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New Home Progress – Frame Stage

We are currently near the end of the frame stage. But first, a quick look at how we got here.

You may remember, we sold our house after just a few days on the market last year. Then, we spent most of last summer in our favorite place, Laguna Beach. We enjoyed morning beach time with our dogs and long afternoon walks. Tony had to travel back to Texas often for work, but during the time we were both in Laguna, we worked on our house plans. Boy, that was a process!

To design our home, I started by sketching our floor plan on graph paper. Once I liked the layout, I gave my drawing, a long list of desired home details, and a bunch of inspirational photos to a draftsman to complete. After months of sending the plans back and forth, we finally had our final home design. 

Next, we selected appliances, windows, and French doors. These are all things that can take a long time to arrive. These are also some of the main differences between this house and our last house. The windows took quite a bit of time to design as we have a large number of them planned. 

We finally broke ground in March. The first step was to bring in dirt and form a building pad. Our lot is 32′ higher at street level than it is at lake level, so we had to create a level surface for our foundation. 240 loads of dirt later, we were ready to have form boards set and our foundation poured.  

This is what our foundation looked like before the slab was poured. You can see the rebar, in-ground plumbing, and floor outlets are in place.

new house before frame stage

And here is the slab for the house. 

new house foundation before frame stage

The smaller slab is for a detached structure which will include a 3-car garage, a covered porch that faces the yard (and future swimming pool), and a half bath.

new home frame stage

Next, we were ready for the frame to begin.

One of my goals when designing this home was to add as many windows as possible. You can already see this from the start of framing. 

new house foundation beginning frame stage

Fast forward to the last part of framing and it is becoming even more exciting to see my vision come to life!

Now, I welcome you to step inside.

Entryway

The obvious place to enter is the entryway. I hate to start off with something that needs to be changed, but the stairs are coming down. In their current state, they are too wide and the scale is wrong for the space. Additionally, because they are more traditional closed riser stairs, they are blocking more of the view than we would like. Luckily, at the frame stage, you can make changes more inexpensively than during later construction stages. Once the other components of the frame are complete, we plan to have someone come in and open up the stairs.

The windows on the left wall will overlook a courtyard and the space above will be open to the second floor. Also, this room has the highest ceiling at 22 feet!

new home frame stage

Living Room 

The entryway leads directly into the living room. In fact, the front door is centered on the middle set of french doors. I wanted the house to be very symmetrical!

The most beautiful focal point of this space will be the three sets of doors (and the lake view beyond), which can be seen in the right side of the image below. The fireplace wall should also command attention though. We selected a 42″ masonry fireplace which will be installed soon. 

new home frame stage

Kitchen 

The living room is open to the kitchen as it was in our last home. The kitchen window wall will have a vent hood centered on it and no upper cabinets. I can’t wait to see this space further along when it actually looks like a kitchen!

New house frame stage kitchen

Breakfast Room

This room makes me so happy! It is all about the views and being closer to nature. I picked out this beautiful chandelier for the space and I’m thinking of adding wallpaper to the ceiling. What do you think?

New house frame stage breakfast room

Hallway

We wanted a hallway to separate our living room from our bedroom. I was thrilled when I saw the frame of this space. I absolutely love how it is turning out with a peek of our view.

new construction frame stage

Primary Bedroom

The primary bedroom is another space that I am incredibly excited about. It is very similar to the bedroom in our last home. We added a fireplace and French doors leading to the patio, two features we would have loved to have had in our previous bedroom. 

New house frame stage

Primary Bathroom

The bathtub will be placed in front of the window. You can see framed walls around the tub area. There will ultimately be an arched alcove around the free-standing bathtub when the frame is complete.

New house frame stage

Closet

There are actually two closets in the primary suite. This one will be mine. Eek!

Also, this is the first room that has a new chandelier. I found this gorgeous design by Visual Comfort at a warehouse sale!

new house frame stage

Utility Room

I didn’t have any windows in my last laundry room. So, to have two in this one is a dream come true! There will be a sink under the window on the right. On the left, our washer and dryer will be centered under the other window. 

New house frame stage laundry room

Home Office

This room will be a small home office. It will overlook the small courtyard I mentioned above. Look outside and you can see entryway windows on the left. The windows on the right are from our guest bedroom.

frame stage

Upstairs

There will be two bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs along with an extra flex space. The flex space was a last-minute addition that we may finish out later. 

New house frame stage

Here is the view from the flex space upstairs.  

New house frame stage

The View

In case you haven’t seen it, this will be the main view from our new home! 

New house frame stage

New house frame stage

Here’s Bailey enjoying the cool mud and doing a bit of turtle-watching.

new house

 

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  1. Gay Lee says

    June 21, 2023 at 6:47 am

    Jennifer, Your home will be absolutely beautiful upon completion! Cannot wait to see the end results and congrats on your new home. Hope all is well. Gay

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    • Jennifer says

      June 21, 2023 at 7:34 am

      Thank you Gay! Hope you and your beautiful family are well too! xoxo

      Reply
  2. Savvysnowbirds.com says

    June 21, 2023 at 8:11 am

    WOW! WOW! WOW!!!!! This is going to be stunning when you are done. How do you sleep at night? I鈥檇 be beyond excited! 馃槀
    It also looks like a bit of dog heaven! Lots of room for running and swimming.
    We have moved into a beach house temporarily while selling our home. My dog Tank loves running along the beach and going for his daily dips!
    I can鈥檛 wait to watch the progress of your home.

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    • Jennifer says

      June 21, 2023 at 2:12 pm

      I am definitely excited! I hope our dog, Bailey learns to love to swim like your Tank! He definitely enjoys the shore, (whether ocean or lake) though. Thank you for following along and leaving such a sweet comment! Hope you are having a wonderful summer!

      Reply
  3. Sammi says

    June 21, 2023 at 8:44 am

    Jen and Tony, this house looks fabulous! A dream come true for you guys! I can’t wait to see it all completed and decorated!!! Well done girlfriend!!!!!

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    • Jennifer says

      June 21, 2023 at 2:07 pm

      Thanks so much Sammi! Hope you are well! xoxo

      Reply
  4. Sandy says

    June 21, 2023 at 1:24 pm

    It’s going to be such a beautiful home in an idyllic location. Enjoying watching the journey.

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    • Jennifer says

      June 21, 2023 at 2:06 pm

      Thank you Sandy!

      Reply
  5. Tamara says

    June 22, 2023 at 6:18 am

    Jen this is an absolute dream!!! Just incredible! I鈥檓 so thrilled for you and Tony and can鈥檛 wait to see the final look of all of your choices – no doubt it will be a show piece! Congratulations!!! Xoxo

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    • Jennifer says

      July 3, 2023 at 12:12 am

      Thank you so much sweet friend! We are so excited that things are moving along and we are able to share again! Hope you are enjoying your beautiful backyard. xoxo

      Reply
  6. Angela Waken says

    July 3, 2023 at 4:59 pm

    Beautiful work, Tony and Jen!!! I can鈥檛 wait to see the final product! Love it!!! Love you!!!鉂わ笍鉂わ笍鉂わ笍

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    • Jennifer says

      July 15, 2023 at 5:26 am

      Thank you Angela! We look forward to having you visit! xo

      Reply

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