful, I sure hope you are keeping a diary! 4373. jexster - 9/8/2008 9:07:20 PM My cat sucks her tail
Goes to the bathroom every time I do
and whenever I take pants off or put on, jumps down my leg to play JackInTheBox or is it "Tigress"? 4374. robertjayb - 9/8/2008 10:21:01 PM Twisted kitty... 4375. thoughtful - 9/8/2008 10:29:06 PM Jex, your cat must be related to Cas....he's the weirdest animal we have ever owned. Who ever heard of a cat who couldn't climb trees? I swear, when they were handing out the brains, he was in the fur line. 4376. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 1:46:50 AM She's looking more like a house all the time. Windows added.
 4377. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 1:48:50 AM and trim boards starting to shape out the eaves. The carcass of the deck is being added
 4378. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 1:50:27 AM 
and you can see the beams supporting the overhang, so the deck will be half covered, half open. This is looking at the east, garage side of the house. The black hole over the deck will be the doorway to the family room/kitchen area.
4379. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 1:52:29 AM So for the first time, this weekend, we were able to walk out on the deck and get a sense of the view...to the east...
 4380. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 1:53:17 AM and to the west...
 4381. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 1:56:42 AM Once the walls get finished, it's going to be hard to post interior pics as I don't have a wide angle lens. But for now, here's looking through the powder room wall to the window in hubby's study.
That view is to the north, the streetside of the house...we're most fortunate that there's a pond across the street instead of a house, and the houses are on either side of the pond. So even the view to the north is a nice one. 4382. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 1:58:53 AM It gets harder to leave that house every time I go. I can't believe I've said it, but I've said it several times now...I think I'm even going to enjoy cleaning the place! 4383. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 2:18:38 AM 
This is standing in the dining room looking through to the library in the front. The rooms are separated by a hallway which will be better defined with columns, lighting and floor treatment. Down the hall to the left is the master suite...and on the right is the doorway to the kitchen/family room.
The library will have a fireplace on the left wall and bookcases surrounding it...on the right wall will be a recess for the sofa created by the bookcases surrounding it. The daylight you see on the right is through the doorway to the foyer and the front door/porch on the house.
So when you come in the front door, you'll see the library and fireplace on your right, and the staircase to the lower level will be in front of you. To your left will be hubby's study, the foyer closet, and if you keep walking down an angled hallway, you'll pass the powder room on your left and the utility room is next (washer, dryer, freezer, closets and door to garage). Turn a little more and you'll have the pantry door on your right and the family room dead ahead which is open to the kitchen. Take a right through the kitchen and you're back in the dining room/library area. So the house has good circulation in the public space.
4384. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 2:28:16 AM These doors are in our current house and we'll be taking them with us when we move. They will be on the end of the hallway separating the master suite from the public space. We've designed the columns between the library/dining room to be spaced such that when the doors are open, which they'll be most of the time, they'll tuck behind the columns and be out of the way. But when we have company or such and want to limit access to our private space, the doors will finish off the hallway nicely.
 4385. wonkers2 - 9/9/2008 2:58:01 AM Nice doors. Beautiful house. I can hardly wait til its finished. 4386. Jenerator - 9/9/2008 2:14:40 PM Me either!
House warming party at Thoughtful's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4387. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 2:46:40 PM Thanks guys!
I'm going to be having multiple house warmings as we've been talking about this house for so many years to so many people that none believe it's actually happening. To give you a sense of how long we've been thinking about this, hubby and I bought books on earth-sheltered home design back in the late 70s during the oil shortage and discussing how the site was perfect for an energy efficient solar oriented design.
As part of my work on the green team at the office, I've been video taped for the local green group discussing going green and they've already asked if they can put our house on a house tour to benefit the group. I said sure, but I suggested it would be better to wait until it's actually built!
4388. magoseph - 9/9/2008 2:51:54 PM What a treat--I was just about to ask for recent pictures. Thank you, thoughtful. 4389. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 3:20:10 PM You're welcome! Can you tell I LOVE talking about the place???
Wabbit asked if i'm keeping a diary...i'm not...this running gag i'm doing here is as close as it gets. We are taking lots of pics tho and i'm filing them by date on my computer.
Everyone we've talked to says be sure you take pics of where all the pipes and such are underground and in the walls so we'll know where to find them in the future.
I've been starting to pick out plumbing fixtures and i'm most frustrated as i want an antiqued brass look but that look is OUT. Well, actually, it's just starting to come back in. So I came across newport brass fixtures which come in a wide variety of colors, but hubby talked to someone at the gym who said, without his solicitation, that he had 4 of them put in and had trouble with 4 out of the 4. Not good. so I'm still shopping. 4390. thoughtful - 9/9/2008 10:39:54 PM I think we've settled our sink issue by getting one with a built-in drain board and a larger sink.
This way i get the larger sink like I like and hubby has a place to put the dish rack like he likes. 4391. jexster - 9/14/2008 2:29:54 AM 
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