We've had a productive fall! Beautiful days outside saw the landscaping nearly finished. Our landscaper (and neighbor) Rick and his hard-working boys pulled the dead trees out of the river, got the yard countoured and seeded with grass, and installed the driveway. The driveway is temporary, made of crushed asphalt...the concrete will go in next spring. This past week, our cedar siding was (at long last) installed. We had painters hired to stain the wood, but we decided we better do it ourselves over the weekend because the weather was unusually warm and it'll just get colder after this. We're so happy with how it turned out...hope you like it, too. The garage is another big project nearly finished...we'll show you that soon.
Inside, the wood-burning fireplace provided some much-needed warmth, and looks pretty, too. Rich worked hard for the last few weeks to finish installing the floor heat tubing and put together the water filtering system and water heater. The plumbers come tomorrow to hook everything to the water supply and run the gas pipe, our house will soon be heated!
Next step...getting the basement room finished so we can (maybe) move in! We'll keep you posted.
