framing the foyer

today we finalized (sort of) how the foyer will be framed. the foyer will have raised ceiling, to about 13 feet, to incorporate the dormer window into the foyer space. however, the dormer is not lined up with the foyer, so the dormer walls and foyer walls are also not lined up. in order to keep the foyer symmetrical, we'll frame the walls so they go up to the 9' height, and from there the walls will move in about 10" and then go vertical again up the the new 13' ceiling. this is to account for the line of the dormer wall. the ceiling height is the top of the dormer window and will stay flat across to the front of the hallway closet.

however, the dormer window will still be asymmetric. therefore, above the front entry door, we plan to install a rice paper or other translucent screen, which will allow light to enter the foyer, which was the intent of this exercise, but it will also hide the dormer window.

Bob also noted that the jog-in or move-in of 10" would break the line of the dormer window frame, so we'll have to figure out how to do some funky framing between the plane of the front door and the dormer window so we don't mess up the exterior framing work.