The rough-in carpenter and his crew arrived this week, and as you can see in the photos, we are rockin' and rollin' on this house. We have been very pleased with his work and attention to detail, and I have had to work hard to stay one step ahead of him by making decisions about materials and details. Anyone who has a hard time ordering a latte at Starbucks would probably be a little overwhelmed by the many choices that go into new home construction.
One decision that came quickly was the exterior columns. The plans had called for square columns, which was an oversight on our part because they looked round on the drawings. But I've been adamant that we have round columns. My vision for the design was Southern colonial meets coastal flavor -- or coastal colonial, as I call it. In my mind, the elegance of round columns is truer to the style.
Now many of the guys involved in this project have tried to talk me into square columns. It's easier for them; I get that. For one, on the back of the house, a portion of the porch will be screened. The question that has been hanging out there for a while but came to the forefront this week was, how are we going to screen it in with round columns? What we found is that it's a little tricky, but it can be done, and the straight, round columns -- as opposed to the tapered -- should help.
Other decisions are coming quickly at us, too: flooring, fireplace inserts, roofing, shingle siding. It's all good, though. It's fun and busy, and we are excited about the progress we're making.
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