The house has come a long ways since the last post!  Lucas has been busy finishing the interior so we can pass our final inspection.  School is going well, but I'm excited  to be on a 2 week break so that I can get the garden planted, and go visit our new neice who is arriving soon!  Enjoy the pics!

The interior walls are almost completely finished!  The wood is reclaimed barn board from the Amish Wal-mart

Note the amazing addition of the plantar, and the lack of pink insulation showing through!  Battons have started going on!



Raspberry bushes and our bird feeder

Hops!  Lucas created these amazing trellesses out of branches and vines for the hops to crawl up

Garlic from Grandma Audrey Slack :)

Hops climbing away.





Grandma Audrey Arnold's wind chime found a spot :)

Winter Onions





We got a table saw for Christmas--Thanks Dad!

Putting in the flooring
                          

Trim, and the last tiny bit of insulation visible in the front room

Trim on the finished ceiling

The futon was a very welcome wedding present from Gary and Diana.  So comfortable!

The brown chair was a freebie on main street in Viroqua, I love it :)

This leaded glass window was a gift from my mom
and used to be a part of her front door

Another shot of the new futon.

Long Awaited Updates

 Oh yes, Lucas built a closet for me for Christmas!  The 2 doors on the left are on a sliding track, and the far right door opens to reveal my dresser.  He exchanged an extra woodstove that we bought on craigslist for the doors, and made $50 on the trade in as well!

Lucas made this gorgeous butcher block for food prep using tools at work.

Lucas and Nathaniel working hard on chopping a load of wood. 

The front room is now completely sheet rocked.  Now on to mudding, and then laminate floor!

A quick shot of our wood stove, now backed by corregated steel.

I'll try to make the next post much sooner.  I have a bunch of outside shots on another camera to upload too!

New Roof, and the Addition is Enclosed

2x4's are screwed over the insulation before the steel roof can be fastened down

This weekend we finished the steel roof, and insulated the addition.
We're almost ready for winter!

We installed the final roof just in time, as it's done nothing but rain for the last 2 days!

Working on the Addition!

Lucas started a new job teaching in La Farge, WI.  While the job is incredibly exciting, it's added extra pressure to the pinch of getting enough done before winter.  Last weekend we made leaps of progress on the addition, and a special thanks to Buck!

Putting up headers

Headers and OSB done

Check out those Black Locust posts--they weren't heavy at all.....

Footers

The inside is almost fully insulated, and we've gotten 3 sheets of sheet rock up!

 Sorry about the delay in posting, Lucas starting working up at Thistledew again, so temporarily his schedule is back to 8 days gone, 12 days back.  Enjoy the new pics!

made a closet from a rachet tie down....

We have a light!  Lucas bought a car battery that can be inside, and a power inverter, so now we can use a true business lamp.