Day 123 -- 4 Month Recap

It has been 4 months since we started. The exterior is almost totally finished...Just a couple touch-up things to do. The interior has gone from beautiful to totally trashed back to beautiful again. Hopefully, in a few days I'll have more pictures with furniture!

Day 0	4 Months

I also realized I haven't gotten a good picture of the balcony with the Trex decking and paint. The panoramic program I have didn't blend the pictures perfectly, but here you go anyway.







I also haven't really had time to take pictures in the morning. I especially love how much light the window at the top of the stairs lets into the hall and kitchen area.

Day 121 -- Driveway Reclamation

Do not adjust your monitors, people! That is my car in the driveway. But more importantly, that is not a dumpster or a port-o-potty. I came home, drove right by the open driveway (even while admiring it) and proceeded to park on the street.....wait....my car goes there!!! I don't know what I'll do when the garage is actually clear of the crap and I can have covered parking again.

A couple other things that went on over the last couple days: The rain gutter drains were put in. We decided to switch the side of the drain off the back porch. Before it was on the left side (if you were looking at the back of the house). This drained all the water right at the spot where the grass has trouble growing which makes a big mud puddle that we have to walk through to get to the dog run. Moving it to the right side will help a lot especially in the Spring.

Also, the electric company came and "fixed" the low wires. I'm really hoping that 2 feet of twine tying up the power lines is not their idea of "fixed". The only thing missing is duct tape and bailing wire. I still have to find out if they're coming back to straighten this mess of wires out. My guess is that they took one look at the leaning power pole and the trees that are literally holding up the power lines with their branches and thought "This will take a bit more than we thought." and are coming back later to fix all those issues.

Day 119 -- Exterior Finishing Touches

Over the past few days, they've been taking care of all the little remaining tasks. Today they got the holiday plugs put in the soffits. They're connected to a switch in the furnace closet which will make turning on/off Christmas lights a breeze. They also put up the rain gutters today.


They have also done a lot of cleaning on both the exterior and interior. Today they cleaned up the porch and yesterday they got all the bricks and other junk cleared out of the driveway. Could this really be the last dumpster load?!?!

DAYT will be done in just a few days.







Also, last week they put the final coats on the floors. Here are a couple shots of how they look with the paint.

Day 113 -- The Painted House

With a few minor touch-ups left to go, the paint on the exterior of the house is largely finished. It pretty close to the picture Ed, our architect, drew up....Except our yard looks much nicer in that depiction. I really like the white and tan and I'm really happy with how they combined the two on the balcony area. I also like how the dark brown windows pop against the white trim. I think it looks great! Cody from Pella was right :)



The electricians also came to put on some finishing touches. I especially like the canned lighting in the mudroom area. We are still on track to have the floors finished this weekend and then a cleaning crew will be here on Monday to wash windows, dust, etc.

Day 112 -- Still Painting

They're still working on the exterior paint. Today, they started painting the white trim. I'm thinking it will be another day or two to finish, though. They'll be starting the final coats on the main floor hardwood flooring tomorrow. They've scheduled a cleaning crew to come in on Monday to do a deep clean. They may have a few little things to do here and there after that, but for the most part, they'll be done.

Day 110 -- And There Was Light, And It Was Good

The electricians came and installed the switches, plugs, plates, bulbs smoke detectors and canned light trim in most of the house. It's amazing how different it feels with a bit of lighting. Here is a picture of the canned lights on the weird angles in our bedroom. I love the mini canned lights in the dormer areas.



Here are a couple shots of the closet, stairway and the new canned lighting in our front room. Can't wait to try this out in the dark tonight.

They also started working on painting the exterior. They've painted on the tan color. The sun in these photos kind of washes it out. It's also a lot lighter than I thought it would be. Hopefully, I'll get some better pics when the white trim is on. Looks like they had to putty a lot of holes. I'm guessing they'll put on another coat tomorrow. We're getting there, though.

Day 106 -- Ready To Paint?

During the past couple days, they have concentrated on getting the exterior ready for paint. They have finished the soffit on the front porch as well as under the eaves in the front.

They're also starting to do some of the final little things on the list. Yesterday, the Pella window guy came to put on all the cranks and screens. Today, the heating and AC folks came by to install the new AC They also installed some vent covers as well as the thermostat. It'll be nice to have a heater and AC specifically for the upstairs.

They are ready for paint on the exterior and should be starting tomorrow! We're still on track to having them finished with their contract by next weekend.