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La Casa Bonita

The room with a view… So we’re trudging along getting all the siding fiinished and fixing the MANY mistakes that our friends at Matco Construction left us with. (There are four pocket doors in the house, NONE were framed correctly. Dorks!) As you can see...

Quick Post

Photos and a weather report…Raining today, as it has on and off for the last several days. Fortunately it’s still warm here (at least warm for the first of December.) Rough plumbing is complete and we expect to have a framing inspection next Tuesday. Then...

Take A Look At My Door

Have a seat on my porch… One of the things that is perfectly wonderful about our new house is the outdoor space. There are several porches, large and small, situated in special places throughout the house, all of which give you great views of the stream. The...

Dullsville’s Not So Bad

Plumber’s in the pad… So we’re in a bit of a quiet period here. Some minor punchlist stuff is going on inside. Siding will commence again on Wednesday or Thursday and the plumber is running around drilling holes and running pipe. It’s all...

Gimme Gimme Gimme

More, more, more… So, they’ve been siding solidly for the last three days and, now that the beveled siding is up to the house’s belt-line (that’s the green band running all the way around the house), the Cedar Valley Shingles seem like...

We Look Good

On one side…Siding started to really roll this weekend. We got most of the beveled siding, under the belt line, on the back side of the house done by four this after noon. Plus I was able to start the shingles, which come in five foot by three course sheets, and...