Saraceni House

some small rooms also completed
Home
Why we built the addition
Blueprints and other plans
Prep Work - late April/ early May, 2005
Demolition - May 9th, 2005
Excavation and footings - May 11 - 24
Foundation Walls 5/26 - 28
Framing 5/31 -6/23
Windows n' Such 6/24 - 7/13
Chimney, siding & interior paint 7/14 - 10/15
Completed Family & Dining Room
Completed Livingroom
Completed Master Bedroom & Bath
Completed Kitchen
some small rooms also completed
Wine Cellar
Backyard Pizza and Bread Oven
The REAL Saraceni House

We're getting down to the final few spaces...
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The Mud Room - completed August 2007
We still have a place-holder light here. 

Despite the wishes of the construction dwarves...
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...this room is not actually made of mud.

kind of a lousy stich job on the photo, here
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The bench holds dog stuff & mittens

Our office... completed in July 2007.

My somewhat messy workstation.
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It's tough to tell... but the top picture on my bulletin board says "Dad is poop" ... With a drawing of a person labeled "Rachel" and a big blob of brown labeled "you".  What can I say - she may be six years old, but she call's 'em like she sees 'em.

 

Jess's workstaion.
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It should be noted that Mom is never, ever "poop."

This is the back side of the room.
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Downstairs powder room... completed in 2005.

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I call it: my confessional.

This was that sink from my parent's barn...
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Kids Bathroom

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This is the laundry chute...click for bigger view
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One construction dwarf has a velociraptor knob...
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...one has a duck knob...
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...and of course, to share, the duckoraptor knob.
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A Construction Dwarf's room

Not much additional work was done in here other then removing the old radiator, patching the floor, restoring the windows and painting.  Pre-addition, this used to be the master bedroom, and became my office during construction.  Now a very happy construction-dwarf has a room of her own.

 

The “Fairy Bed” is made from several of the old arborvitae that we removed from around the porch. I stripped them of the bark but left the branches.  The foot board has little houses built into the posts with windows that open, and working lights – at least when the bulbs are not burned out.  The little houses also contain secret compartments to hide things from older brothers.

 

 

Looking west
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Looking East
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Front porch... come on up and sit a spell.

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