Once the loft began to take shape, we started thinking more about windows and skylights. The easiest solution would be to install a window on the gable end, but ehh…we couldn’t make it work with the composition of that elevation. So, skylight. But where? If we placed it on the north side we would have great […]
Ok, anyone getting tired of framing yet? We didn’t have time to do much during the week, but a rainy weekend turned into a fairly productive two days. 1. The loft framing is done! Here’s a quick stitched-together (and slightly distorted) panoramic photo. Here’s the opposite view looking back into the rest of the […]
Had we not decided to add the loft, I think this week’s post would have shown us finishing up the framing. But alas, that’s not the case. The good news is, we did make some major headway converting the west part of our attic into a cozy 200 SF loft space. 1. First though, we […]
We have some pretty amazing neighbors. Not only did they help paint our house last summer (in the rush to beat the rainy season), but last night Kyle and I came home to this: True, it may be just the same ol’ mulch we’ve been rocking for the last few years…but you should have seen […]
Last week’s to-do list took a bit of a detour from framing, but we still made some good progress. It was definitely one of those weeks where the tasks were more detail-oriented and thus took more time. Also, thanks to our recent decision to add the loft, there was a good deal of thinking, designing […]