Basement and first floor walls are up! (week 4)

End of week 4 and the basement and first floor walls are up. We woke up Saturday morning to a nice blanket of snow outside. That didn't slow down the framers as they were working when I arrived on-site around 9am. By the end of the day all of the first floor interior and exterior walls were up except for one part of the back wall which I had them do over to fix the quantity of windows and one garage wall. It's good to finally see the size of all of the rooms on more than just paper. Once we saw the location of walls and windows we had them eliminate a window in the laundry room, due to a previous addition of a door, and a window in the bedroom. The basement workshop turned out very nice with 650 sq ft of space with a window, garage door, and exterior entry door. Katie is excited about the kitchen, keeping room, and den. I have spent a lot of time on-site the last two days watching the framing work. It has been interesting watching them build 12ft tall walls in the snow and mud. The crew seems to be very conscientious about their work, correcting mistakes when noticed. The framing crew asked if they could work Sunday due to rain being in the forecast two days this coming week. If they work I expect them to get the second floor joist put in place to allow the start of the second floor framing. Katie and I also picked out our front entry door on Friday. It is an 8ft tall fiberglass door stained and textured to look like mahogany with a 14in side light on each side. The door has 3/4 length glass with black caming that matches the slight arch shape of the front windows. On Black Friday Sears had the refrigerator we were wanting for around $1000 off so we purchased it, which almost finishes out appliance selection. We couldn't be more excited right now!