wall & window framing: 1

once all the tubing was run under the first floor, it became obvious that the most pressing issue was window and interior framing.  the entire floor plan is being changed and most of the widows are also changing in both size and location, hence, lots of framing needed to be done before the trades (electrical and plumbing) could go in.  

here's tom taking out the old row of windows in the kitchen to make space for the pantry as well as the new widow opening.  i'm actually making the window quite a bit smaller to accommodate the walk in pantry. (which will be on the right side of that gaping hole)

here goes nothing.  now i have never framed a window or a wall, but i did read a book about it...it's actually not all that hard as long as you can read a tape measure and cut wood to a desired length, a job which tom proved quite adept at.

here's the pantry framed it.  its about 6' deep by 4' wide, not huge, but plenty big for what i need.  the door for the pantry is going to be a sliding door which will hang from some sort of industrial metal track, at least that's the current plan...