It’s been a REALLY long time since I posted, that was mostly because there wasn’t a whole lot going on with the project until now. Here are the things that we DID make happen in that time.

Back in June we were able to get the windows and doors put in the first level so Al could move back in, unfortunately I neglected (insert “forgot” here 🙂 ) to snap any pictures right after they went in. After that, in the beginning of July we were able to get the rest of the concrete steps pulled out from both the west and one of the south doors (remember we had them halfway gone?). We patched up the parts of the foundation that got a little wrecked by pulling those out and will probably have to spend a little more time on the south side with the patch work but it’s sealed for now.

Starting last week the crew was able to come back and start on the front part of the building. Within the first few days they had the roof torn off of the porch and were starting to build upward from there to form the new balcony that will be above the porch now (accessible via the second level of the building). They’ve got a temporary post there holding it up right now, but they poured the columns on both the north and the south side of the front of the building this past Friday so they’ll be able to get those permanent posts put in place early this week. As you can see by the pictures, they did get one more of the first-level windows put in, in the new section of the first level. They also got the band board put all of the way around the building on the bottom, some window and corner trim installed, and even have a piece of siding on one of the walls of the west side of the building.

Additional note that you may have already noticed from one of the pictures in the last gallery, we started pulling the tiles and grid out from the drop-ceiling and exposed the tin ceiling that’s above them. It needs some work yet, but I think it’s going to look great once I get it refinished!

I thought I’d end this post on a happy note, this past June my sister got married! It was a great time and fun was had by all. I, of course, shaved for the occasion and snapped a picture that I could share with all of you (mostly so you can understand my sister’s frustration with me 😀 ).

Thanks everyone for following along! Now that we’ve got construction rolling again I’ll be posting more regularly.