The windows and doors were installed today! Another milestone has been reached.

The front door and sidelights are a stainable fiberglass and will be a medium-brown oak, the door frame is oak wood and will also be stained. The arch window above is a clad Andersen window and matches the other house windows.

The Great Room with windows. We are going to enjoy this room! A fireplace and bookshelves will be along the righthand wall.

The Breakfast Nook corner.

We are really enjoying the changes!

Watch your step as you exit!

The view from below.

Our friend Craig took this photo from his private airplane. I really like being able to see the placement of the house amongst the trees on the lot. And, how else could one see all the gables, roof lines and angles coming together? The Great Room and Garage roof still need some roof sheathing (you can see the exposed rafters). Great shot Craig!

A wider angle aerial view of our house and the neighborhood. The back of the house faces south-southwest.

The roof decking started going on today.

More rafters are in place. Several valleys have yet to be framed, and the hip over the Master Bedroom has yet to be done.

The rooflines are taking shape. The gable over the porch has yet to be fully connected to the main roof. Also, through the Laundry & 1/2 Bath gable you can see the house and garage roofs aren't fully framed and joined.

That's a long garage! The incomplete garage-to-house framing is easy to see through the gable.

The view from the street behind us. In the top photo, the glare is the sun reflecting off the garage sheathing.

The roof gable framing was started today. Only a few rafters are in place on each ridge board.

I think the gable framing is easier to see in this view.

The start of the garage roof framing.

The Great Room ceiling framing was finished today To have all the joists in place really gives it the feel of a room now.

The Great Room ceiling framing, from the outside. The roof framing will be above this.

The roof support beam and ceiling joists over the screened-in porch was framed today.

The lower/inside ridge beam for the Great Room was set today. The bottom of the ridge beam is around 16' high and the side walls are about 11' tall. The upper ridge beam for the shingled roof over the Great Room will be about 20' high.

The inside ridge beam of the Great Room can be seen in this view. The roof over the Great Room will be 4' higher. The bottom of the large Den window to the left still has to be raised 12 inches.

The Garage ceiling joists went up today. Everyday something keeps changing; today, this looks really different to me. The Garage ceiling is about 11' high. The stairway opening to the Basement can be seen at the left.

The front entry gets framed.

Ceiling framing over the Entry Foyer and Stairway. The double 18" LVL beam at the top in front spans from one side of the Great Room to the other and will carry half the ridge beam load over the Great Room.

Linda's new white carpeting. I'll probably get this carpeting dirty, too. Notice the framer's notes written on the stud in the left foreground.

View from the Den looking towards the Kitchen/Breakfast Nook. I'll have to ask Steve (the framer) why the ceiling joist directions are different all over the house.