Well, Leigh and I have been busy for the last couple of weeks putting the clapboards on the front of the house. Here you can see that they go all the way up to the tops of the second floor windows. We stopped there because we are actually going to remove the top trim on the windows and put a fascia board there...

Here you can see the roof line of the front entry. Mark B. put this up so that we could complete the siding before the front entry is done. It was very tricky to get the angle right on the cut of these boards. When we were doing the left side, it took all day to do 5 boards. However, Leigh devised a system where she basically made a jig so that she was able to re-produce the angel. As a result we were able to do the other side much faster. All in all it took us about 5 days to completely side the house and prep it for paint.

Today, while I was at work, Leigh and Mark Eldredge (the mason) worked. Above you can see the handy work of Mark E who built the foundation for the front entry. This will allow Mark B. to build the entry and for the front of the house to be enclosed.

We spent about two days prepping the house - filling nail holes, sanding, priming etc to get it ready for painting. We're using flat "super white" Duration by Sherwin Williams. This paint has a lifetime guarantee so hopefully we're good! Leigh painted about half of the front today and hopefully we'll finish it up this week.

It's worth noting that based on the contractual schedule, we should be moving in in two weeks...BUT we still have a 15 foot hole in the backyard and no idea when it is going to be filled with cement! So the story goes...