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.

Closer view of house. Unfinished wall on left is interior wall of what will be the garage (picture is taken from point which will be "inside" finished garage, which has not been started yet. "Point" of house where beam is extending on right side is over the front door.

Late August Update

Here is the latest view of the lakehouse, taken from the top of the driveway.