Week 20: 7 - 13 November

Nov. 13, 2022

Well, this week was a bit of a bust, not due to a lack of building progress, but rather due to the fact that Stano started the week with a cold and by the end of the week, Lauren had it too.

The exterior has remained pretty much the same as the focus this week was running electrical wiring throughout. Although you can’t see it in these photos, electrical wires are being run to the exterior as well for things like outdoor electrical outlets and lights.

Entryway

These next three photos show various views of the entryway and the massive amounts of cabling that is being run.

In the photo below, the perspective is standing in the entryway and facing the kitchen/back of the house. You can see more wiring throughout. The metal frame in the foreground is for the pocket door that will separate the entryway from the main part of the house.

Kitchen

The wall in front with the circular holes will be a normal one with only upper and lower cabinets and a countertop. The round holes are for the electric boxes for various light switches and electrical outlets. At the bottom of the photo you can see the PVC pipe for the central vac and the grey boxes are CAT 6 cabling for the home networking.

Here’s another view of the kitchen from a bit farther back. The wall to the left of the wall mentioned above is where our refrigerator, microwave and stove will be. To the left of that will be some cabinets for some food storage.

Pantry

As mentioned above, we’ll have some cabinet space for food storage in the kitchen but we still wanted a bigger pantry for extra storage of items. After the house is done, we’ll get someone to come in and install shelves and/or cabinets in here for more storage.

Stano’s Office

Currently it’s a little bit difficult to see the whole of Stano’s office due to the massive pile of foam insulation that’s being stored in there. We aren’t entirely sure where this insulation is destined to go but no doubt we will find out soon enough.

One thing that you can see in this photo though is the outlet next to the window. That is actually going to be a switch for the exterior shutters that we will have. It’s fairly common these days for exterior shutters to be built into homes because it adds to the energy efficiency of homes. I think they’re kind of ugly, but it will be nice to close them in the summer time when it’s hot and the sun is pouring into the house since we won’t have A/C.

We don’t really like combined living room/TV rooms and so decided that we would hide our TV in Stano’s office. This is the wall that the TV will go on so it’s loaded up with electrical wires, networking cables and who knows what else.

This is the corner for Stano’s desk.

Living Room

This is the side wall of the living room where you can see electrical boxes and the switch for the exterior shutters next to the window.

Upstairs Landing

This is the upstairs landing, with more space for electrical outlets, light switches, thermostats and central vac. The door on the right is to our guest bedroom and the door on the left is our bedroom.

Upstairs Bathroom

The upstairs bathroom is wired with light and fan switches, wiring for vanity lighting and electrical outlets.

Lauren’s Sewing Room and Office

This is Lauren’s sewing room with a lot of extra wiring hanging from the ceiling. The wires near the back wall are for task lighting which will be over the sewing desks and the design wall on the left will have mini spotlights.

This is the corner by the window in Lauren’s office with its electrical outlets, network drop and radiator.

Standing in Lauren’s office, facing the landing and you can see here a wall switch and an electrical outlet.

Guest Bedroom

Our guest bedroom doesn’t have nearly as much interesting lighting, just a single ceiling light which will probably be augmented with floor or table lamps later.

Our Bedroom

And finally, our bedroom! We have electrical outlets for either side of the bed and, of course, a network drop even though we probably won’t have too much need for technology there. You can see a black wire up at the top which is for an electric outlet which we will probably use for a light curtain or something similar.

Our Closet

Last, but not least, our closet with it’s electrical outlets and ceiling light.