It has been a crazy two months at my house and finally getting around to post some pictures and talk a bit about the process. It has been easier than I thought since all the construction has been in the backyard and hasn't impacted us inside too much. It has been loud, and we certainly miss our backyard, but am amazed by how easy it has been to live with. The most difficult aspect is picking out the finishes. I can't tell you how much time we have spent looking at tile, cabinets, roofs and stucco colors. If you take something like this on, prepare to dedicate hours each week picking items out and making decisions.
When I last blogged about the addition, this is what the backyard looked like.
Within a few days, it looked like this. The city makes you replace the sewer line under any new part of the house so they had to dig down about 12 feet to put a new line in. It luckily rained the next day so we had a swimming pool for at least a few minutes.
Next came the concrete for the footings and yes, the rain continued.
After that, the stem walls.
Next came the framing. We left town for the weekend and came home to find this, pretty amazing.
And finally the roof. It took about a week from them to start framing to having it completed.
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