Newest view of the house from what will be the driveway! Garage is up, framed and roofed! Most windows and doors are in! Roof shingles are on main house, soon to be on all!

Garage is up, windows in, concrete flooring not down yet. Need to order garage doors soon!!

Landscaper arrived today to begin moving dirt to create two terraces that will ease slope down to the right side of the front of the house. First terrace will extend about 10 feet from porch to the right (where "black" waterproofing material stops), second terrace will be below master bath window to end of house. First terrace will curve outward towards driveway and end about where trees are shown on the right side of picture.

Front door and porch of house. Roof of covered porch will extend outwards to where board extends. Beams with stacked stone bases will hold up roof. Awaiting arrival of front door.

September 21, 2007, continued

Dennis watches work
men placing stacked stone around house under dining room windows. Railings are up around deck. Staircase down to backyard will be two levels, coming down just about where Dennis is standing.

View of side of house. Back to front: dining room, guest master bedroom windows below, bedroom and bathroom windows above, and back of garage (with exit door).

Another view of side of house and dining room.

September 21 Update continued

Kitchen windows are in. View towards dining room.

Great Room french doors (lower left) and picture windows are in. Still awaiting delivery of large trapazoid upper windows.

View onto deck through the Great Room french doors.

View from Great Room of Master Bedroom and Bath "through" the wall where stacked stone fireplace will be. Can see glass door from bedroom toscreened porch. Have decided to put a gas fireplace set into wall in master bedroom between glass door and bath entrance. Note large beam running across ceiling in Great Room.

September 21, 2007 Update

View towards lake from the screened porch. Below screens will be solid pine knee-wall.

View towards lake from the deck off the screened porch. No railings here yet so standing out on it was a bit scary!

View from the deck off screened porch towards the back yard (which will be leveled to the "black line") and towards the lake.

Closer view of side of screened porch and view towards neighbor's backyard and lake. We won't be able to see the house next door unless we look "back around" the last window on the right.

View of lake and tree tops while standing in what will be the screened porch.

Work continues on rear of house, note deck off master bedroom screened porch.

Temporary scaffolding as screened porch and small deck are constructed.

View out Great Room center windows, taken across room under the loft.

Looking out of Master Bedroom window thru what will be glass door into newly constructed screened porch.

September 8, 2007 Update

Early September and the roof is on the master bedroom (on the right).

The decking is laid, railings not in yet. Have been advised by neighbors with homes at Deep Creek to carefully consider NOT putting steps down to the ground level from the deck. Bears frequently climb the stairs to get at grills and smells of the kitchens!! Last Friday's Washington Post ran a story about a rabid bear fighting a couple at their patio screen door!!

View out the lower level bedroom sliding glass doors. Will need a small deck or balcony as this doorway is not at ground level as we had planned. Slope away from rear of house is evident in picture.

Stonework continues to rise around perimeter of house. This is on the back under the sliding glass doorway to lower level bedroom.

View of front corner of house from lower side. This area will be built up with 2 terraces of stone and landscaping, so that front door will be grade level walk out. Areas in black will be covered with stacked stone.

Close of stacked stone around foundation of house. Just what we wanted!

View of Great Room windows from rear of property.

View of rear of house, left side. Planks are the start of floor for the screened porch off master bedroom. Supports and lower platform are for construction and will be removed. Note opening on right, that is the sliding glass door opening of lower floor guest bedroom, several feet above ground level.

Another view of screened porch floor and corner of house. Floor will be apx. 18" above ground level, which will be terraced and/or sloped here. Note the cinderblock bases for cedar posts will actually support porch (there will be four) and which will have stone around bases.

View of the beginning of stacked stone which wrap around foundation above ground of house.

View from Great Room towards the lake.

View of side of house, main floor guest room windows now covered with Tyvek, upper floor guest room and guest bath framed.

View of dining room bump-out from lower side of house.

View of back of house. Great room windows to the left, beginning of deck in center. Opening on upper floor is window of one upstairs bedroom; directly below will be kitchen windows opening onto deck.

View of interior of house. Standing in center of Great Room, looking towards where the kitchen will be. There will be a prep and eat-at bar with stools along part of the opening, and a wet bar in the corner at the left of the area.

View of the front foyer of the house from the Great Room floor. Loft will be across the top. Split staircase of "open" risers with landings will be in the "square" to the left of the picture. Front door will be where paper is now across opening.

View into what will be the Master Bedroom. The stone fireplace will be on this wall in the Great Room. Doorway is entrance to Master Bedroom, with walk-in closet to the right, bath in corner, and door to screened porch to the left.

Closer shot of front door opening, with log beam support for loft and post of staircase.

View from inside house, standing at Great Room windows, looking across the beginning of the deck, towards the dining room bump-out.