Before the Start of Construction This is obviously 'BEFORE'- the plain vanilla ranch.

The roof trusses have been delivered. The temporary pole for the power is just visible at the right side of the house.

No sooner had all the lumber been delivered, when it started raining. And raining. And raining.
The contractor did come and tear all the siding off the peaks of the roof, and went into the attic and took out the old insulation.

It's the dumpster the size of a driveway. Of course they are planning to put the old roof in it. Someday.

The only visible sign of progress inside. The previous owners removed a section of load-bearing wall to turn two bedrooms into one. To hold up the ceiling they had put in a support beam. But it was a beam suitable to hold up a ceiling, not a second story, so it had to be reinforced with a bigger, stronger, manlier beam. It's laminated.

Day One and they've got the roof off and the floor for the new second story built.

The chimney sticks up in the center of the house.

Day Two And the walls go up. In front of the house, the roof trusses are staged for the crane, which we're expecting tomorrow. We're going to have to trim back the oak as well- it's getting a little too friendly with the house.

Same day, different view.

Day Three And the crane must have duly arrived, since we now have roof trusses where they belong instead of crushing the violets. And they even had time cover it over with plywood.

Same day, different view.

Day Four And now, with shingles! Ta-da!

And the interior looks cool with all the rafters exposed. I was really tempted to climb up and take a look, but not motivated enough to wrestle with ladders. They'll cut the stairs next week- that'll be soon enough. The windows won't be here until next week either.