Moving forward

Things are moving along on our house. There has been a lot of work done inside. The plumbers, electricians & HVAC guys have all done their "rough in" and the stairs were put in this week. As soon as the sideing is done we'll do the insulation then be ready for sheetrock. But this week there have been some dramatic changes to the outside of the house as well. Here are before and after pictures and other miscellaneous pics.






Dedie prepainted the trim boards in the kitchen/great room area of the house.


Front door and new stairway (covered with cardboard to protect it).


Jonathan Castro, who's staying with us for a few weeks, helped Dedie hang the tile on the front of our fireplace. The mantle will be added later. It looks great!


A new rock retaining wall. The rocks were all along the fence line in the back of our property (we have a "never ending" supply). The labor was provided by a couple of men who did a great job.


A 90 foot long, 18 inch deep ditch Jonathan dug to run electrical conduit up to the shed. This is hard digging. Lot's of rocks. Way to go Jonathan!


A couple of weeks ago we split all this wood. The pile we split and stacked is two logs (36") deep, 6 ft high and 25 ft long. A "cord estimator" on the internet estimated 2.9 cord. The whole logs to the left are some we got recently that I'll split later.