And so it begins . . .

We made it.  All the drywall is up and the tapers are almost done with the 2nd floor and have started on the rest of the house.  This weekend should be quiet at the house - Jim will be the only one working.  Everyone else is out trying to shoot Bambi. . .

The insulation crew was in the house for 2 days and will come back next week to blow insulation in the ceilings now that we have drywall up.  They also need to finish a few areas in the basement.

We ordered handles and locks for the exterior doors and sent the lighting list to the supplier for pricing.  We ordered all our appliances, too.  The local Sears store made us some excellent deals.  Can't wait to get the new french door refrigerator and the new washer and dryer.  The ones in our rental house have seen better days. 

I met with Nate to discuss the screen system for the porch and the railings for it and the deck, so that work can start.  As soon as the rest of the stone siding is done the deck, driveway and concrete patio at the basement walkout can be scheduled.

We went out to the house this afternoon.  It was nice and quiet.  We were the only one's there, which doesn't happen very often.  The rooms are starting to look like real rooms.  The wood flooring will be here in a couple weeks and the trim should arrive about that same time.  The guest room is looking really nice . . .

Front door is looking good.

Guest room looking to Chris' studio.

Insulation in the living room. 



The ceilings are done in this photo of the living room.  The black thing is the woodstove flue.



Work in progress.  My god, it was a mess!!  We shoveled drywall dust and pieces out the next day.

Master bedroom in progress.

Ahhhh, much better after cleanup.  The beams are looking good.



At work in the kitchen