They have removed the concrete forms and now we can see the foundation in all its glory. It still looks tall, but while Jen was here, Lloyd took a giant string and had a guy hold one end at the house, and he walked out to the street to show us the slope. It was not bad at all, so we are feeling better.
The round part of the foundation looks super cool --- in addition to the rumors in the 'hood about the skyscraper, there is lots of talk now about what that round part could possibly be.... one neighbor broke down and just asked.... phew. Some guessed that we will have a big turret for a circular staircase and the other half was guessing it must be a wine cellar. The neighbor that was big and brave and just asked said, "We are all dying to know about the round part. Half the neighborhood is betting it is for a turret, but I think it would be soooo cool for a wine room....so what is it?" I was glad to tell him he was right about the wine room. Funny that the part of the house we added / changed at the last minute is the part that everybody seems to like! Before we made an opening from the inside of the house, the round part was just going to be a dead space, not this wine room. How to finish it though? I think it would be awesome to put some rustic beams on the ceiling that meet in the center (like pieces of pie) --- then we need a cool wine room light for over our round oak table (thanks Kak). Do you drywall a round room? Could we stucco it? Any ideas for inexpensive ways to finish the walls / ceiling?
Current other steps .... waterproofing, laying out the plumbing below the basement floor (never thought about that much) and then hopefully next week we'll see some framing.....
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