there are 2x8's for the ceiling members in both the family room and kitchen/dining area. the family room area is using 2x12's for the members supporting roof joists.
the vaulted ceiling for the kitchen is partially framed. we set up the ceiling above the sink and spaced this vaulted section 5' wide. the existing 2x2 skylight is there, but we'll replace it with a 2'x4' skylight. where the vaulted ceiling section meets the interior middle wall, we realized the upper wall won't be vertical due to the joists supporting the roof ridge line. julie and i decided to use the joists as the upper wall studs rather than trying to change that angle. this way there will be a short horizontal ceiling section beside the skylight; kenichi did some renderings which i included.
the white box on left will be our built-in wall pantry/china cabinet.
we've got a massive 4x12 glue lam header for the support beam bordering the kitchen and family room. i think it'll be a beautiful detail, especially as it's going to be nearly fully exposed when the house is finished.
our new rear bathroom is now partly where the old master bedroom closets were, so we had to lower the floor. we assumed the previous owners simply built over the lower floor but it turned out they didn't, there was only the higher subfloor, so we had to build a new subfloor for the bathroom.
the rear patio door is rough-framed now, but we discovered the patio door is off-center from where we planned to put it. if you're standing right by the middle wall inside the house and look towards the back, the left part of the patio door will be obscured since it will be to the left of the wall. so we'll have to re-frame the patio door opening about 12" closer to the SE corner.
we also had to furr the studs near the old laundry room - it had 2x6 studs but the other parts of the walls (former rear bathroom) had 2x4s, so those walls needed to be lined up.
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