New Home Construction Update: 1st Floor Framing Completed

It has been an uphill battle, but the first floor is finally framed in! After I took this picture, the crew came back in the next day and also put down a section of the upstairs floor. Now, we wait for the trusses, which are scheduled to be here at the end of next week!

It’s really exciting to see the house finally taking shape, and we love it! Nathan and I wanted something with character and something we wouldn’t get tired of looking at, and this house definitely has those qualities! It’s certainly in the farmhouse category , but there are also many features that give it a cottage feel (the gabled roof, the small front porch, and the large double-hung windows). We have a few other ideas in mind for the exterior, which I will share later in the building process, but we also plan to go with a cottage design for the inside. There are many things I love about the farmhouse style too, so I can see it being a good mix of both. I look forward to that part of the project.

Here are some additional pictures of the progress on the interior walls. I can officially say it snowed inside our house! 🙂