HilltopMidMod

Follow the renovation of a 1960 mid century modern home in the Pacific Northwest

Well, it’s been awhile.

Maybe starting construction during the middle of the first major pandemic in a 100 years wasn’t a good idea. Maybe doing so while also living 7,744 miles away and not being able to travel makes it even more questionable. Though progress is slow and being half a world away is making things tougher we are still glad to be making progress.

Since our last check-in there has been good progress made on the deck structure, the windows, electrical, plumbing, the CMU block and heating and cooling installation. We’ve also made some design decisions regarding the siding between the CMU block as well as fireplace designs and the screening in the main stairwell. So, let’s get right into sharing the progress.

With the windows we removed a number of mullions to make the facade a bit cleaner and really highlight the views.
The deck railing is now onsite and ready to be installed as well.
We’ve moved the fireplace into the existing CMU block flue that housed the 1/2 bath and furnace flue. This will realign the living space to be more focussed on the view.
The railing/screening for the main stairs is going to be painted wood slats. We’ve also locked on precast cement steps and landing in the entry way.

We’ve hit the turning point where it looks like we are finally making significant steps forward. The large slider should be going in any day and that means we’ll be able to finally be water tight in the main part of the house. The kitchen is ordered and scheduled for install as well. We’ll post more pics as we progress. We are also hoping to be back in the near future to see some of this progress in person.

Laurie Dietz

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