Friday and Saturday we rented a lift to complete some up high projects around the house.  First up Ryan got a coat of paint on the shakes on the driveway side and the molding up under the soffit.  Some sections of that molding aren’t done yet but they are easier to get off a ladder so we waited – wanting to take advantage of having the lift.  Ryan then painted all the green that he could easily get with the lift that was left (again what’s left we can get off a small ladder on the porch roof).

Red shakes done – green around the windows done! Almost finished with painting 3 sides!

Next up Ryan moved to the back and removed both the aluminum siding and the original siding from the back side.

This took about an hour and a half to get to this point!

That was all on friday, Saturday it was a second coat of red on the shakes and moldings,  then he installed the last 2 windows in our entire house that we plan on doing!  Our contractor is going to reside that back side (hopefully very soon so we can insulate) – so we’re done with that upper section, leaving just the back porch for us to deal with.  The flashing for that porch was fine so a little ice shield to keep water from getting behind it until it’s sided and we’re good to go for now.

Last 2 windows installed! The attic one is just a vinyl window

We attempted to get the lift to reach the small section of green by the electrical wires that i couldn’t reach by ladder last year but it wouldn’t reach 🙁  So we’ll have to pull out the bigger ladder to complete that green paint.  Finally we started pulling aluminum off the back porch which didn’t really need the lift but we ran out of actual projects that needed it!

Porch with most of the aluminum off. This siding is in decent shape, we’re going to patch the missing piece of sill and sand/paint the siding/trim as is. Not putting a lot of work into this porch as it really should just come off the house and have a garage attached!

Sunday we returned the lift, went out to breakfast and then I spent the day packing while Ryan was on Dad duty.  I got our bedroom packed and ready to empty and the back porch emptied.  These are the next 2 demo projects although the back porch is only getting partially demo’d.  During naptime Ryan got the front area grouted so that tile job is done!  The front hall just needs trim and paint to be completed!

Grouted!

Maribeth and Dan came out Friday night and spent Saturday morning stripping paint off the little front porch off our bedroom.  They are back to it today and it’s coming out great (pictures coming soon!).

Today is a day of getting lots of small stuff done.  We were hoping our contractor would come today and finish the crown in the front livingroom (he did the cupola crown over the weekend) so we could move our furniture down there and it wouldn’t be in the way but he has another job holding him up at the moment.  The plan is to demo our bedroom Tuesday and Wednesday.  Then get electrical done Thursday.

Cupola has crown! Just needs caulk, prime, paint!

Friday will be the start of the porch project – that is very exciting — a finished porch coming soon!  I’ve had a hole in my porch for so long now!  I wrote a list of everything I can see that needs to get done still and while it’s huge it seems manageable with the next 2 weeks of Ryan’s time so I’m excited.  He’ll need a break next week for sure but hopefully putting up trim or doing some smaller easier tasks will be okay!