First view of the house from the road. All the roofing is done!

Wow! These terraces are high!

The garage is coming along.

Closer view of the front of the house.

Closer view of the two terraces off the front of the house. Not quite what we had envisioned...thought they would be farther out, leaving a little more of "front yard" (however, that would have needed much more fill dirt and a third retaining wall!) Will definately need the right landscaping to improve this view. Also might need to have some small fencing along top of terrace for safety code. Sidewalk to entry will definately have to curve towards the garage side of the driveway!

View of front porch and door. Porch roof will extend out to end of extending beam. Door has yet to be stained in color.

View of the terraces from the hillside. There will be landscaping on all three levels. Greg says that it looks the family finally got a real "castle" to live in!

Looking from the front door towards the back of the house, sunlight filling the room through the windows.

Moving forward from the foyer into the great room, large beams visible overhead.

Dan the Builder and Dennis discussing construction.

View of guest master bedroom from the doorway of the guest master bathroom. Wall to the right is the back wall of the dining room.

Looking from the great room "across" what-will-be the eating countertop into the kitchen. Cooktop and cabinets will be the left, island in center, and sink to the right under the windows (not in picture.) Double oven will be in corner on the left across the room, and refrigerator will be on the slightly slanted wall in the back center of the picture.

Looking into kitchen from the dining room area. Dennis and Dan the Builder standing in the great room.

The dining room with windows and patio door installed.

Closer look at double doors out onto deck.

The deck off the dining room and great room, the view from the kitchen windows.

View from the deck to the left of the property. If the lot next to us is ever built upon, that house will have to be set back farther than ours, due the legal easement that runs along the edge of the lake, so hopefully there won't be any major structures to impede this view.

View standing at the edge of the center of the deck.

View looking to the right of the deck.

Master bedroom with windows and door. Gas fireplace will be placed on the wall to the right (set into wall so that rear of unit extends out a little onto the screened porch, but will be boxed) and vents to the outside.

The screened porch, picture taken from the small deck. Sidewalls had to be built a little higher than original plans to conform to code and to be more easily screened.

Picture of small deck under construction, taken from "inside" the screened porch. Fantastic view of the lake!

View of main room from standing in the loft (no railings yet!) Workmen walk the ramp to get to the "center of the ceiling" to work on the upper beams!

View of hallway on the upper level that leads to the bedrooms. Bedrooms are on the right, past the end of the loft. [Greg has suggested that we put a small "window" in the wall of the first bedroom, so that kids can have a "secret" place to look down on the adults below in the great room!!]

The corner bedroom, big enough for two queen beds, or a queen and two singles! Double windows have view to the side, single window looks over the lake.

The other upstairs bedroom, with double windows looking towards the lake. Also big enough for more than one queen bed!

View of middle of main floor, looking from the great room back towards the front door. Edge of railing is across the top of the pictures. Temporary staircase leads to second floor.

View of downstairs from the area at the base of the steps. Looking towards the large windows that will look out onto the yard and lake. Door to the left goes outside.

View from the window area looking back towards the staircase and lower level bedroom.

Picture of the lower level bedroom, with sliding glass doors in place. Window in wall was a recent decision (not on original plan) that allows much more light into room!

One side of the house now has its logs on! Looks great with the stacked stone, in creams and light browns, underneath.

This side of the house holds the windows to the guest master and guest bath (on the main level) and one of the bedrooms (to the left, back of the house) and shared bathroom (on the upper level.)

View of the dining room with most of the stonework completed.

View of the deck and large windows on the back of the house. The small section of railing along the deck on the far right will be removed, and stairs will decend to a landing, turn to the left, and then descend to the patio.

Closeup view of the master bedroom and lower level bedroom in the back. Screened porch is coming along. Sliding glass doors to outside small landing. which will have steps down to patio, are in place. Stone work on this section of the house is not really started yet.

View of the stone bases to columns holding up screend porch, and beginning construction of small porch off lower bedroom sliding glass doors.

View looking up at center of the house, from the back.

The back of the house several yards from the construction area. The mound of dirt will be moved, allowing the ground to slope down to the left of the pictured and towards the lake.

A straight-on back view of the house. Stonework around base of right side, under house and dining room, is finished.

Another view of back of house.

View of back of house farther away, closer to the lake. Will be practically invisible from the lake when the trees are full in spring and summer.