Steve (left) and Mike (right) putting the rafters on the bump out.

The carpenters giveth, and the plumbers taketh away, leaving behind little piles of sawdust. Here's one of 'em roughing out the bathroom.

Yesterday, we learned about what the baseboard heating requirements will be in the addition. (Next week we'll figure out the existing house.) One immediate impact: it looks like we will be able to put bookshelves under the windows in the corner of the office - yippee! (You can't really have too many bookshelves. It's like my sister's approach to garlic: multiply the amount called for in the recipe by six, and you're good to go.) (Come to think of it, this is my approach to garlic as well. Hm.)

It's amazing how these these decisions all drive and influence one another. For instance, we realized that the vanity's bottom left drawer won't be able to open up because of the baseboard heating in the bathroom...unless we move it over about three inches...good thing the countertop guy hasn't started cutting the countertop...etc. etc. etc.

Not shown in today's pictures: Josh has been working on insulating the existing house with that silver stuff shown yesterday. I told him the house looks like a space ship. He offered to add rocket thrusters. Today he added horizontal strips of wood (not the correct technical term, no doubt) that the siding will be nailed to.

And in my first ever gardening project, I've been transplanting day lillies into a half-barrel to save them from being mauled.