Framing of the house is nearly 100% with the porches to follow in the next few days. The exterior framing is nearly all covered up, so the visible changes will slow down shortly once the porches are done.

We’ll mix things up a bit today and start inside (so don’t cheat and skip ahead to the end to see the outside! Seriously…we’re watching).

Walking in the front door, the house is fully enclosed for the first time. The ceiling here is 9′ until the edge of the kitchen, and then it’s super tall in the living room-about 30′ I think.

From the middle of the living room, you can see 2 of the bedrooms and get an idea of the overall layout. You can also see the awesome vaulted ceiling in the upstairs bedroom. This will be a tongue and groove wall when finished, but it’s cool now to be able to see how everything fits together.

From the other side of the great room, you can look up and see the barn door bedroom. The kitchen would be directly in front of you, and the doors to the left go out to the side porch.

You can get some appreciation for the ceiling height here, and see all of the framing for all of the bathrooms and closets.

I’m including this one because you can see the window layout and all of the framing. I think this is cool stuff, and I’ll assume that if you’re reading this, you do to.

The rest of you are probably more interested in what is happening on the steps.

Yes, that is Rocky making an appearance again. Except this time he’s not acting so tough. He’s not a fan of the open stairs right now, apparently believing that we’d let him fall 25 feet to the basement. Don’t tell the bears, deer, foxes, coyotes, and chipmunks that this guy is afraid of steps. They won’t be afraid of him anymore.

The view from the barn door bedroom hasn’t changed much, but know everything is closed in. It’s good there’s a huge window behind me to keep this room from feeling claustrophobic.

The other upstairs bedroom, which we have not given a fun name to, has a huge vaulted ceiling and a killer view. There’s still 1 window to be framed on the left, which will give this room 3 windows just like the bedroom on the first floor.

This pictures don’t do it justice, but the view is great. We’re going to have some of the trees trimmed now we can see where the best spots are, but we’re holding off so that we cut as little as possible. We don’t want it to look like we clear cut around the house.

To reward your patience in getting this far, we’ll give you a 360 degree tour of the outside!

Porch footers are visible across the front of the house here. Hint: they look like 4 little craters!

“Let’s build a little cabin in the woods.” I guess we drifted a little bit.

It looks a little cozier from the front!