Paint & Trim

April 13-Ray & Tommy were finally ready to work their magic!
Finishing the house in record time. We hope!!

They began the trim today. We're using three pieces. The crown, a base and cap moulding with a space between.

Master bath

Kitchen-the wall where the cabinets will be

Choosing paint colors has been the most trying task so far!!

We are using primarily...
Lennox Tan throught out most of the open area, great room, kitchen, entrance, living room.

Brick Dust in dining room and powder room

Dry Sage in Master bedroom and bath

Monroe Bisque in other bedrooms

Dining Room
"Brick Dust"

Great room
"Lennox Tan"

Master Bedroom
"Dry Sage"

Finishing the Sheetrock

The polka dots on the walls are nice!

More dots!!

March 27-Sheetrock all finished...ready for paint.
Now to decide on colors!

WALLS

March 8,9, &10-After three days, we have sheet rock walls in most of the house.

This is the upstairs bonus room.

Upstairs bedroom (Jon's room)

The Greatroom

Kitchen

THE SHEETROCK ARRIVES

On March 8, after almost two months of waiting for the weather to clear,
the trucks were FINALLY able to make their way up the hill to deliver
300 sheets(15 tons) of sheet rock.
Two very strong guys unloaded the entire truck. The workers were ready
to start hanging when the first sheet came off the truck.

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.