Excavation complete!

We're happy to report that the excavation is now complete, and our builder is ready to put in the footings and foundation this week and next. For various reasons, we're a few days behind schedule, but we're hoping that we won't lose too many more days. We're also happy to finally have a daylight photo to include. Those orange tarps are there to help insulate the ground.

You might notice that the basement doesn't appear that deep; I think the hole is about six feet. Rest assured we are not planning on renting the basement bachelor apartment to smurfs; the ceiling will actually be a bit above grade, as much as two feet. I'll have to consult our handy drawings for the details.

John and I spent some time tonight picking our interior stairs. Although the basic design was done months ago, we had some decisions to make about the treads, railings, and a lot of other components I can't remember the names for. The choices were pretty easy to make, since most of the styles seem more suited to Scarlett O'Hara's house than ours.

We expect to have more exciting photos to share very soon.