DAY 69 - ON TO STAGE 3

We are now all dried in and have shingles on the roof. They finished up about 10am on Saturday morning.

He also got started on the plumbing Friday afternoon. Hopefully we will see the plumbing finish and the wiring begin this week. I got my network cable in today.

(if you look closely..you will see Josiah writing on the front porch with chalk)

DAY 66 - Dolly

We made our first interest payment last week and paid the contractor his second payment on Monday. I think the red is looking much better, now that the trim work is taking shape. I was a little worried, but once the stone is added, it should look really good from the front. Plus, Michelle still loves it.

They delivered the shingles on Tuesday, but with the rain we are getting from Hurricane Dolly they won't be able to start installing them until Friday or Monday.

We should also see the plumbing & wireing go in sometime next week. I ordered my network cable today. I'm going to wire it with Cat6 cable to each bedroom & the living room.

DAY 64 - PHASE 3

I know...we haven't posted an update in 2 weeks! They got the doors in last Tuesday (July 8th) and then we didn't see anyone for over a week! I called the builder on Thursday and they showed up again Saturday and Sunday. They got all the mess cleaned up so that I could mow & got started on painting.
I keep saying "it's really red!" to which Michelle says "I like it!". I think it will blend a little more when all the trim work is done. But even if it doesn't, you know what they say about Momma being happy.

DAY 46 - Changing Slowly

I stopped by several times this weekend and ran into the painter twice. He spent most of the weekend caulking the eaves and hardie seams. Tedious work, but you dont see a lot of changes from day to day.

They got the ceiling stripping in last week and finished all the siding except right around the back doors. As soon as they come in we should be "dried in"

Looking into Living Room from Entryway

Kitchen & Breakfast Room from Living Room

Guest Room & bath Behind Kitchen

DAY 43 - DECISIONS...DECISIONS...DECISIONS

OK, so I finally got around to posting an update.

Our Exterior base color will be "Brick Dust" and the trim will be "Camel" .

Our stone is called "Chippewa Falls" from Lonestar Stone .


We also picked out a "Timberline" shingle called "Shakewood". If we picked it all out right our color scheme should look something like this when we are done.

Believe it or not, the hardest part of the whole day was deciding on the faucets. It wasn't hard to find a style and color we both liked within our budget. But it took forever to find one where they actually stocked a matching tub, shower, & sink faucet. I'll post a picture as soon as I can find or take one.

Oh...and the almost have all the hardie on the house. The Back doors should be in today or tommorrow, but we are still a few weeks out on getting the front door.