The exterior crew returned this week to finish up the exterior siding work. By Saturday, they had most of the siding up and were working on finishing up the installation of the cedar soffits over the front porch. The picture below shows that they got a start on it. Sharp. It is, of course, unstained right now. Even so, it looks fantastic and will keep out the robins and sparrows that have been trying to nest in the porch. The stone installer was over on Saturday to install the paper and mesh in preparation for installing the cultured stone on the front of the house - beneath each pillar and in the spaces in between. The look of the house has come a long way in a week.
A couple of more highlights from Week #18
- The countertops were templated by the stone company this week.
- I paid a visit to Banbury Lane to check out cabinet hardware. I found some really great stuff. Wow! I get my budget in check though and picked some things that I think will work well. We'll see what the final estimate falls before I get too excited about having this selection wrapped up.
All in all, a productive week that finds the house transforming into the finished abode day by day.
(May 17-24, 2010)