Yep, it has been a while since we have worked on the house. Fact is...we were burned out. The house was a huge makeover project and the captain and I worked every day on it at the beginning. But after months of working long days at our regular jobs and then working into the night and every other waking moment on the house...well we just said enough for now. That was several months ago. Time flies!
This past week, the captain started working on the exterior back of the house. This is the way it has looked since the new window was added last spring (2017). It is past time to replace the siding. This is a older home and of course, they no longer carry the size boards we needed to match the siding on the house. We had to get 1 x 8" pine siding and take off 1/4 inch along the length of each board to match the siding already on the house. But such are the pleasures of working with a older house!!
The windows on the left were added to that side of the house last year. We had a hard time finding anything that would come close to the size of the windows on the right. Not exact match but close as we could get without having a custom window made. Close enough for me anyway.
Once the captain got the siding up, I went to work priming the new boards. Hopefully, if the weather cooperates, I will be able to paint the back by next week.
Our plan is to add a deck or patio on the back of the house. We have gone back and forth...with me thinking a deck would be nicer, but the captain thinking the patio is more practical. Our A/C - heating unit is situated on the left side of the house with access to the crawl space being under the left window. Putting a deck along the back of the house would make it very hard to get under the house for any kind of maintenance. But that is something we will tackle in the spring. For now...time to get back to work.
Until next time...
Enjoy!
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