Sheetrock!!

I'm not sure if it's because I traveled a couple weeks ago, or because I've been sick for a week now, or busy and preoccupied with the holidays or all the projects waiting for my time, but for one reason or another, I was completely shocked to walk in to a house full of finished sheetrock, fully taped and mudded!  It looks so much more like a home now and less like a bunch of sticks and wires!

When we built our last house, the framing stage made the house feel small, and then we expected the blueboard to make it feel even smaller but it had the opposite effect.  This time the framing stage made the house feel big, and the sheetrock has made some rooms feel even bigger and others feel smaller.  The ceiling height is having a big impact on the overall feel too.  It's SOOOOO exciting to see it come together all around us in 3 dimensions, or 5 dimensions if you count the construction smells and the blaring mexican music playing on work days.  :)  They really add to the ambiance.  

I'm not sure these pics will help for those of you who struggle to imagine the finished product, but it sure is fun for us to look at them over and over!  

Ready for the sheetrock tour?

I was sort of done taking pics by the time we got to the right side of the house, so the tour ends abruptly with no photos of the guest room, hallway, mudroom, or hobby room...Sorry!  Couple more caveats.  1) the blue cast light in all the photos is from the blue window protective covering layer during all the messy trades - brick, plaster etc.  2) any doors you see in photos are temporary construction doors.  

From the front door... 

Standing in front door, living room on left, kitchen on right

Brent's standing at the front foyer now, I'm in the dining room looking across to the living room.

Office (french doors separate it from living room)

View from the "Bedroom hallway" - dining room is in the right corner in this view

Master bedroom

Laundry room 

Pocket door between laundry room and our master closet

Master closet - i know - it looks like a super exciting box.  :) 

Doorway from master closet into master bath

View of master bath from the bedroom entrance.  Our tub will be in that alcove, flanked by linen cabinets on either side.

From inside the master bedroom looking out towards the hallway

"bedroom hallway" - there's a linen closet on the right and then the opening is a homework nook for the kids

Doodle's bedroom - her bathroom is in the far corner

Hallway looking towards Nugget's room - homework nook on right

Nugget's (too) big bedroom

Another shot of Nugget's room - bath on left, closet on right

Panoramic shots - scroll fast!  

Another panoramic shot from the living room corner...scroll fast- i really must get a new lens for my camera!

Standing in kitchen

Game room - TV and Toys live here.  alarms will sound if a toy leaves this room.  (not really but it would be nice)

Garage - the water heater goes in that little cubby on the right

Garage view from the door to the house 

Standing just outside the garage

Mom and dad's living room looking towards the kitchen (that corner closet is their pantry)

Their kitchen from the hallway - front door is to the left of the window in the kitchen

Fun???  it was for us!!  There's more fun in store too - the brick starts Thursday.  They laid up a tiny sample on the front of the house for us to approve, but we have to wait for the mortar to dry before it will look like the end product.  They laid the sample in the shade so it'll probably take 2-3 days for it to dry to its final color.

Also, I'm getting close to finishing another upholstery project that I will be SOOOO proud to tell you about.  Stay tuned!