First Woodstove Fire

Today Matt lit the very first fire in our new wood stove.  The pictures don't do it justice. It looks really pretty and is very warm. Bring it on, winter!!

The Corgi House Officially COMPLETE!

This week we had our final inspection and passed which means the Corgi House Project is officially completed!

We started planning in January, broke ground in April, and finished with all remaining inspections this past week. We are happy with the results and have learned a lot.

Here are some before & after pictures as well as some pics of the new areas that there are no "before" pictures to compare. (The original before pics are on one of our first blog entries back in April.)

The new addition viewed from the garden

Looking into the old kitchen & living room from the new addition.

A dining /sitting area with our new wood stove

Dining/sitting area

View of cathedral ceiling in new kitchen & living areas

A view into the living room from the kitchen island

Kitchen island and addition area

The new kitchen

View of the birch tree and garden from the kitchen

A view of the garden from the new addition

A pretty view of our locust tree from the new addition window

Behind the half diving wall where there are bookshelves on one side, we can store the dog gear on the other side.

The corgis love their new crate area in the "dog room"

The corgis are ready for visitors! Come on by!

Farl's New Bed

Farley is relaxing on his new bed with a tiny corgi.

Driveway Complete!

The driveway was poured on Wednesday. After the concrete set, the forms were removed and lines were etched into the surface. It is now complete and we can park the cars off-street. This winter will be a lot easier with this surface, too (it was previously all gravel which is pretty but is hard to shovel snow.).

View from the street

View of the driveway from the front porch.

The new walkway wraps around the side of the new addition.

The pathway wraps around to the back door.

View from the side yard toward the front of the house (facing Alden Rd.)