Were Gainnnnnnnnnnen on her

(Maine lingo for, we are making progress.)

We have started the inside sheathing process. We are using 2x6 1" sea pine boards, tongue & groove. The sea pine is placed on the outside of the frame so we will view all the wood from the inside of the house, (the wood that is facing us from inside the home).

A 2nd sheathing (outside siding) then goes on the outside of the house over insulation. The outside boards will be our wood siding. It is a very interesting process and difficult to explain via text. We are about 60% done on the inside sheating then the roof comes next. Nicole says we are putting on the roof ourselves but I am getting contractor quotes as I am not to excited about doing the roof. We will see what comes about.

Exciting news! We contracted with a mason to build us a chimmney. We are going to place the chimmney in the middle of the house then we are going to apply a cultured stone wall around all four sides. This is going to be one of the highlights of the house. We are going to incorporate a "floating" staircase as well so the rock chimmney can be viewed from all sides of the house. The floating staircase will enable us to "open" the house up as without implementing a divder wall. We bought a Vermont Castings wood stove the other day for the first floor.