Windows!

A fireplace!

A view of the great room and new fireplace from what will eventually be the stairs to the second floor.

Some really great progress this week, as you can see from these recent posts. The fireplace, which is being created by our mason Bob Dudas, is completed indoors. It's about 10 feet at the cap, and about 9 feet wide - I was by myself up at the site taking pix, and definitely needed someone standing next to it to give it scale. Let's just say, I would fit nicely underneath the mantel. The stone is a fieldstone from a quarry in the Adirondacks, and we are very happy with how this looks! Brad, our builder, will be placing a half timber mantel across the three logs soon.

A view of the kitchen from the dining area. It's hard to see in these photos, but the windows have all been installed on the kitchen wing. The stove will be placed between the two end windows, with a vent hood above it.

Gable end of the kitchen wing.

Exterior shot of the windows on the bedroom end.

Here's a series of images taken yesterday on a quick jaunt with my parents up to the lodge site to see the progress. Brad, our builder, has (almost) finished with the log portion of the house - just a few dormer "rafters" left for him to set in place. This last section over the kitchen was the most difficult for him. Although our logs were cut to length and grooved at the mill, almost every joint in the home was hand cut on site - and the roof logs were the most complex because of all the angles involved. The complexity of the design, plus the 6+ feet of snow that has fallen in Chesterfield this winter have not made things easy four our intrepid builders. But, things are looking up - they will be indoors soon, and Spring is right around the corner.