Sandra Regier Photography

I know I blogged a while back about building a studio… and if you are on Facebook you’ve been following regular photo updates, but I thought I should blog about our progress regardless.  It’s been a busy busy summer here.  Please keep in mind that the following photos were are all taken with my point and shoot camera…. to document our progress… not to show off my photography skills.  Please don’t judge   This is our house on April 10th, 2011.  We were just starting the demolition of the old addition on the back of our house.

We were busy for weeks recovering the bricks off the east wall of our main house and also behind the white siding of the addition…. yes there were bricks under that nasty aluminium.  We cleaned them and stacked them so we can reuse them on the new piece of the house.  Time consuming but totally worth the effort.

May 20th – Ready for the backhoe to take it away…..  I must say it was rather alarming how easy it was for it to get torn down.

And time to dig…. a big big hole.

Chris is a pretty big guy, but he sure doesn’t look it in this photo.

Time for footings.  The kids have been super interested in all that’s going on… and I think it’s awesome how they will look back and remember this whole project…. but my biggest concern is that they stay safe during the process.  So my answer to wanting to watch the big trucks and cranes was to tuck them safely away on the roof of our garage.  It’s pretty flat up there and they are completely safe and out of the way, plus they have an awesome view of what’s going on!

After the walls were formed and set it was time for the first floor joists to go on…. this photo was taken on June 15th.

There was a LOT of framing…..

Bailey even got in on the action helping with the second floor walls.  The crane arrived on July 5th to lift up the second floor roof truss.  We really want the new piece to match the old part of our house… which means a tall roof.  Chris is 6’6″…. the roof truss are considerably more.

The windows are in and the roof is ready for steel on July 26th.

The first bricks were layed on August 5th.

This photo is taken just last week.  The east side is all bricked, and ready to move around to the south.  Super excited to see the progress.  Thanks to all our contractors for getting us this far…. Ray Mathonia Backhoeing, D. Regier Construction, Prie-Form Concrete, D & D Electric and Terry Smith Masonry.  … so to recap…..

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You’ll notice it doesn’t say “after” as we still have a long way to go, but I couldn’t be more pleased with the progress!

I’m super excited about this post, for one because it’s a little different photography that I’m used to doing, and second of all because Cynthia Weber (who’s work I’m showcasing) is going to be working with me in decorating my studio this fall.  Cynthia was referred to me by a mutual friend and I knew from our first meeting that I would love working with her.  She’s creative and yet down to earth.  She has a great way of listening to what you want and then running with it and adding in tons of suggestions along the way.  I believe the inspiration with this particular client who’s home I photographed was an English Cottage feel but with a hint of “Bayfield”… artsy and wonderful.  I think you’ll agree it was a mission accomplished!  You can check out the photos from this lovely cottage below and also visit Cynthia’s website to see more of her amazing work! – www.cynthiaweber.com

So here we go…. this is what greats you inside the door.  To the right, the kitchen.  I absolutely love it! Nice and bright and beautiful.

To the left is the dining room,  also nice and bright and ready for entertaining. (my favourite part!)

 

I absolutely fell in love with these beautiful side chairs in the living room.  The really cool part is they double as extra chairs if needed in the dining room.

 

This space is so inviting for curling up with a good book, isn’t it??

 

I absolutely love details.  This custom made ottoman has the greatest legs doesn’t it!  And notice how they match the couch legs?  Super cute!

 

The master bedroom certainly isn’t big in this little cottage, but it sure is welcoming.  I love the custom headboard that Cynthia created.  Just fabulous!

 

And again the details!  Matching buttons on the headboard, bedskirt and curtains.  Such a beautiful finished room!

 

Needless to say I’m super excited to be working with Cynthia to create the studio I’ve always dreamed of!  Can’t wait to show you all.  I’ll be posting more construction photos soon too, so be sure to visit again!!