Windows & Doors

The last week and half hasn't been particularly exciting at the house.  The framer that we're using was tied up at another house so any real visual progress came to a halt. Jason has assured me that this guys is worth waiting for and he actually was supposed to start yesterday.  We'll be stopping by Sunday to see what it looks like with walls starting to go up!
Now while nothing real noticeable has been happening doesn't mean we've come to a stop.  All the utility work was finished, obviously a pretty important part.  We also got the remaining fill brought in for the garage.    But the thing that's been most apparent to Becca and I has been picking out windows and doors.  Thursday we met with Jason at Herrman Lumber to discuss what we wanted.  Who knew windows could be such a hard decision.  Single hung, double hung, casement or fixed, grille or no grille, all kinds of sizes and colors: there are a lot of choices.  Fortunately most of them were pretty easy it really just came down to a couple of windows that we had a hard time deciding on.
One was the window over our sink in the kitchen.  I've seen a lot of pictures of houses with big windows over their kitchen sinks and Becca and I both decided we really like the look.  It just seemed silly to put the standard little window if you had the room to let a little more light in.  It's at the sacrifice of some of our overhead cabinets but I think it's worth it.  Below is a picture of our ideal kitchen window.