Most of the work on the garage has been EXTERNAL to the house so far, with the only real impact being that we are having to use the usually abandoned front door (which opens into what is now our dining room, so very inconvenient) to go in and out of the house. This door, interestingly enough, can't be latched without using a crowbar, so we just push it closed as well as we can and hope for the best.
But THIS week, we're touching the inside! Here's how the east wall of the kitchen has looked for a while, as Matt's already got the trim pulled off the window and wall.
A view from the outside - new header over where the new window will be, just slightly to the left of where the old one was.My view from the kitchen! :D Korey's pretending no one's taking his picture, Gavin's smiling for the camera, Krassi must have just gotten home from school, and is supervising in the background, and Matt's ready by the saw to cut whatever's needed to finish things out!Ebs likes the new window seat!Can't leave it open, so after Korey and Gavin went home, Matt and I got the window leveled and set......and by bedtime, it's good to go! Just looks a little funny!The work we hired out is getting wrapped up - you can see there's housewrap and the windows and doors in the addition are installed. Korey came one more day to help Matt frame out the front deck - especially nice to have his help with the stairs.And this is the view toward the existing house when you walk in the front door of the new addition! I think the old entry door sunk down two steps is so funny! Even funnier is that THAT's the door we will end up using for the next few months until we get things ready to open up into the rest of the house! As though the old way of entering into a 3' x 3' entry and lifting wheelchairs up two steps wasn't complicated enough - now we duck under and through this partial door, and THEN up the two steps! It's a circus. 😂View from the flat roof at the end of the week - Matt's getting out all the trim boards so he can get them primed and ready for installation. Our front yard is shot.