Framing is now very nearly complete. Inside walls up and the unique ceiling conceived and designed by Jesse Thompson of Kaplan Thompson Architects of Portland Maine is up and giving a very unique sense of space. As you know, the house faces the sun and a huge expanse of lake. The ceiling forces the views outward into the near by forest and the lake just beyond. It works really well in this smallish space. The bottom floor "floor" was poured today. The young owner of Creative Concrete was there at 3:30 this morning to prep the site and finish the details before the first cement truck rolled in at 6:30 AM. I was there at 5:45 and he beat me by nearly 2 hours. We got word that closing on our Rochester house will definitely happen May 25th. Wow...14 days away. Not sure how it is all going to play out in spite of the planning we have done. Some things are unknowable. See the pictures below for a sense of where we are at! Matt

Basement insulation. We have used a LOT of incredibly sticky red tape on this project. ALL seams, plastic, piping through walls, plywood sheets that touch, corners of building and countless other 'touch' points all need sealing with this red tape.

Fir rafters on the breezeway. These will have bead board ceiling installed. Another concept from Kaplan Thompson (Jesse) who envisioned coming into the landing area of the driveway and immediately seeing through to the lake. My addition was enlarging this space and exposed fir beams.