October, 2006
Now all this great big hole in the ground has become the home area which is directly behind the garage you see in the photo below.
May, 2007
When Kay and Milton drove up from Mississippi to visit, naturally one of the places we wanted to show them was Cristina and Leland's work-in-progress. Here's Cristina and Kay, standing where the driveway is today.
May, 2007
We went inside to see how the living area was progressing. Cristina's explaining the design for the ceiling. Behind Milton and Kay is the French door that opens directly into the back yard. The French door to the left opens towards the patio that you can see in the first photo.
May, 2007
From the backyard I got a pretty good shot of Mt. Hood. The fence you can barely see at the bottom of the photo is across the road that passes by the back of the place. The close up of Mt. Hood is enhanced a bit by iPhoto. Remember, this is the last week in May. Look at that snow! Now, the first week in October, it's snowing up there again, around 10,000 foot mark I think I heard on the weather report.
May, 2007
July, 2007
Leland posed for me at the back door. He's excited at the possibility of soon being settled in their home, as is his sweetheart.
July, 2007
This is the view from the garage, through the middle of the addition. The master bedroom and bathroom, plus another bathroom are on the right. Two other bedrooms are on the left.
July, 2007
Here's what I'm calling the great room. Isn't this bronze color fantastic? I can't wait to see how Cristina and Leland decorate it. I also like the silvery gray ceiling which gently sparkles.
July, 2007
Here's a close-up of the texture of the walls. Pretty neat!
July, 2007
July, 2007
The garage is huge, as you can tell by the width of this concrete pad.
August, 2007
I think these ceiling fans look fantastic. Most of the time up here in Portland all you need is a fan and/or an open window. This photo is in one of the bedrooms.
August, 2007
On this particular visit, Mama and I found these lovely dahlias at a roadside stand in Damascus. Here they're decorating Gabriel's saw which had been well-used throughout the months. I can't remember what the little wooden tool is for, but I think it got used lots, too.
August, 2007
The intrepid crew: Gabriel, Delia, Cristina, Leland. They paused in their work to pose for a photo. At this particular time, the exterior of the entire house, old and new, was in the process of getting two coats of paint.
That's all for now. After the move, I'll get more photos to share with y'all.
3 comments:
The back yard view of the mountain is beautiful.
I laughed when I saw the orange walls. We painted our smallest bedroom Dora the Explorer Orange for our grandson a bedroom since I keep him during the day while his parents work. People come in and say, "THAT IS ORANGE!" I like bright and colorful walls.
Thanks for looking at my blog. I would like to point out, though, that the walls are a deep bronze color, not actually orange. My camera couldn't capture the color at its truest.
What fun it would be to build your own home from the ground up. And such a beautiful area! I'll look forward to seeing it when its finished.
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