The first photo shows the front concrete walls with our house number. The stairs will be poured to the right of this wall towards the end of construction, to avoid finish damage. As you can see, this area of concrete is quite different from the rendering above; it was redesigned both during permitting and again after the grade surprise. I think the new wall and straight-run staircase is an improvement. There will be plants in the area in front of the house numbers.
The stairs will run straight up the incline in this photo.
Here's a good shoot of the rest of the first-floor framing. So far so good!
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It looks like you used Arial for your house numbers, built into the concrete. Any reason for this over a more widely accepted typeface like Helvetica?
ReplyDeleteHi Mike, sorry I missed your comment! Good question. It was mostly because the need to have the foam letters ready for the concrete pour came upon us earlier than expected, so the order was made quickly before I could ponder the font. Arial is still a reasonable sans-serif font, though I'm sure there were better choices.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the letter forms made to form into the concrete? I'm in the Seattle area too and am looking to do the same.
ReplyDeletesupershanefx: I don't remember exactly, but they were just laser-cut from foam. I think it was basically a copy/sign shop.
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