It looks like we might be pulling the trigger on a little project I've wanted for a long time: an extension off the side of our living room. 18x20', two-storey, vaulted ceiling, deck, porch. Two small bed/office rooms below. French doors onto the deck, windows on both other sides. Passage cut on one side of our existing fireplace. Free standing wood stove in the new addition, along with a nice ceiling fan. Styled to roughly match the rest of the 70's house, but with Craftsman influences where we can get away with them. Just like the 6-car garage addition, rule #1 is to make it look like it was always there. There are a few complications, the worst is that we'll have to move the power feed to the house. We'll also have to cut down one of the two big blue spruces in the yard. (I plan to use the top for our Christmas tree, it'll be the best-looking tree we've had by far. [We get them off our property every year.]) The bid is $97k.
Opinions? The contractor is recently returned to the area, he used to do chores for the previous owner. His dad still lives across the road. My jokes to SWMBA about having room to park another car under the deck didn't seem to go over very well. We just transplanted the rose my deceased mother planted by the entryway, and the never-happy blackberries she also gave me that I've been hoping will grow. They're not the usual giant Washington car-eating blackberries, these are smaller with a very good flavor. Supposedly. They've never fruited, never even grown in ten or so years. But they're not dead yet, either. Unless I just killed them. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
