Yesterday the drywall for the house was delivered as the exterior painters finished caulking all of the board and battens and the framers began working on the interior framing.
John pointed out that it had been a while (maybe early December?) since I had baked anything for the workers, so I made them a dutch chocolate cake with salted caramel icing. I also gave the painters a heads up to help themselves because I’m pretty sure Russell, one of the framers, could finish that entire cake by himself! 😃
The doors are now all installed, the new, non-supporting ceiling beam (long story for another post) was being installed, and the bar walls will begin soon.
Earlier this week we did a walk through with the sound, TV, internet, and security system wiring guy. Holy cow – the terminology is like another language from 4K to Cat6, 7, and 8, to 5.1 vs 8.1 surround in the great room… John and I are very lucky that we have friends with vocational and avocational interests in sound systems and they looked over and consulted with us about what we are doing (thanks Jet and Tommy!).
We have to fit that wiring in after the electrician but before dry wall. Things are really starting to move fast, and John and I are doing our best to keep our heads above water, as the saying goes. The electrician begins Monday, insulation goes in next Friday, and they sheet rock on Monday, 1/20/20. So we better get the stereo/tv/internet/security guy out there next Wed-Thursday, huh?
But the big news is that they painted the house today. Before 1:30 pm…. Amazing.
By the way, that was color C for those of you who played my “Which color should I choose?” game. Although color C did get a vote on this blog (thanks Cuz Bill!), everyone on Instagram voted for D. But anyone who actually came to the home site voted for C (so don’t feel bad).
Above are pictures after a second coat had been applied. John and I like the body color but found that a BIG mistake had been made. The painters were mistakenly told to paint all the exterior doors (as seen below). Wrong! The exterior fiberglass doors have a fir wood finish so they can be gel stained to look like real wood doors. All the beauty of wood doors, none of the warping, shrinking, or maintenance.
I immediately called our site supervisor and he assured me it will be fixed. Stay posted for that…
I’ll try to stay on top of the barn construction as well since the windows were delivered today. Until then, thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Libby