Progress, continued

We now have four sides with clapboard.  The remaining exterior tasks include 7 windows on the third floor and the stair tower. 

The two large emergency exit windows that are required on the third floor were in when I stopped by yesterday.  Today, they trim out the exterior of the windows and move on to the three stair tower windows that you can see in this photo.  They are the ones that look like pulled teeth.

 Here's the mighty NayNay working on the emergency windows:

The Manly Carpenter

This is the kitchen entrance.  See the nice new door?  It has an inset blind that can be lowered in the evening.  So cool.  That icky railing will go and be replaced with a nice traditional wooden one.  Ted will also cover the steps in wood.  Or, I could paint the steps some crazy color.  Day glow something....


Last weekend Jeremy came over and yanked out all the awful bushes along the far back side of the house. He yanked out the roots as well.

Now it's ready for a fence if I can ever get the fence company to revise its proposal.  I would really like to put in the back fence this fall--just because. As you can also see, the leaves are changing.  It's September! Oy, New England...  We have three nice maples (beautifully trimmed of course) that will provide some stunning red color.

This is a picture of the wall which will separate the dining room from the kitchen.  The sink will be on the far side; the cherry dining counter will be on the near side of the peninsula.

The master builder was on a mission when I got to the house yesterday, so I have no more to report.  I will try to prize out some information from him this afternoon.  (Grumpy Ted)