All framed up and ready to wire

So today was spent framing up the last of the upstairs and meeting with the HVAC guy. We're installing a gas furnace mostly because we want a gas range and running the gas lines to the house are free if you install a furnace. We have a heat pump so the furnace will only see use in the cold months of the winter which there aren't many.

Anyway, today was framing up the bathroom wall.

The cedar tongue and groove that was pulled off this wall was all saved to be used elsewhere. 

In order to bury the beam in the bathroom (it would be over the tub and so there's nothing to be gained in trying to expose it) we framed that wall with 2x4's but for the bedroom I framed that in 2x3's so that the wall would be flush with the bottom of the beam on both sides.

Through the now exposed original doorway on the right you can see where the chimney used to be. That space will now be a linen closet. 

For some reason (and let's be honest, I've already given up trying to understand the logic of many of the changes I find) the original bedroom door was walled off and two doors were added - one in the middle of the bathroom and one into the third bedroom which also had a very strange closet taking over almost half of it. It was odd as it kept the bed from being in the most natural place which is against the wall and looking out the window. 

Now that the layout is back to the original plan I find it so natural to come up the stairs, turn the corner and walk right into the bedroom. Makes total sense.

And for no real reason but that I spent an hour cleaning and repairing the laser on the mitre saw this morning (all tools are bought used) I figured I'd toss in a couple of chopping the 2x4's.

The laser marks the saws kerf and makes it very easy to know you're on your line. 

The mitre saw is a new addition but it will get more and more use as we continue to do work.