Good News!

We just found out that the historic commission will be approving our plans without even going to committee. That is much better than we expected and means that we basically got everything we wanted without having to change a thing.

Our only disappointment is that the addition cannot be brick like the rest of the house. This has nothing to do with the historic commission but is because we are building on top of an existing addition that is concrete block with stucco over it. If we used brick it would stick out 3 inches from the rest of the house, unless we wanted to rip off our whole kitchen and rebuild that too, which we don't want to do and couldn't afford even if we wanted. So we have to go with siding. We will use James Hardie concrete fiberboard siding that looks as good as wood, lasts much longer, and resists the elements much better.

Andy added the casing to the bathroom window and he did a great job. He shopped around to find all the trim pieces that would most closely match our existing casings. When we do the addition upstairs we will have the millwork custom made to match and then we'll be able to replace this with the absolutely correct casing. But for now I think he did a great job. I took this picture with my phone so the quality's not so good.