Inside the great room, the central fireplace is beginning to take shape.

Dennis, standing on the deck, surveys the progress of the log siding that is slowly wrapping around the house. Ahead of him are the windows of the kitchen, and to the right are the doors into the dining room.

From the deck, a view of the kitchen windows with the bedroom windows directly above.

Also from the deck, a view of the great room windows and a portion of the lake beyond.

Early November at the lakehouse site. Concrete foundation for front porch has just been poured and is covered with tarp.

Garage floor has also been poured. (There are tiny racoon pawprints in dirt across it!)

Closer view of what will be the front porch. Beam extending out is the center brace for the extended top of the covered porch.

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.