Mull Mountain House: And Then There Were Two

Floors, that is! When we went to Blowing Rock for the 4th of July several weeks ago, the contractor (Clint) had nearly finished the first floor. Stuart and I made another trip to the mountains yesterday and the house now has a roof and a second floor! Progress continues to be so quick and he will start sheetrocking the interior walls next week. On the second floor, Clint still has to finish nailing boards for the floor and erect the interiors walls, but I have no doubt that will be done the next time we are up there. He also still has to build the stairs--he was there on Saturday when we went to check on things and let us climb a ladder to the second floor. We are nearing the end of the actual construction process--next will be electricity, plumbing, flooring, cabintry, etc.

Stuart and I attended the annual HOA meeting on Saturday and it was fun to meet all of the "neighbors"--only 4 out of 25 families live up there year round and the rest are vacationers like us. They told us that there were 41 inches of snow last year in the month of December alone! We are 45 minutes down the mountain in Hickory and only got about 8 inches in December, so the weather can be drastically different. We're already ready to dust off the ski gear and have some fun this winter! Anyways, here are some progress pictures:

Front of the house--the two eaves on either side will have windows--they just haven't been cut out yet. We are starting to think about what color shingles we would like and we have decided on an exterior stain color. So many decisions when you are building from the ground up!