The drywall boarders were missing on Friday...hopefully this isn't going to become a problem! They certainly aren't moving as quickly as we would like, although I don't think the taper/mudder is ready to start yet anyways....

We went to Stairs, Spindles, and Railings on Friday morning and picked out what we wanted. We got the quote back that afternoon, and it was considerably less than we had budgeted!! Yeah!!! We will get them to start on the railings next week--as soon as I drop off a deposit. It should take them about 3 1/2 weeks to get them finished. We are going with a stain grade maple for spindles and railing. I will be painting the spindles (a square with 2 flutes cut into them) an antique white, and then staining the railing and posts a dark chocolate brown. We are trying to keep the railings, spindles, in the same colour scheme as the kitchen.

I have been working on picking an exterior colour for the house. It is down to these three. (The sample houses below look similar to ours, so you can get an idea) . We have shutters rather than the oversize window casings. We are hoping to get posts similar to the ones below as well. We might go with that kind of rock, although we haven't made a decision on that yet!

Just when Todd thought he had all the framing done--he finds out he has more work to do. The garage door installer was out yesterday to make sure the site is ready. Todd had to frame around both doors, so now it is ready. The doors should be going in anytime now...

Drywall progress as of July 3

We stopped in at the house after our weekend away, and we saw that a little bit more had been done. They certainly didn't work all 3 days, but they may have locked themselves out..... We put tape over the bottom lock on the door so that it won't happen again!! Our master bedroom and walkin closet is completely boarded, as well as a few other random spots around the house. So far it is looking good! Hopefully they will be done boarding by mid next week (maybe sooner.....) and then the taping and mudding can begin. Todd and I are hopefully going to get to Stairs, Spindles, and Railings on Friday morning to get our railings picked out. They will give us a rough estimate based on our blueprint, and then we can go from there. They should be ready in 3 1/2 weeks from when we order. We will get our flooring ordered next week.

Spray-in foam insulation.
Drywall on the east kitchen wall.
Drywall around dormer in master bedroom.

Looking from the master bedroom into the walkin closet and bathroom.

Master bedroom west wall. Our bed will sit between these two windows.

Drywall status as of Wednesday June 27

The boarding began on Wednesday, around noon. When we went out after supper, this is what they had accomplished. They had also completed the dormer area in Joshua's room, but the pictures I took of that were too dark. The house is feeling a little more finished all the time--your voice echoes off the walls in certain spots now, and it is certainly a lot quieter in the house with all the insulation.

West wall of Jacob's room.

West wall and ceiling of Jacob's room.

One strip of drywall up on the west wall of the great room.

One strip up under the dormer in the master bedroom.


North wall of Nathan's room.