Second Story

We have a second story! This view is looking up at the two bedrooms and one bathroom. The hallway in the middle will be the access from the stairs coming up from the right.

Below shows the loft view. The two columns and the pony wall on the right will be the a.c. chases. There will be a pony wall on the left to keep toys (and children) from falling. The stairs will start on the left and end between the chases.

This photo was taken on the second story in the loft. That's the framed out closet that can one day be a bathroom. We're close to being ready for mechanical. Exciting.

Mom and Dad are super busy choosing the rest of the light fixtures and plumbing fixtures. They're also working on paint colors and flooring for upstairs.

Interior Framing

The framers are lifting one of the walls on the bedroom side. This side of the barndo will have two bedrooms and two bathrooms downstairs and two bedrooms with one bathroom up. You can see the bathroom walls in the middle.
This is the other side of the barndo. On the left is the master bedroom, bathroom and closet. There is a hallway through the middle to reach the side door. On the right is the kitchen, with a pantry and MUD room behind that. The second floor will be an open loft space.

Another step complete (sort of)

National Barn completed the shell of the barn this weekend. Through starting late, taking a break for a family emergency and taking a lot longer than promised, they are done. Although, they will be coming back to move the cupolas to the correct locations. Right now, the center one is not centered and the other two are too far towards the center.

Below are some pictures of the very cool home.

This is the right side with the "fake" doors to make it look like a barn.

This is the left side which has one "fake" door and one real walk door.

This is a shot of the interior from about a week ago with the insulation and roof trusses.

The front of the barndo has the "Texas star" front doors and a porch. The plywood around the bottom of the home will be covered with rock. It will add a lot of cool color and interest.

This is a close-up of one of the cupolas.

The back of the barndo has three sets of french doors in a row that enter into the living and breakfast areas. The kitchen is also open to this area. The windows above them are also open to this area because this portion is two-story. You can also see the back porch.

The framers will begin this week on the interior framing and hopefully finish by Friday.

A little more progress...

Here's what the barndo looked like Wednesday night after the guys left. The bottom part is plywood and will have a rock covering it. The rest of the barn is cedar board and batten. The front porch has also been started.

Chip stained the floors a couple of weeks ago and sealed them yesterday. He figured since he had a few days of no barn work that he would go ahead and do it. Once the barn guys come back and finish, the framers can start immediately (I can dream).

July 1st

Here's the progress as of this morning. The windows are in and the insulation is being hung. This afternoon we found out that there will be a slight delay in the barn building. The guys have to go back home (to Kentucky) for a few days while one of their wives has a baby. To be continued next Monday...