This is the master bedroom, with a view to Hammond Hill.
Snow is falling as I write, with about 2 inches accumulated on the deck, and the pond is deeply frozen. Yesterday I spotted a perfect horsetail cloud, high above the trees across the way.
Nicholas
With the sheetrock now in place around the sunroom windows the sense of completion and continuity is unfolding at a more rapid pace than ever. This picture was taken standing in the eastern corner of the room, looking to the south. There are two further windows to the right as well as the glass door...so almost unbroken views to the distant hills of Hammond Hill State Forest and the wild fields which lie before them are available to us from this room and our kitchen.
And, here is the living room, the scaffolding providing access to the ceiling at its 12 foot height. The boards are placed, taped, and then the the border between each is covered with a pre-mixed joint compound (aka "mud") and once it has completed dried, it is sanded, leaving a totally smooth surface, ready for painting. The heater in the foreground is only one of a number that were firing off portable generators and propane tanks yesterday; these are to ensure that the moisture is out of the house. The insulation was being blown into the roof cavity as well yesterday and the house, without any other type of heat supply was so warm we removed our coats, even though it was only 30 degrees outside!
Here in the states they call the men and women who do this work "rockers" and I have to say, I am about to call ours a "rockstar"...he is moving at an incredible speed, with great skill and exceptional pride in his work. And, when he is not on the scaffold, these are how he makes his way around the rooms...
We are delighted and amazed and utterly grateful and each day, for the talents and integrity of those building this home and for their commitment to helping our vision become reality...
Judy
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