View from the Inside

The changes on the outside are creating some great new spaces on the inside. Having studied the plans for months, I had a good mental picture of how the interior would change. But seeing the spaces in person is pretty cool and starts to get real. Here are some views from the past few weeks in the Great Room, in roughly chronological order. The view from the new sitting room is below too. 

  

The master bedroom sitting area:

Exterior Transformation Continues

The back of the house is undergoing its major transformation, and the last couple of weeks have produced a lot of changes that I've tried to capture in a series of pictures from the same perspectives. My blog skills are about 2 out of 10, or whatever the beginner rating is. Here is a low-tech version of a time-motion reel:

View from the kitchen patio side

   

From the other side...

  

Going Topless at Greenbrier...just in time for summer

The final phase of major demo is underway this week, removing the gable roof from the living/dining room to make way for the raised ceiling and hip roof. The heat index has been over 100 degrees this week, so the work was called off from last Friday, but continued this week (in the 90s!). And it's easily 20 degrees hotter on the roof, the dedicated crew is working diligently through the heat. In a renovation project, even after a full day's work, some days it looks like nothing has happened; but on days like this the progress is visible and fun to watch unfold. Enjoy!

From the front door looking down the hallway, sun is streaming through the topless  living room. 

From the left rear, the gable roof is gone, and the roofing on the main house is removed to make way for the extended walls and hip roof, eventually. It will tie into the existing house just back from the ridge line. 

From inside, the steel beam carried the load of the gable end roof; new load points at each corner of the great room will take its place. The opening in the middle of the view is the medicine cabinet cutout of the master bathroom, FYI. 

Another view from the right rear yard. 

Open air view

Installing the new large beam to carry the load of the new roof

Trusses and materials waiting in the front yard

View from the side (kitchen) door. The house was originally stick-built, so removing the  rafters is slightly easier than if  it were pre-made trusses (so they tell us).