We are definitely seeing progress now – but oh so many details to finish.
As you can see all the front windows are in except the living room. The octagon over our door has been replaced with an energy efficient window and the siding is done on all sides and the back. As soon as the living room window is replaced the siding will be completed also. Then there is all the trim to put on inside. We really like the look of this new siding. Then they will also be adding the dark red shutters we have ordered.
It is hard to believe how much trash this has resulted in. The contractor and Dad have been busy compacting wherever possible. Also, we have stuffed corners with stuff from the attic. Mostly I have been freecycling as much as I can (it is truly amazing how many people this our junk is a treasure).
Our new sun room is amazing. On Friday the electrician came to do most of the installation. The fan is beautiful but he has to return as he didn’t take notes and he didn’t do exactly what we wanted – we have rocker switches throughout our house (many of which he installed when he did the electric four years ago) but he didn’t put them on the porch even though we specifically requested them. Also, we now have a light in our attic (on a switch – very cool) but he was supposed to put in two so both sides were lit. Anyway, here is our new fan and you can see the bright color we chose for our sun room. Also, we laid out some of the tile (to be installed this next week) so you can see how it looks – it will be much better when it is actually installed, and yes, we are putting it at an angle.
As with all our projects there is also a side project for Dad. There has been a bump in the wall next to our front door since we moved it. It was hidden for many years by the paneling but when the paneling came off it glared at us for years. The man who is putting in our new wooden raining said it needed to be flat for his installation – so Dad is removing the wallboard and reinstalling it with flat wallboard. So far we have no idea why it had the bump.
Other than the small details that need finishing and a lot of painting (the whole living room, dining room, hall and stairs), after the railing and all the painting is done we will be ready for new carpet. We need to move all the attic stuff back up (and Dad is almost done up there so we can), and then we will move all our furniture out into our new sun room while the carpet is installed. The new deck doesn’t have a railing or stairs yet but I know it will. I think our contractor may be done in two weeks time (even with Memorial Day weekend in the middle of that time. Then we need to finish painting (and that includes all eight of the new doors we finally have added). We also need to paint around our front door (outside) and paint the front door and the garage doors (house and car). Hopefully we will be done long before we head to Houston for the reunion in July. When we come home I hope to just enjoy some summer vacation.