North Wall Frame Is Up!

 His and hers.  Couldn't resist.

 Yup, 2 drills!

 And more tools...(coca cola in the morning!)

 That's Doug!

 Working hard.

 Handy cubbies for tools.

 Lots of time spent on a ladder!

 From back yard looking into the soon-to-be extra room.

 Check out that OLD boom box!   Ha, ha.

Doug's still on that ladder!  Next stop, the south wall frame.

More Roof!

 Like diamonds in the sky!

 Beautiful!

 The crepe murtle tree in the corner will provide a bit of shade at the front of the room.

Last view before Doug begins the wall frame! (Next post.)

Roof Framing

 It doesn't look like much, but the first boards up made me VERY HAPPY!

 Doug on the ladder with his trusty drill.

 Roof frame connected to garage roof.

 Lunch break.

 Back to work.

 Lots of tools to get the job done!

 I know it doesn't look like much, but this marks the new beginnings of a new room!

Stay tuned!  More roof coming soon!

RAIN DELAY...

 DARN IT!  RAIN MEANS CONSTRUCTION DELAYS!  There's only one thing I dislike more than blue tarp.

 A LADDER NOT IN USE!  There's only one thing I dislike more than a ladder not in use.

TWO LADDERS NOT IN USE!  Well, we need the rain, so during this delay...

 Remember the bird nest built inside my blue lantern?  We had to relocate it during construction.  We moved it to the end of the garage roof. 

 Mama bird found her nest and the eggs hatched!

Sweet feathered sleeping babies....

 And lots of bird poop!

Roof On Deck (literally!)

Ryobi meets pink rose!  Not staged, this is where I found Doug's drill, flirting with my vase of flowers.  Doug builds, I beautify.

Now for the ugly.  These are from the garage roof.  There were 5 or 6 layers!  The new room's roof will sit partially on the garage roof, so the old shingles had to come down.  Doug and I filled numerous garbage bags with these VERY HEAVY shingles.  Not fun.

Doug is sweeping the debris of the garage roof.  Still more work remains to get down to the plywood.

The new room roof is taking shape.

A minor miscalculation, so Doug is cutting more roof shingles.

Where's Doug?  Is there a King's game on television?

Doug's work table at the end of the day. 

Wood for the roof is ready to go.  We'll put a lid on the new room soon!

Most people have lounge chairs poolside.  We have 2 x 4's!

Well, I can't end this post with a photo of building materials....so  here's a photo of how I beautified Doug's workspace.  This drives him "nuts!"  At night, I light these candles and dream of the day our project is completed!

PROJECT PREVIEW

Yes, it's time.  Time to build, time to create.  

 It's been awhile since our home has seen ladders.  

 This post is the first in a series beginning with an unused space longing to be more.  

 A challenge for Him, a dream for Her. 

We begin with a space, a pass through really, between the garage and our house.  A white wood deck that could...should...will...be more.

Our former pass through now needs another ingress/egress.  So, we begin with new steps.

 This is my husband, Doug.  Engineer by day...handyman by night (and most weekends.)

 Measure twice, cut once.

Stairs taking shape!

A few days later, construction of the stairs is done.  Doug also built a gate for the stairs, but somehow I missed taking a photo of the gate.  Paint comes later.

Of course, no project is built in a vacuum.  Thus, the stairs and ... an extension of our fence.

 A long fence needing paint.  Another project, of course.

 Until next time, I leave you with roses and ladders, a juxtaposition I find wonderful!  (Come back soon to see the next stage of our project...the roof!)