The framing crew gets started!

The framing of the house got started and was done within days... really, it was super duper fast. There were 10 guys working on our little house -- nails flying; wood flying; and then they were done!

The one thing that we did regret is using finger-jointed lumber to frame the downstairs. It looks *horrible*. Parts were split, missing or almost moldy looking. We wished that we had choosen regular lumber -- and my husband actually thought of tearing down the whole first floor and having it redone! The framer talked him out of it but our lesson was learned --> go with your gut instinct! We wouldn't advise anyone to use the finger-jointed lumber. My husband actually spent a lot of time going back and replacing some of the worst lumber.

Here are some pics I took during framing... this was Day one, looking at the first floor from the side a little.




and the next day... the second floor is starting to go up. Me & the kids got there just in time to see them lifting up Coles window wall -- he was so excited! Then we watched them lift up Katelyns window wall too. It doesn't take much to amuse us! ha ha

Here's the long wall, the part sticking out is in the master bath.

Here's the back of the house... only part of the 2nd floor is up so far. This was all done in ONE day! Crazy!

and the next day... this is a view from the other side of the house. You can see the front/side porch pretty good here. The 2 smaller windows upstairs is in the "man cave". ;)

And here's the back of the house... the back porch roof is going up.

and here's a random picture that I took off out the backdoor. It's looking back off to the left, into the big field where the hay had just been rolled. ;)