Building a house part 5? 7?... I lost count

House remodeling/house building/house renovation is like a roller coaster.You go through all of this work to build and design something you think you'll love, and then the days come when you have to make the real decisions and you wonder "did I order that?" or "What the hell is that monstrosity?"

Thats sort of how I feel about the house right now. Our architect reassures me that everyone goes through this phase and I have to ignore the ridiculous look of the new structure. He reminds me that its difficult for my brain to see my house as anything but the house it was and so change is hard and alarming to my brain. 

So, with a deep breath I'm sharing this week's photos. I know that it will come together soon, but I wouldn't be surprise if you looked at these and said, "are you sure?", "really?" in your most passive oh-my-goodness-what-the-f***- are-they-doing-to-their-house voice.

Here we go.

First thing: notice whats missing? The chimney. Totally gone.

Here we are between two giant structures, in the soon to be bridge above the mudroom. Garage on the right and kitchen and bedroom on the right.

Here's the upstairs bedroom above the kitchen. Its sort of a fun loft room. I'm pretty excited about this room.

Here's another view at the awful basketball hoop (that will come down) from the bridge (that will be constructed soon) looking forward.

This is in the new construction. Its the door to the nursery and the big window out the front of the house in the nursery.

Looking out that very same window.

The double closets across from the window.

The psuedo-bridge. Its coming soon, I promise.

This is looking from the nursery back into our room. The kids bathroom and our bathroom are on the left.

Here's our room. It has a vaulted ceiling.

Looking out our window in our bedroom.

Looking from our bedroom down the hall to the nursery.

Here's the part I actually love a whole lot, even though its gigantic. Its the back of the house. The back of the house is my favorite part of the house. Here you can see how the whole back is shaping up.

This is the mudroom between the house and garage. Nice and big!

In the mudroom.

In the kitchen.

Looking from the kitchen to the living room. The red is where the fireplace will go.

Standing in front of the fireplace looking back into the kitchen. You can see the second floor here, where my favorite bedroom with the balcony will be.

Another view of that bedroom and the balcony.

Here's the back of the house from the west side. They haven't attached this part of the house to the original part yet.

This is my favorite view. From the back yard.

Back of the mudroom/ back entry.

and here's the view I'm hating currently. Giant 2 story garage thing sitting next to current house. I think WTF every time I see it. Then I close my eyes, take a deep breath and remember it will look fantastic when it is all done.

See what I mean. It looks like it was Velcro-ed on to the side!

Okay, here there is some potential, but it still looks awful right now. I can't wait until they change the front of the current house.

And then, the other side.
Sigh.
Just be done already!

Really though. I'm anxious and experiencing cognitive dissonance about the house. This week we've finally, really, for reals settled on siding color. Grey.
I know, earth shattering.
Cape Cod, lightish-darkish grey.

We also picked doors and a fireplace. Look at that, I can make a decision!

Anyway, this is the last update until after the holidays I think, so be prepared to see major changes in the next update. Hopefully it makes a big difference, at least in my mind, since I'm the one who has to live there!