Second Story - Week 7, Saturday

I literally started clapping and squealing as we drove up to the house today. I can't believe the transformation in just the last 3 days! There is a second story and a stairwell! We immediately had to try them out of course. I'm glad we were right in our assumption that the structure is sound for curious homeowners to explore. 

It was very cool to walk into our house and see where the walls are, feel the spaces, walk up the stairs and stare in awe at the huge upper floor! It was crazy to see how big the house looks all of the sudden. It really looks ENORMOUS now. I hope the neighbors aren't freaking out. I would be if the house next door doubled in size overnight :)

Front of house with the second story exterior. It looks a little strange hanging out there like that right now, but there will be porch columns supporting the front of the house. It will look all connected and cohesive when finished.

Back of house with second story exterior wall. It is TALL.

Living room with additional framing

Main level with skeletal walls 

Dining room from stairwell. The small wall behind the ladder is where the coat closet will be. The kitchen is to the right just beyond that.

Going up! Riley all smiles :)

Top of stairs and first glimpse of the upper floor

Looking to location of master suite on the front of the house

Master suite/front of house window framing

Side of house & stairwell entrance to upper floor

 Here is a 360º video of the main level. You can see where the room divisions will be by the open framing.

Sorry Riley, I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the audio on this video. To answer his question though, stairs. He will put more stairs, the ones to the basement to be exact.

 I think we both knew the answer to his question as it was coming out of his mouth, haha. It's ok, it's the weekend :)

 Follow up on the plumbing debacle: Not resolved.
We had our meeting and the person who helped us at Ferguson's was extremely helpful, only problem was Riley and I had different ideas of what needed to be where and I was have a particularly indecisive day. Not a very productive combo. We left the 3 hour meeting feeling frustrated with only a kitchen sink picked out. The showroom person left us with the tools we need to make our choices though and seemed optimistic that we just need one more meeting to nail down our selections for the whole house. What we did decide was a style we like and that we want to do all Polished Nickel finishes throughout.
That was Friday morning. After cooling down, we revisited the information we were given and decided to go with all Rohl fittings. They have a few style options that are exactly what we are looking for, the quality is great, and they have our elusive Polished Nickel finish available.
I hope our choices work well with our budget and we can move on from plumbing. I thought this part would be fun and easy. Unfortunately, it was not.
Oh well, on to the next! I hope I'm sure fixtures, appliances, counters, floors, and tiles go smoother :)