Soffit staining

Here are some pictures of the soffit coloring and how it contrasts with the siding, trim and faccia. The stain used for the soffit is the same as the siding and the trim but comes out lighter due to different wood, cedar on the siding and pine for the soffit

What's happening?

The blog posting have been quiet because Ron has been out of town for a couple of weeks traveling and the work going on is hard to document and provide good pictures. Let's try these:

The cedar siding is being installed, including flashing, the inside trim is almost done, the drywall and texture is done, interior doors are installed, the heavy timbers inside are being sanded in preparation for staining and the basement floor has been acid washed and stained.

The basement floor is really cool. We have installed radiant heat and decided not to cover up the floor and take advantage of the radiant heat. The color of the floor varies from foot to foot and it picks up chemicals in the cement, trowel marks and even a foot print or two!

Enough about the new house

There's a feeding frenzy happening on our back porch - the hummers are just wild! At times I have counted up to 12 of them - all vying for 8 spots on the feeders. Some are quite aggressive - bullying the others and keeping the feeders to themselves.

Time for exterior finishes

Well, we have sheet rock and texture inside, but that doesn't make for great photos. Here's a shot of the progress going on outside though - shingles for the gables! I spent all weekend staining them so they'd be ready to install this week!