The construction crew got back to work in week 16 of the remodel after a week off, and they made significant progress: the upstairs roof seems more or less complete, and William’s bedroom now has exterior walls.

In an exciting new development, they began constructing the roof for the great room, including openings for the skylights, so we’re now able to get a better handle on the shape and scale of that space. We think having a high ceiling is going to be a big plus, especially since we imagine that we’ll spend much of our collective time in that room.

We’re in the process of finalizing our order for windows, including the skylights. At the moment, we’re a little bit over budget. The windows we selected—years ago at this point—aren’t especially high-end, so the cost was a bit of a surprise, but I’m hoping we can make that up in other areas.

Enzo told us to expect framing to be complete in the next couple weeks, at which point they’ll be ready to start working on the plumbing upstairs; bearing that in mind, he asked us to nail down what kinds of fixtures we’ll be installing. I expect we’ll face a great many decisions of that sort over the next several months.

Gallery: Week 16: Walls