Highclere

Bedroom Fireplace 6 March '10
Bedroom Fireplace 3 March '10
Great Room Fireplace 3 March '10

Great Room Fireplace 3 March '10
Back Porch 23 Feb. '10
Master Bath 23 Feb '10

Driveway 21 Feb '10
Jim's truck 21 Feb '10
From Barn 21 Feb '10

Sea of Mud 23 Jan. '10
Back Stairs 18 Jan. '10
Wires Everywhere 18 Jan. '10

Jim By Kitchen Post 18 Jan. '10
Bedroom Fireplace 18 Jan. '10
Starting Bedroom Fireplace 6 Jan '10

Jim's Study 17 Dec. '09
Demaris' Study 17 Dec. '09
Music Room 17 Dec. '09

From Barn 16 Dec. '09
Master Bath 16 Dec. '09
Master Bedroom 16 Dec. '09

From Barn 10 Dec. '09
Front Porch 10 Dec. '09
Front windows 10 Dec. '09

Great Room Beams 3 Dec. '09
Upstairs Windows Installed 2 Dec. '09
South Great Room Upper Windows 2 Dec. '09

Basement Doors 1 Dec. '09
Front 1 Dec. '09
NE Corner 1 Dec. '09

Oiling Tongue & Groove 24 Nov. '09
Inside Carriage House 24 Nov. '09
From Barn 24 Nov. '09

Lumber to Upstairs 24 Nov. '09
Front From Garage Window 23 Nov. '09
Building Interior Wall (west) 23 Nov. '09

Building Upstairs Wall (east) 19 Nov. '09
SW Corner 17 Nov. '09
Ernie below back porch 17 Nov. '09

Tony at top of elevator shaft 11 Nov. '09
E Basement Windows 10 Nov. '09
Rear View 9 Nov. '09

SE Corner 7 Nov. '09
West End 5 Nov. '09
Elevator 5 Nov. '09

All Under Roof 4 Nov. '09
From Drive 29 Oct. '09
From Barn 27 Oct. '09

View From Porch 36 Oct. '09
SW_ground dressing 23 Oct. '09
Rear View 22 Oct. '09

Rear View 21 Oct. '09
Basement window 21 Oct. '09
Basement Doors 21 Oct. '09

View Down Driveway 19 Oct. '09
Basement Doors 19 Oct. '09
Basement Doors 19 Oct. '09

SE Rear Step Forms 13 October '09
Rear View 13 October '09
Rear View 11 October '09

Under eaves 8 October '09
Rear View 8 October '09
Completed Chimney Top 7 October '09

More Roof 7 October '09
Roof Shaping Up 5 October '09
Front Barge Rafters 30 Sept. '09

Front 30 Sept. '09
Chimney Stone 30 Sept. '09
Window Sills 30 Sept. '09

From Barn 29 Sept. '09
Front 29 Sept. '09
Roof work 24 Sept. '09

Progress on Roof 24 Sept. '09
From Barn 23 Sept. '09
Carriage House 23 Sept. '09

Carriage House 22 Sept. '09
Carriage House 21 Sept '09
Still Wet Steps 21 Sept. '09

Back Porch 16 Sept. '09
Back Steps 16 Sept. '09
Some Roof Decking 16 Sept. '09

Completed chimney structure 11 Sept. '09
Heavy Timbers 10 Sept. '09
Oiled Timbers 10 Sept. '09

Front 9 sept. '09
From Barn 9 Sept. '09
Front 8 Sept. '09

Rafters 8 September '09
From Barn 2 Sept '09
Front 1 Sept '09

View from barn 31 Aug '09
Front 3` Aug '09
Oiled Timbers

View from barn 29 Aug '09
Front 28 Aug '09
Front 27 Aug '09

View from barn 26 Aug '09
Rear View 26 Aug '09
Masons 26 Aug '09

Carriage House 26 Aug '09
Progress on roof & chimney 24 Aug '09
Progress on roof & chimney 24 Aug '09

Carriage House 17 Aug '09
16 Aug '09
Beginning Carriage House 13 Aug '09

Roof structure 12 Aug '09
Roof Structure 12 Aug '09
Roof Structure 10 Aug '09

Front 5 Aug '09
East End 5 Aug '09
Samples 5 Aug '09

Front 4 Aug '09
NE Corner 4 Aug '09
SW Corner 4 Aug '09

Front 3 Aug '09
Front 3 Aug '09
More Roof Structure 30 July '09

Roofline Shaping Up 27 July '09
Roofline Shaping Up 27 July '09
Front 24 July '09

Top Ridge in Place 21 July '09
Stringing a line 20 July '09
Front Shaping Up 20 July '09

From Driveway 15 July '09
Rear Porch 15 July '09
Front Porch 15 July '09

Paulina, Natalie, rock by driveway 15 July '09
Jim, Natalie, Paulina by porch 13 July '09
Front View 2 July '09

Dolphin by Pond 2 July '09
Bedroom Ceiling 30 June '09
Oiling Joists 29 June '09

Front Stonework 29 June '09
Dock & Pedal Boat 27 June '09
Bedroom Ceiling Progress 26 June '09

Dock is floating 26 June '09
Slowly into the water 26 June '09
Ever so gently... 26 June '09

Dolphin by Pond 25 June '09
Rear Porch 25 June '09
Porch Partially Poured 25 June '09

Dusting Surface 25 June '09
Stamping Porch 25 June '09
Stamping Porch 25 June '09

Stamping Porch 25 June '09
Pouring Porch 25 June '09
Stamping Porch 25 June '09

Doc Nearing Completion 25 June '09
Turning Dock 25 June '09
Frame and Floats Ready 25 June '09

Setting Dolphin 25 June '09
Building Floating Dock 19 June '09
Bedroom Ceiling Joists 19 June '09

From Hall 15 June '09
Ceiling Trusses 15 June '09
Rear porch 15 June '09

Front 15 June '09
Trusses 15 June '09
Living room 15 June '09

Front 15 June '09
Hanging Trusses 15 June '09
Hanging Trusses 15 June '09

Hanging Trusses 15 June '09
Hanging Trusses 15 June '09
FIxing Truss 15 June '09

Lifting Truss 15 June '09
Lifting Truss 15 June '09
Living room windows 11 June '09

Temporary porch supports 8 June '09
Front 1 June '09
Chimney exposed 31 May '09
The pond has been stocked, but already, we have an intruder.  Jim saw garbage-can-lid-sized turtle when he fed the fish the other day.  That turtle's days are numbered.....

Barrett & Fleming 30 May '09
Home-made Turtle Trap 27 May '09
Launched! 27 May '09

Ceiling Trusses 21 May '09
Butch in Stairwell 21 May '09
Shoreline planting 21 May '09

Music alcove 18 May '09
Kitchen Ceiling 18 May '09
Pond 18 May '09

Pond 17 May '09
Kitchen 17 May '09

Loading Ceiling Trusses 17 May '09
Decking over garage 8 May '09
Stones for Chimney 7 May '09

Pond 5 May '09
Carpenters over pantry 5 May '09
Carpenter over study 5 May '09

From Garage 23 April '09
Kitchen 23 April '09
Jim's Study 23 April '09

Stonework 18 April '09
Stonework 18 April '09
window wells 18 April '09

Bedroom chimney 24 March '09
Living room chimney 24 March '09
Living room chimney 24 March '09

Jim at my study window -- barn is visible through window 22 March '09
Jim in living room -- beginning of chimney under tarp 22 March '09
Jim near front door 22 March '09

Basement Windows 22 March '09
Master Bath From Kitchen 27 Feb '09
See Barn Through Study Window

Inside Rear Wall 27 Feb '09
Inside Front Door 27 Feb '09
Front View 26 Feb '09

Looking out Jim's Study
Window 25 Feb '09
Looking Out Demaris' Study
Window 25 Feb '09
Looking from Kitchen into
Living room 25 Feb '09

Front View 11 Feb '09
Front Walls 11 Feb '09
Paying Bills 11 Feb '09

Geothermal 6 Feb '09
Geothermal 6 Feb '09

Geothermal 6 Feb '09
Geothermal 6 Feb '09
Geothermal 6 Feb '09
After a week of snow, ice, and cold, the masons finally had one good day.

Main Floor 1 Feb '09
East Wall 1 Feb '09
Stonework 1 Feb '09

Jim & Masons 1 Feb '09
Masons 1 Feb '09
Custom window wells 1 Feb '09

Main floor block 22 Jan. '09
SE Corner 22 Jan. '09
22 Jan. '09

West End of House 13 Jan '09
Elevator & stair shaft 13 Jan '09
taken from shower 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09 Installing Drainfield
2 Jan '09 - Demaris in study
3 Jan '09

2 Jan '09 Floor developing
2 Jan '09 Floor going in
Trusses

24 Dec '08 Basement
24 Dec '08 Basement
Retaining Wall 18 Dec '08

Trash Pile 2 December 2008
Trash Pile burning 1 December 2008
Garage walls going up 2 Dec 2008

Pouring Garage floor 28 Oct 2008
Basement Floor 28 October 2008
Pouring Floor 23 Oct. '08

Jim in Gator 2 Oct. '08
Base for Elevator 2 Oct. '08
Rear view 2 Oct. '08

Base of Fireplace 2 Oct. '08
Basement Drains 2 Oct. '08
 2 Oct. '08

Front left 23 Sep '08
Front middle 23 Sep '08
Front right 23 Sep '08

Left rear 23 Sep '08
Rear View 23 Sep '08
Right front 23 Sep '08

Jose, Sue (inspector), Butch
Under Back Porch
Concrete Pump 9 September

Rear left, 8 September 2008
Rear center, 8 September 2008
Rear right, 8 September 2008

From NW Corner, 8 September 2008
NW Corner, 8 September 2008
West Side, 8 September 2008

House 4 September 2008
House 4 September 2008
House 4 September 2008

House 1 September
House 1 September 2008
House 25 August 2008

House 22 August 2008
House 22 August 2008

Barn Painters
Painted Barn 6 August 2008
Hole in the ground 6 August '08

Digging Basement 24 July 2008
Digging Basement 24 July 2008
Supervising Digging

Barn 24 June 2008
Barn Builders 24 June 2008
17 June 2008

13 June 2008
11 June 2008
11 June 2008

10 June 2008
6 June 2008
6 June 2008

Pond 24 April 2008
Redbud 24 April 2008
Spring Area 24 April 2008

Dogwood 24 April 2008
Pond 24 April 2008
Pond 24 April 2008
 
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Last Updated on 3 June 2009