Examples That We Like

In this "HAUNT" picture, the table and light fixture

8 Straight Days of Work

James finished up the tin roof and installed most of the dormer windows on this go-around.

Prices Have Gone Up

Lately, we have been concentrating our efforts on getting the rest of the siding put up. We originally bought 50 sheets of siding and discovered that we needed more. So, months later, we headed back to Lowe's to buy the rest of the siding that we needed to finish the job. We were surprised to see a pretty big price difference in the same product!

Sept. 2008 - bought 50 sheets at $17.98 ea.
May 2009 - bought 13 sheets at $22.97 ea.

5/10/09
Here's the first side of our house completed with the new siding put up. We're trying to get the two gable ends done first and painted because those are the ones exposed to the weather. The other two sides are not as critical right now because they are under the porches.

Paint Samples & Tin Roof

Picking a paint color for our house has proved to be more challenging than I thought it would be. We want to go with red, but which red to choose? We have decided on the darker tones of red. I am narrowing it down. Hopefully, by the end of the weekend I will have decided on a final color. I have 3 or 4 more samples I want to try first.

James is still working on the roof. It has almost been almost 7 weeks since Day 1 of putting on the tin. He works on it when he is able to get over there on the weekends. He has both porch roofs done and is now working on the main body of the roof. There are 5 dormers to work around. Those dormers have really slowed things down on getting that tin put up. Lots of little pieces to measure and cut and fit into place. There has been one dormer completed and 4 more to go.

3/21/09

Another day working on the house. I came back home with the boys so our oldest wouldn't miss too much school, but James is still at the house site trying to get the roof put on. He took a week off work to hit it hard and maybe get the whole roof put on. He is working hard. The wind up there can blow pretty hard at times, especially since we are on top of a hill. This week has been no exception. For the last few days, James has been battling the blowing wind with each piece of tin that he lifts up to the roof. But persistance pays off.....he has already got one porch roof completed and is now moving another section of the roof. I talked to him this morning by phone and he said that he was going to work on one of the steeper pitches where the dormers are. I checked the weather forcast and all looks clear with no rain for the next couple of days.

Installing Tin Roof (Day 1)

3/21/09

We've been waiting for this day for a long time. And now, it's finally here. James picked up our tin on Friday and began installing it on Saturday. We ordered some galvalume 26 guage tin with deep ridges and a matte finish. It looks so good! James and I were both really happy with the tin. On this first day, he got 9 pieces of tin put up.

More Siding & Windows Installed

3/15/09

It was a productive weekend. James and Papa got more windows installed on one of the gable ends. They also put up more siding. Still haven't decided on a good paint color yet. But I saw a style that I really liked on the side of a building. It was painted to look like rich dark leather. They applied the paint with a rag or something like that to give it a mottled effect. I sure did like it. I would love to be able to get our house to look like that.

3/14/09

We had a bit of bad news when we arrived at the house at the beginning of the weekend. Turns out the roof was leaking from the rains that came. There were quite a few large wet spots on the floor on the inside. It looks like some of it came in from the dormers and some of it came in through the crack in the roof where the porch roof meets the house roof. James had to spend some time fixing that. Well, I guess we can try to look at the bright side....at least we found it before we put up the sheetrock.