November 3rd: The New Addition

While the boys and I were capsizing sailboats in New England this summer, Kolin was hard at work on our new addition.  Here's a picture of it from the outside, inside pictures to follow.  The porch will be a project for this coming summer, but this photo gives you the idea. 
As it was, the entryway room to our dome was a 14 x 14 foot space that contained our washer-dryer, our pantry shelves, a freezer and a lot of unused space.  Our dining area was our kitchen counter, which was quite irritating for the adults in the family who had to eat with their legs folded up.  Our "living room" area, if you could call it that, consisted of an Ikea love seat angled towards the wood stove with a small wall-mounted TV beside it.  After a lot of scheeming and countless hours of finegaling while the kids and I were back east (praise Kolin), we now have a new entryway (front-right) coming off the front right corner of our old entryway.  The washer-dryer is now under the stairs, a dining room table sits where the love seat used to, 2 sofas and shelving occupy our old entryway room, and we have an arctic entry that holds our freezers, pantry shelves and outdoor gear.  Our little home now seems so much bigger.