Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Tree Trimming

Before:


After:


Big change, but the good news is that we can now see our gorgeous second story :)

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Insulation and Drywall

It has been a busy few days at the house. First insulation went in, then it was inspected. Now drywall is going in, next it will be inspected. There are real walls now!




The screen porch is starting to come together. It is going to be a great space for our family.


The columns were finished out and painted. Love them!


Today the tree trimmers came by to clean up the trees front and back. See those pretty light green limbs in the photo above? Totally gone now! It was a huge shock to drive up to the house to see that ash tree totally naked, but I guess it needed to be done. It will take some getting used to- hopefully in the summer it will fill out and look great! Makes me realize even more now that we really need to figure out landscaping as soon as the house is done. We need a little lipgloss on this beautiful girl! 



Porch Stain

Eric and I had a really hard time picking out a stain color for the front door and the front and back porch ceiling. There are some restaurants and swanky bars around town that have gorgeous stained ceilings, but we just couldn't seem to find a color that went well with the house color and was something we would be willing to put on our gorgeous custom made front door.

Luckily in a moment of desperation I remembered that some friends of ours have a really beautiful wood exterior on part of their house and the stain color is awesome. A few texts and a trip to Sherwin Williams later and we had a color we both loved!

Here's the sample board we used. The color we chose is the sample on the bottom.


Here it is in action. So pretty! 




Another picture :) Gorgeous! Can't wait to see it with the new door!