MORE SNOW!!

January 30-We were blessed with another snow, this time 8".
This is a view from the front porch.

The snow is beautiful, but really slowing our progress.

Going up the last part of the road, not looking too good for sheetrock trucks!

Hopefully, warm, dry days are just around the corner.

SNOW

Another snow on Jan 7, with temperatures below freezing for nine days in a row,
making work on the house more difficult.

Carrier Heat Pumps installed by Williams Heating and Air...
but no power...yet.

THANKSGIVING PICTURES

Mom & Jon

Christmas Picture

Jon gets a lesson in tractor driving from Farmer Ed

Jon enjoys driving the tractor

INSULATION

Dec 29-The insulation was started. Hopefully, will be completed in a few days.
it really makes a difference in the feel...lots warmer even on cold days!!

GARAGE

DINING ROOM

UPSTAIRS BEDROOM

LAUNDRY ROOM

WATER & POWER

POWER LINES

Most of the work done the last couple of months is not very pretty, it is actually pretty messy!

But water lines and undergroupnd power lines will be very much appreciated!

WATER LINES

Water lines into the house!!

The last couple of months have been slow going. First came Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then SNOW, and finally very COLD weather. But we have made some progress.

Porch Ceilings

We decided to use tongue and groove boards on the porch ceilings.

The difficult part was choosing a color.

We used a dark cherry on the front.

We decided to go with a lighter golden oak on the back.

Trim & Guttering

October 10-20

SAW Construction was back on the job to complete the white trim and soffet.

The Tractor

No farm is complete without a tractor.

Farmer Britt's new Kubota arrived on Wednesday,
complete with a bush hog, loader and box blade.
There is so much work to be done!

Basement & Porches

Brick pavers complete the front and back porches.

Exterior almost complete.

Basement and generator...our only source of power...so far

September 14-Noah likes the concrete on the porches

The back porch

The front porch

September 3-The concrete trucks made their way up the winding road to the house.
It was a little scary but they made it with no problems.

Basement steps.

They poured the concrete in the garage.

Brick Complete

The detail of the brick around the arched windows.

August 21-the last brick was put into place. Now the big job will be cleaning the brick to give a finished look. It was pretty tricky watching the masons "toss" the bricks up to the second level...without breaking a window.

The scaffolding and framing around the window has to be removed.

The front door finally arrived Friday, just in time to be bricked into place.

Brick nearing completion

August 20-Tomorrow should be the final day of laying brick on the house...weather permitting. It has been a 2 1/2 week process, which is pretty fast. It has been a work in progress for Ed, the water boy, he has had to tote water to the site everyday for mixing the mortar.

Hopefully, the front door will arrive in the morning, to be bricked into place..completing the front.

The lower end of the house.

The back is complete, ready for concrete on the patio. We will finish it off with pavers.

Bricking Continues

August 15-Nine days of brick laying. We are waiting for the front door to arrive so they can complete the brick on the front porch. I had a difficult time deciding on the front door so just got it ordered last week. I think the pressure of making decisions is going to get much more difficult!

The back is almost complete. We decided to extend the back porch into a patio.

The is the garage end. We were pleased with the quoin corners.