Paint done...siding almost...tile and flooring up next!

Turning the corner you can see our house in the distance...

it's a bit of an eye-sore right now but at least it's looking like a house!

 Painters are done...paper and tape off the windows and clean up begun! 

Up Next...wood floors!  The wood arrived on Thursday and has to sit in the house for about a week to 'acclimatize'.  

If all goes well we will be able to start laying the floor at the end of the week!

And the tile is arriving and prep work is underway in the bathrooms!  

 Siding is getting close to done...every day there is a little more completed.

Looking Good!!

As the workers arrive tomorrow I left a little sunshine in the garage to cheer their day.

Picked these up at my cabin this morning!

and the paint goes on...

Okay so if you picked a paint color from the swatches in the last post  ... you were wrong.

In the end we decided to go with a completely different color.  It's called Anew Gray.

After it was painted we went up to see it.  Mike loved it but I didn't. To be exact...I freaked out!  I thought we'd made a huge mistake!  I thought it was green and gray and too much like a navy ship with split pea soup mixed in!

It was a tough few days as we discussed the options of getting a new color.  Agh!   We went back to the house..with friends in tow...all LOVED the color!  And I had to admit it looked better.  Maybe the light was better, maybe the paint had dried...soooo

After a round of "I hate it",
                                                       "I don't love it",
                   
                 "I suppose I could live with it"...
                                                                                 to

                                          "okay we'll keep it"...

the paint color stays!

Mike posing in front of our newly painted wall!

Hard to see the real color with the windows all covered

Dining room

And as the paint goes on...and on...the siding is going up!  

Siding working it's way around the house

Siding on the back of the house...still needs to be painted.

Close up of the rock 

PAINT

Agggh!  I thought picking the tile was a frustrating and lengthy process!  Now for the past week or more we have been trying to pick colors.

Not as easy as I would have liked!

Was thinking this might be a good color for an accent wall but blah...it was awful up close.

This one looked PINK~! It was supposed to be gray~~

Potential for bedroom???  NOPE...

For a bathroom???  NOPE...

Closet?? NOPE NOPE NOPE!

What about these Grays?

 We actually did pick one...V, A or W...Which one would you guess?

PS...Update - we actually didn't pick any of these...after all that we went with a completely different gray that we didn't even have a sample for to paint on the walls!

OUR COLOR SCHEME UNVEILED...NOT TELLING WHAT OR WHERE...YOU'll HAVE TO COME FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF...WHEN WE ARE OPEN FOR VISITORS!  SOMEDAY....

Stairs, Paint and Siding...what??

Well, this is a first...more than one thing happening at the house today....
We are so used to one trade at a time working on the house and taking forever! -- what a treat to see 3 different trades!

First, the trim carpenter was there finishing off the stairs (which are looking beautiful!) and a few other items.  Hoping he will be done today or tomorrow.

Zoom in ...  you can see the trim work of alder on the sides of the stairs..

there will be carpet in the middle.

Then the painters were there caulking and cleaning, getting ready to paint once the trim carpenter leaves.   And now we are under pressure to pick the paint...more on that next post.  Aggh!

But the biggest surprise...two very nice guys getting ready to do the siding.  The siding will change the whole look of the house and that makes me nervous and excited at the same time.  They said it would probably take a week or more...I'll be holding my breath!

Process starts by covering the OSB

We are Rockin' now!!

Our exterior rock work has begun...we think it's looking beautiful!

Doors and more Doors!!

And the Doors just keep coming!

Who knew we had so many doors?  We thought we were keeping them to a minimum but sure seems like we have a lot!

How many do you have???

Trim should be done this week and then the painters move in!  Yikes...we haven't picked the paint colors yet!  Agggh!

Garage and Back Door 

 Special Door...

 Master bedroom door

 Guest Bedroom and Closet doors

Doors!

and another surprise...the doors (or most of them) arrived today!

They are huge and beautiful and smell sooo good!

Closet Doors 

  Bedroom  Closet Doors

      

TRIM

What a surprise, another month has passed.

HOWEVER...

we are told....

...things are now going to move quickly!

FINGERS CROSSED...

and hoping we can keep up!!



The 'trim' guys are working now...putting some fine tuning to the windows and closets.

Guest Closet ...tons of storage...guess our guests can stay awhile!  

YAY!!  or 

YIKES!!

 WINDOW TRIM...pretty

Backdoor but came in 3" too tall...going back for a little trim off the top!

 Tile, Flooring...
we are definitely using neutral colors... but just wait till you see the towels and blankets 
(sneak peak below)  😉