The first bit of paint.

Felt good to do some painting again. Nothing fancy, just one quick coat of primer in the kitchen so that Greg could get started on installing all our cabinets this week. (Whoo!)

Big pile of cabinets in the way:

Cleared out and prepped:

Annnd, primed!

Our House is Getting Dressed

Boom!  Siding is going ON.  Can't wait for the ladders to come down so we can see the whole picture!  No more teasers until it's done!

The latest architect render.  Wait, what is that extra window doing in there above the screen porch? (more on that soon).

A few drywall updates after the break.

MUD.

Blarg!  The mud. Oh, the mud.

Thankfully the majority of our native soils are sandy. This part of the driveway, however, is not native soil.  It is crap-slop, and I've yet to fully remedy the situation.  As soon as the ground thaws fully it'll be fine, but until then.... crap slop.

I am also thankful for this 4wd diesel beast that loves to pull around the crap-slop.

As well as carry all the things!

Dry-wHAAA?

It's like a real-live home now, almost!  sort of.  Getting there, anyway.

 View from the loft.

Deciding on Siding

The snow is finally melting! whaa-hoooo!  We can see dirt for the first time in months.


Of course, that means we're into mud-season now.  blarg.... lot of melting still to go, too.  The burn-able wood pile continues to grow though (bonfire, anyone?)

Our cedar siding is on-site. Yum.

But yeah, the exterior siding is underway!  All the soffits and fascia boards are now done as well.  Looking more like a real house every single day.

Here is the siding plan.  Makes sense, right?  3 materials, mostly just because we could.

Getting the walls dry, then, drywall

Well, it's about to get dusty in here.  Drywall is all stacked and staged.  We had to hit the brakes for a couple frantic days of last-minute preparations though!  And give time to keep running the heater and de-humidifier for a couple more days.  Still kinda steamy in there.