John and I have really been enjoying visiting our home site since the foundation was poured. It’s been much easier to envision the floor plan of the house with plumbing and electrical stubbing in place.
Entryway 
Entryway porch – you can see the outline for the fireplace 
Living room – the yellow circle is for a floor outlet 
Guest bathrooms – you can see the shower has rain water in the base 
Master bathroom – also has rain water in the shower base 
Great room – you can see two yellow circles for the floor outlets 
Pool porch – the barn will be in the distance from this view
And John has not slowed in his enthusiasm for finding native american artifacts. The car is typically laden with new tooled pieces of every shape and size. But more on that later…
Today prep work began on the barn site. Our ranch home does not have an attached garage – not unusual in the country. In fact, of our family and friends in the country, I cannot think of one that has a garage they can walk into from the interior of the house.
The garage will be on the southwest side of the house, behind the great room. To access it, we’ll likely leave the house from the mud room, adjacent to the laundry room. This way all that “work in the yard” stuff can stay in one location.
We debated holding off on the barn/garage, but realized quickly it will be a good location for holding building supplies as well as our our furniture and belongings as soon as we can get another moving truck down from the Midwest.
The barn will also eventually hold a small, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 600 square foot apartment with a kitchenette (no oven or dishwasher). This will be perfect for those friends and family who want to visit for a week or more, for Spring Break, for example. I won’t be able to take time off from work every time we have weekday visitors, so they can stay in the apartment so we don’t have to feel that we have to entertain constantly.
The other progress made was two huge truck loads full of lumber for framing. This way everything will be ready for the framers in another week after the foundation is fully cured.
With this delivery, we will also be adding a lock on the gate. This lumber wasn’t free and unfortunately we have heard from our site supervisor of other home building sites being robbed when left open and not attended. What an awful drag that would be!
Actually, I’m considering adding a game camera that could capture the build as it goes as well as provide security for any who might be inclined to trespass or even steal. What do you think? Let me know in the comment below.
Thanks again for stopping by!
Hugs, Libby