rolling along…

It’s been a heck of a summer so far.  I know I have been a little more silent than usual.  This house renovation has really left us drained in the evening.  Even though we are not doing the actual work, I’m still exhausted when the sun goes down every day.  Between making decisions quickly, discussing money and inevitable complications it’s a lot to weigh on your mind.  But we’re in the home stretch.

We just have a few more days of work to go.  Tomorrow the siding should be just about done and then it’s just waiting for a few special items that are on order to arrive.  I’m sure even when it’s “done” we’ll be tweaking little things here and there until winter.  Once the crew leaves it’s our time to start little finishing projects.  On the list so far:

• Paint the doors (front and back)
• Scrape and re-paint the 2 door frames
• Paint door surround
• Move house numbers from mailbox to house (Above the door?  On the door?)
• Give our landscape some TLC (it took a beating from work boots and ladders)
• Plant bulbs for spring
• Clean up nails that have evaded the rolling magnet
• Patch front porch
• New weather stripping on doors

And that’s just the outside of the house.  All this has certainly taken a toll on the inside of the house as well.  Ugh.  It’s a little overwhelming but it’s looking so good.  I can’t wait to share the finished photos with you all.  We are giving our little house some major curb appeal.