It is the morning of Day 3. I got home late last night and couldn't take a decent picture. Yesterday's progress was to complete excavation for the barn and mostly finish excavation for the office addition.

Here is the barn footprint:Doesn't look much different than yesterday. The edges are cleaned up a bit.

I talked with the contractor and he is convinced it is deep enough so we are going with it. From a building height perspective, it is a little low. I am hoping that we can build up a bit so the driveway is more level with the garage driveway. But if it costs more, I will probably not force the issue.

Here is the first shot of the office excavation:

It seems much deeper here, closer to the foundation wall of the garage, which makes sense.

I see I am going to have to do some forestry around this site this weekend as there are a couple trees that are way too close will be more difficult to cut them later. I think I will start with just getting rid of two Cottonwoods as they are the most likely to topple and look at the Firs a little latter when there is a better perspective. They are just off the right side of the photo.

I haven't talked much about the office. It will be a 20' x 25' addition with vaulted 9' ceilings and a step or two down from the garage through a connecting door and a door to the outside.

This will be Toni's studio/office/work room and the barn will be mine plus storage. She runs an interior design business and has a lot of catalogs and samples. Currently, they stifle the house living space. This will be a chance for her to separate her personal and business lives.

The contractor just arrived for Day 3's work as I wrote this. Let's see what we get done today.