The view from upstairs deck.

Udate Long over due

I realize it's been years since my last post but I feel like I need to complete the story of our house. Since my last post we finished the house moved in for a year, I lost my job, we fought with the bank, we moved out and then ended up having to short sale it. Big Bummer. Life goes on though and I think it was for a reason. We moved to Redwood Valley and are now in an affordable dwelling next to some more awesome neighbors. I thought I would put pictures up of the house as it was before we sold it. It was never completely finished.

Mason and Santa

Happy Holidays

Marley and Santa

Marleys B day Party

Marley turns Four

Front Entrance

Back of House

Front of House

facing north

Earthen Plaster

Archway to the Front Door

Radiant Floor Heating tubes

The DaVinci Code?

Rich and Bob drew the layout for the spiral stairs on the floor first.

Bob the stair master

Thanks to Bob Mier our stairs were calculated correctly. Rich and Bob burned some major brain cells trying to figure them out.

Stair case

M and M on the stair case. to the left is the office wall

Stairs

Windows

Marley says Hello

Bale wall complete. Paper and wire are going up around the house.

Front of House

The blue tubing you see is for the electric. That is the garage door on the bottom.

Rich Stacking Bales

Our Dog Koda was loving the play time in the straw too.

Front room

Is this a house or a barn?

Mason and Marley had a blast with the bales. Fort making time, jumping into hay too.

What fun this process has been for them. You are looking at the West facing wall. The opening to the left is where the french doors will go.

Filling it in

This is the front room wall looking southwest. That is a window frame in the middle. On the outside is metal fencing.

back side

more bales

The south facing front room wall

1st row

Masons room gets bales.

Getting started on the bales

Marley the helper

Marley and Mason walk with their Great Grandmother, Janine Rewerts. Rich is the first grand child of the Rewerts family. Mason and Marley are the first two great grandchildren. We always have a wonderful time visiting with the Rewerts family in Manteno,IL. Hi Rewerts's!!!

SK8ter Boy

Mason just keeps getting better every time we take him to a skate park. This is the indoor skate park in Tinley Park, IL.

Guest accommodations with a view

For those that wondered where they could stay if they wanted to come out before the house was finnished....there it is.

Bales in the front room

New play structure for the kids

Looking in from where the spiral stair case will be and through to the front room.

1st Grader

Mason at his desk on his first day of First grade.

Heavy

Thanks Colin. Those bales are heavy. We unloaded 71 bales in around an hour.

The Bales arrive

Jennie and her crew arrived with 71 bales.

Yes it comes complete with a checkered flag

This is our upgrade from our first 5th wheel that was 27 feet.

View of Kitchen

Window to the left is the kitchen. The little window to right is in the pantry window. Up above you can see the frame of the our bathroom window.

Getting the Roof done

He moved quickly with Seths help to get the roof on so we could get the bales in.

And I helped too

Roofing Rafters for the front room

Full view

Same picture?

Looking southwest