That is one fine lookin' house

Paul had a photographer come over and take some nifty shots of the house. There are now posted on his website here: http://www.pmckean.com/residential/leedy/

The photographer is Dan Kvitka. Dan, thanks for making our house look so nice! Per his website, he's a top PDX photographer for artists, galleries, museums and product/graphic designers. Yeah, that sounds like the right guy for us. Check out his other stuff here: http://www.kvitkaphotography.com/

Rumor has it that a national magazine may be considering publishing a piece on our humble home. Oh please, god-of-yuppie-architecture, do your architecture god magic—we're really love to be published. And the rest of you, keep it under wraps. I don't want you to jinx it.

11:11—T-minus 33 hours until the big event

Our home tour is happening in 1.5 days, starting Saturday morning. The house is looking pretty nifty. It's clean, art has been hung, beds have been made with beautiful new linens, dogs have been banished to doggie camp, the shop now has a beautiful new overhead door (AKA garage door) with frosted glass panels, the new front porch is setting up nicely...almost everything is in good shape.

Paul and team are headed over here tomorrow to take some pictures of the house in it's "done" stage. Watch for them on the PMa website soon!

The only thing that is bringing me down is that I screwed up the fabulous wool carpet in our bedroom cleaning up a giant mess that our dog Django left for us (don't even ask). I cleaned too aggressively and now there is evidence of where I've cleaned. Evidence that doesn't seem to be fading. Evidence that is making me very mad. And sad. I'm hoping that by sharing it with all of you, I will find peace with it. You know that feeling when you get your first ding in your car? And that ding was your fault entirely? That's the feeling I am feeling now. Giant sigh.

But...on with the show!

Are you coming over? I hope so.

Facade photos - we're legit

Paul took a couple of nice shots of the exterior, now available on the PMa site.

Check them out here: http://www.pmckean.com/residential/leedy/

God, I am in love with the front balcony and railing.

A shout out to my house-building peeps

Apparently our architect and builder didn't exactly know (or perhaps remember) that I've been blogging about the project. Well...now they know! Hello, guys. Welcome to my little sharing circle.

As a reminder to all of you readers out there:

• Our super fab architect is Paul McKean. His work can been seen here: http://www.pmckean.com/
• The calmest, coolest builder in PDX is Andrew Friedman of Prutting and Co. Their work can be seen here: http://www.prutting.com/

If you're looking to build a new house or do a major remodel/addition in PDX, look no farther than this rock-star team. Seriously.

We are in over our heads...

Or at least we are craaaazy busy.

Stream-of-consciousness update: windows, siding prep, tile picking, carpet ordering, doorknob picking, electric, plumbing, sinks and bathtubs, hardwood bids, insulation decisions, exterior lighting, interior lighting.

Coming up next: rough-in inspections on electric and plumbing, neighbor open house,

drying out house, insulation, drywall, siding, exterior painting. Oh, we have to pick out exterior paint color(s). Holy moly.

Andrew/Paul/Ryan, thanks for all of your help. We have to be nearing the halfway point, right? ;-)

I've uploaded tons of pictures for you to see the progress. Check it out.

Jan/Feb photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768433@N02/sets/72157626472772366/

Mar/Apr photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768433@N02/sets/72157626472716488/

Here's the latest picture taken of the exterior.

Better idea of exterior look and feel

Here's a new rendering of the house. The dark metal siding color (upper part) is set, and we're planning on a moderately light, moderately neutral color for the main/lower house. We're still trying to figure out where to put some color accent(s).

Rendering also posted at the PMa site. :-)
http://www.pmckean.com/residential/leedy/

We're official

Our house project has made it onto the PMa site. Check it out!
http://www.pmckean.com/residential/leedy/

It's a framing miracle!

Wowza, a lot of framing has happened in the past week. Take a look:

Andover framing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768433@N02/sets/72157625984276468/

PMa and Prutting, we officially love you!

Detailed drawings

We have new drawings from PMa that include details on all of the lighting/wiring/switches/outlets/etc. It's a bit much to look at, but maybe there are some detail fiends out there who will be interested. Enjoy!