Week #18 - Looking a Little Different, Day by Day

(May 17-23, 2010)

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.

The interior finishing crew, consisting of Jason, arrived to start work on installing interior doors and window casings. He was involved with some of the demolition work of the old house and has definitely seen some progress. :) Once he is done, the hardwood floors will be installed. The tile installers will get to work as soon as the tile arrives. This is a week or so away. A sampling of the doors is found in the photo below. This is a shot of the powder room bathroom with the storage closet off to the left. Once the floors are done, Jason will return to install the baseboards and complete the other trim details (i.e. fireplaces).

Kieran's construction repertoire expanded this week with the discovery of sawdust. It was a lot of fun to 'jump' in. Between the park and the house, she is often sporting a lot of dust. She's building a solid immune system. These little discoveries at the house are a welcome distraction when I need a moment to check things out!

Finally, the surprise of the week. I stopped by the house on Saturday to check over the work for the week. To my surprise, I found the mudroom cabinetry in place - lockers and all! Love it. This is going to be a well used room. Some pics below...

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)