Porch

Our porch has been Matt's major project for weeks now. And it looks great! I love the stone and the columns that Matt's been building are exactly how I pictured them. Check out the picture. The column on the far left is the only one completed when I took this picture.

Stone, Sheetrock, Siding Trim, Oh My!

Matt has been working a lot recently on the exterior of the house. A lot of trim and the bead board for the porches. He's still doing trim this weekend and doesn't expect to be finished any time soon. There's just so much of it to put up and Matt's a perfectionist, which is fine by me. It'll take longer, but since we expect to live in this house for the rest of our lives, it'll be worth it.

View of the back of the house and porch which Matt and his dad have been focusing on lately (thanks Mike for all your help!!!)

The stone guys have finally started the exterior stone. I don't know how much of a feel you can get for it by this pictures, but it looks amazing! It'll wrap around the bottom 3 foot of the entire house, the whole kitchen wall and the porch columns.

Here it is on the kitchen wall

And the garage with hardware

A huge improvement to the interior of the house has been the installation of sheetrock. It's in it's final stages and should be finished this week.

The Frog (Family room over garage) aka the girl's playroom

View from the foyer of the fireplace

Fascia & Soffit

Matt started putting on the fascia and soffit as you can see above the garage.

While he's been working on the outside, we've gotten plumbing and most the electric and audio/data/security wiring.

Front Porch

Matt's been spending a lot of time on the front porch lately. He poured the steps (for the back porch too) and built the column forms which will be wrapped in stone.

Then last weekend he cut the hole for the fake window. Which is a real window that he spray painted the inside black so you can't see through to the porch rafters.

Garage Door

We purchased a garage door from Quality Overhead Door and had it installed a few weeks ago. It's a really nice door which folds into 3s rather than 4s which is more typical. I love the windows and the detailing. It also has some cool hardward that will be put on after we trim around the door.

Windows in, porch poured, front door set

I haven't updated pictures in a while, but a lot has been going on with the house. Since Matt finished the roof, he set the windows and poured the front and back porches. We used a brown tinted concrete which looks really nice.

Matt finishing the roof

Matt pouring the front porch

Inside the house has been moving along as well. HVAC and plumbing are roughed-in. And our fireplace is in.

Today, Matt set the front door. It looks nice but still needs to be stained. The next big project for Matt will be siding. We have to decide on a color this week - I'm thinking a green but Matt's set on going with a brown.

The front door (prior to staining)

Front of house

Shingled

Matt finished the roof yesterday. He started Memorial Day weekend and had a few friends help out. Then he spent every night after work until dark doing as much as he could. I know it was hard work for Matt and he's happy to have it done, but his girls at home are especially happy to have him finished too. But the next project awaits him...