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Framing Progress

November 16, 2018 by clove 2 Comments

Framing has to be one of the most satisfying stages in a building’s construction. After feeling like we spent a dog’s age underground – not to mention the few years that came before we touched the merest speck of dirt – framing progress is fast and visible. We are now seeing plans on paper being rendered in three dimensions. Yeeha.

After getting this far a couple weeks ago:

front view

back view

Last week’s highlight was taking the steps up to the second floor:

view from the top, looking east

Then there was the thrill of standing where our kitchen will be, and then looking out the window opening of our new bedroom:

view from the front, this week

view from the back

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  1. Kate R says

    November 20, 2018 at 12:20 am

    That looks really exciting! I’ve lost track of what the overall layout is, if you are willing to share that.

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    • clove says

      November 21, 2018 at 4:52 am

      Hi Kate! The higher half is the “new” half of the duplex. The plans are more or less accurate here for reference

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