Catching Up -- All Framed In

We put a reservation in to hold the townhouse in Massachusetts about February 1st ... and then made a trip up to Massachusetts over Valentine's Day weekend to put in the formal offer and make selections. One nice thing about choosing this unit is that it was already framed in, but didn't have the cabinetry, tiles, countertops, etc. already in place.

We drove up and met everyone at the townhouse on Friday and then went over to the model in West Boylston to make selections and draw up an offer. Again, Claire was a God-send and SO much help. We were really blessed to have her on our team!

With the paperwork done, we were able to enjoy Saturday to ourselves. Mostly we just drove around trying to find where things were. We decided since it was Valentine's Day we would drive to Natick Mall where there is a PF Changs to see if we could get in for dinner. Wow ... what we learned is to NEVER take Rt. 9 to go any long distance (we later learned that Natick Mall is right off Exit 13 from the Turnpike ... MUCH easier and faster!)

Of course, about all that trip did was convince me that I would never be able to drive in Massachusetts. And we ended up having dinner at a TGIFridays that was busier than busy and not very good. Let's just say it was where all the couples with kids that didn't have babysitters but wanted to get out for Valentine's Day went. Not much fun ...

Anyway, we were able to get some pictures of the place while it was just framed in and before any real work got started in completing it for us.

Let the slide show begin:

Dave's office building at Dow Chemical

The garage ... hoping we can fit two cars in here!

View of front entry from the kitchen.

View of living room and dining area from front foyer.

View of dining area and kitchen from living room

View of windows in master bedroom

View of master bathroom

View of landing coming up the stairs to the loft

View of upstairs foyer/loft from back bedroom

View of loft ... there will be a railing across the opening!

View of the front upstairs bedroom/office

View of the back upstairs bedroom

View of living room from loft

Dave in upstairs back bedroom

View from the loft

Stairs leading into the basement

The 10' ceilings that Dave is so in love with!

Dave checking out the bulkhead

Well, that's it for now. More pictures on the way showing the progress we saw when we came for future visits! I just remember we kept saying to each other that we can't believe we're really doing this. LOL.