The Siding is finished!

Here is the front of the house with the siding finished. Does this help visualize one of the colors more than the other?

Paint - We are working on options!

OK - so the greenish color is Peppercorn and the lighter brown is Thatch. We had Peppercorn yesterday along with a grey blue that got nixed. We drove around town today looking at a bunch of houses and found an almost exact match for the green with a tan/khaki trim. It looked really good. Not too dark, but enough color for us. The lighter brown is new but we think we like it as well. It would have a sort of similar trim. We also like this darker brown for the bit of shingle detail we have around the house. I am not a good paint picker - my brain can't see the entire house from a few feet of paint. I'm nervous! Regardless you have to at least promise to love it (even if you don't) once it is done! HA!

We've got a driveway!

We got our new driveway on Friday and the siding was completed on Saturday. Big progress We also had DirecTV come out and relocate the dish and wire for the addition and new great room. Surprisingly enough, getting them here and to do their job might turn out to be the hardest part of the project. I was relentless on the phone Saturday morning and eventually two very nice guys came and spent the better part of the day with Brendan. We are excited for the progress!

Friday Frenzy

We had quite a bit of action up on the house Friday. The roofing crew replaced our old shingles and shingled the new space all in one day. The siding crew was here at the same time so they danced around each other and managed to get quite a bit completed. The framing is finished, so now the electrician and plumber go to town as well as the HVAC guys, exterior painters, and brick layers. The siding crew is working today and then everyone is off until Tuesday. It's going to seem quiet around here.

One More Thing...

Brendan didn't have enough on his plate this week, so I suggested just a small project. HA! The boys' tub has been leaking for months. We knew this and pretty much have them take a shower or now bath in our room. We ordered a new shawer pan for their bathroom with our entire plumbing order and it came in yesterday. So, I thought he and John could just remove the tub and get ready for the shower, or better yet, get it ready for removal and let some of the crew get the cast iron tub out. The "small" project" began after dinner last night. Brendan hacked away at the existing tile and managed to get the tub loose. But instead of leaving it for the crew today, he and John got it outside and into the dumpster. Way to go! Yes, that hole goes right outside... we like to feel nature!

Out half bathroom went away yesterday as well. Good riddance!

The new roofing materials took a ride up this afternoon...

The windows are going in as they get to that area with the siding. John and Barbara have a really large unique window in their great room that mimics the shape of their ceiling.

Making Progress

The progress continues. The siding is wrapping its way around the house, the interior framing is going up, the opening from the existing to the new was revealed. Today the windows get here and go in as well as some HVAC things. Garret is excited that he will have cool air in his room once again. Tom is tearing out the main floor bathroom as we speak while Jameson cowers under my feet and Owen nibbles on some apples dipped in peanut butter. He doesn't find it necessary to watch these exciting things anymore.

Pictures: 1. front of the house 2. new garage is framed 3. opening from existing to new 4. pantry is getting framed 5. upstairs closet

WOW!

It's framed, we have stairs and the siding is started. Take a look... Maybe we need to go away for a few days more often.

From the picture of the stairs going into the house from the garage, you see the mud room into the craft room - it will be two separate rooms soon, then the boys in John and Barbara's great room window and finally their kitchen and great room.

Thursday Monrning - Moving right along...

As we loaded the car to drive down to Albuquerque, Tom was checking with Brendan on some siding decisions that to me seemed far off. Apperently they are happening today and tomorrow. He thinks the stairs to the upstairs addition with be in on Saturday as well as enclosing the second story and starting on the siding on the front of the house. We are excited to see the changes. Here are some pictures from Thursday morning. My Dad has been the trusty photographer as well as the electrician, clean up crew, and gerenral manager for us. We will miss him tremendously but he promises to get back up soon. John will take over next week. We will have to let him know that Tom likes chocolate - lots of it, and that the framing crew enjoys some Coronnas on Friday afternoon.