Outdoor covered porch!

The outdoor covered porch - going to be a nice quite place to hangout, watch the kids playing on the lawn, and BBQ some kind of meat.  It has taken on a life of it's own. Mistake #1:  you should never go to a Parade of Homes when you are about to break ground on your dream home.  It will cost you, a lot of cash.  We fell in love with the idea of having an outdoor fireplace.  Dave, our builder, said "sure no problem" and just like that it was done.  

Inspiration  photo from the Parade of Homes.

Pouring of the concert slab that will soon become the awesome outdoor space.  Cement is so pretty when it has just been poured.  To bad it doesn't stay that color.

Framing for the fireplace started.  A little different then the inspiration photo.  I couldn't stand to give up the light, so we kept the back wall open.  Still to come,  some kind of hearth bench in front of the fireplace.

 

Beautiful coffered ceiling  above the porch. The cedar will be stained a natural color and the coffer beams will be painted the same color as the trim.  We will still add a few can lights,  and a  ceiling fan in case it gets too hot from the fireplace.