Giggleriffic

Karen and I met at the house today at lunchtime to check on its progress. It is coming along very nicely - the front of the house is almost completely done, and it takes little imagination to see how it will look when it is completely done. All of the siding is up in front, and most of the trim. The trim along the roof lines is still left to do, and they have to wrap the porch columns with trim material. Karen noted that they had built steps up to the front porch, but I never saw them - I was too quick to go inside and forgot to look on the way out.

Inside, the taping crews are working diligently. I think we only ended up with one crew in the house yesterday, but there were two in there today. They were walking about on their two-foot high stilts so the could eaily reach the ceilings. I must have stepped in the mud as I tracked the white stuff into my office as well as into the restaurant we ate at after our visit. Almost every hole is filled and almost every seam is filled. They won't fill every hole - those immediately along the floor and around the doors and windows will be left alone, and will be covered with the mouldings.

So today they got first coat on the downstairs and second coat on the upstairs. That leaves second and third coat for tomorrow, third coat and touch-up for Thursday, and final touch ups on Friday. After that, the painters can come in any time. If I were a girl, I'd be giggling right about now.