The bedroom wall constructed and ready to be raised. Week after Thanksgiving.
Wall up! I am standing where the bed will be located. The window design will wrap the bed, awning windows above the bed and two double hung windows flanking the awning window. The windows will create a headboard effect. Neat! Walk-in closet will be to my left and the master bath as well. 
This is what it is all about...the view from the bed. May never get up again!
Walls up and the roof rafters are being set. Russ holding up the rafters as Brendan raises the center beam.
Beam fitted in, amazing that this is a two man job. 
Beam set and waiting for the remaining rafters. The bedroom addition is set back two feet from the front plane of the original cottage face to give it a more pleasing appearance. 
Bedroom under roof! Looking at this picture, I continue to be amazed by the neatness of the team. Inside and out there is very little mess at the end of each day. I can already imagine the flower boxes on the windows and curtains at the windows. Cannot wait. Think there needs to be a new budget created for landscaping, ugh!
Here is the view from the back of the house. Large slider to the right is the living room area, the three double hung define the dining room space and the slider to the left is the master. All this for that water view! The deck will run the entire length of the house. 
Week of December 3rd: Old shingles coming off the old roof, cannot wait to see the progress this week. Windows arrive and are installed early next week. It will look more and more like a home.
This week started the decision making in earnest. Met with the kitchen designer, Edan Dayan of Main Street at Botello's Home Center in Mashpee, on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Hours later we have a design. In the original plans the sink and dishwasher were in the island. Edan talked me out of that idea. Sink is now in front of the window and dishwasher is to the right, trash/recycling bins to the left. That is good as it is the same in PA.
Here is the aerial view of the design. 
View from the great room. The island shape is a large pie slice. I have bought a french door frig, not a side by side, but the size is the same. 
View of the kitchen when you enter through the front door. The dining area, with the three windows is in the background. Large drawers for storage and utensil drawer on top. All this is across from the dishwasher to make emptying the dishwasher easy. 
Kitchen view from dining area. Large drawers opposite the range for pots and pans with another cooking utensil drawer on top. When talking to one of Russ's previous clients I learned that it is better to have large drawers for pots and pans instead of cabinet drawers with pull out shelves. One less move to get to what you want to use.
Color scheme is cotton white cabinets and black/gray granite. The granite is called Jet Mist with an antique finish. We went to Skyline Marble and Granite in Marlboro, MA on Monday, December 3, 2012.
The antique finish is matte with a very soft feel to it. It looks like soapstone but is less expensive and more important, needs far less maintenance. It looks like the pattern you see when there are different sands on the beach. I think it will be a classic look.
Will be meeting on Wednesday to find out how much this all will cost and to see if it is anywhere within the budget! I am finding that the cost over-runs are a reality!
As if there were not enough decisions to be made, I went to Boston and then Lynn, MA for some more fabric to cover pillows. Am using furniture from my parents inn, The Blue Anchor, which was recovered last year when we sold the condo. I found accent fabric for pillows and cushions and will take pictures of that. Want to have a survey of color for the great room. The couch is coral, chairs have a coral, green and cream stripe fabric and the new floral fabric has all these colors on a blue field. Am leaning to white trim and blue walls but will also try green walls. Future post will be the fabric and color choices and would love to have feedback from you all.
Lessons learned this week:
1. Sometimes you can walk into a store and find exactly what you have in your mind's eye and other times what you are looking for is just not there. I have a vanity sink, hand painted in Mexico, with mermaids on it. I carried it back with me several years ago, knowing I wanted to use it in the cottage at some point. It is very colorful and when I tried to find a vanity top to put it in, I was stumped. Everything we looked at yesterday was just too busy and fought with the sink. Think I am going with plywood! Will see what the designer suggests tomorrow.
2. Thought the completion date was the end of May. Was hoping to return to the Cape after Christmas, make the decisions needed and then head down to Florida for February, return to the Cape end of Feb./early March, and then head back to Florida for a few more weeks. Not going to happen that way if completion date is really the end of March. Cannot imagine not being here for the finishing touches.
3. I am making the effort to use local craftsmen and local businesses. So far it has gone very well and I am happy that my money will be staying local.
4. This project is so much fun, I want to do another! (Let's see if I feel the same way on March 31st!)
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