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The next few days go by in a whirl wind. In 17 days we go from a cement hole in the ground to a house with a roof and walls:

Rather than using custom ordered trusses, we made our own rafters with 2x10s:

In the meantime, Steve was forming up the basement stairwell so that we all could access the basement easily (remember, there is no inside stairs yet):

The inside framing was coming along quickly. Walls were built thus allowing the joists for the second floor loft to be installed:

1 week into framing, the roof rafters went up. The ridge beam is about 38 feet long and had to be put up by hand on ladders. It is about 11 feet tall. All of us were on board to help out. Fortunately, the top floor was installed complete with sturdy subfloor:

Most of the rafters are in place in about 1 day:

Paul lovingly works on the stairs. They turn out gorgeous:

It is 9 days into the framing and most of the sheeting is up:

The back dormer (this makes room for the stairwell) is built:

Steve sneaks in a bunch of drain and sewer plumbing:

Finally on day 15, the front portico (covered entryway) is put up: