Up Date on the House that Jack has been Adding Onto

I'm going to have to go back and round up all the pictures of "Jack's" house. My son took a 900 square foot bungalow and has added 3,600 square feet! He now has room for his growing family and a room for a pre-school in the basement of the addition for his wife.




This is "Jack", in the corner, and his father in law.

UPdate on the house that Jack is Building

It has been awhile since I've been to my son's house. This is the front of the house. The roof is on and he is now installing windows. He has done a wonderful job. This is the child that I one day hoped he would be the next Frank Lloyd Wright. He can see how something should be put together before it is built. He can see the answer to a math problem without figuring it out on paper. (Drove his math teachers crazy!) He didn't get this ability from me. If he did it must be a very recessive gene.













Ooops! Who are these interlopers? They are the peacocks that live next door to the Pincocks. The next door neighbors have peacocks. They are beautiful. In late summer and early fall the male drops his tail feathers. I have several of the hanging up in my classroom to help the children remember how to pronounce my name. The white one is the female.

This is the wife of Jack standing on the house that Jack is adding on to. By the way she cost a very pretty penny.













This is the crew who have been helping Jack.















This is the second floor of the house that Jack is adding on to. And there is Jack!













This is the "Crew Boss" AKA Jack's dad.













This is the pile of trash from the roof that the "Crew Boss" and Jack's wife had to haul off to the dump.

Update on the addition to the house that Jack Built

This is the front of the original part of the house. Yesterday the roof trusses were delivered. There is enough room for more living space up there along with three dormer windows across the front and back of the house.


















This is a view of the front of the new addition. There will be a bay window on the front. The bay window will be split down the middle forming two rooms. Later when the extra bedroom is no longer needed the dividing wall will be taken down making a large family room.



















This is a view from the back of the house.

















And this is a view of the north side of the house.

More From the House that Jack is Adding on to or Up on the Roof Top

My daughter in law took this picture of the construction on their house. Since Saturday their two year old daughter will stop what she is doing and say, “Papa break house,” “Grandpa break house” and then look worried like her little world is falling apart. She is a very observant little thing. I’ve watched her scrutinizing something around her and then suddenly pouncing. She is like a cat tracking a mouse. She is so full of life and intense. I can’t wait to see what she will be like when she grows up.

More Pictures of the House That Jack Built

These are the plans to the addition to the house that Jack is building.


Peeking Out

This is the House that Jack (John) is Adding On

This is the big hole in the ground for the foundation to the house that Jack (John)is adding on.


These are the cement walls for the basement to the house that Jack (John)is adding on.


This is the backside of the addition to the house that Jack (John)is adding on.


This is the frontside of the addition to the house that Jack (John)is adding on. Notice the lovely very old egg yolk yellow lead base paint on the side of the addition to the house that Jack (John)is adding on.


This is the new construction for the addition to the house that Jack (John)is adding on.


This is the storage area in the basement of the house that Jack (John) is adding on. His wife Penny organized this room. Each tub is labeled and stacked in order of usefullness. IF I'm EVER THIS ORGANIZED I'LL BE DEAD! Thank goodness he married somebody who is much more organize than his mother.


And this is “Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John” in the house that Jack (John) is adding on.