Inside colors

We have chosen to go with a basic 'sunny white' for most of the inside color, until we can live with it for a while and see how the light/seasons/ etc. are. But some rooms were given a 'real' color. The downstairs den and guest room all were painted. as was our bathroom and the power room.

I'm seeing red

I'm very pleased with the deep, almost brownish red of the garage. The color in the picture makes it look more scarlet than it actually is. Don and I decided that it's the red of sumac fruit in fall. I tried to get a picture where you can see the color of the house next to the color of the garage.

Finally

It took lots of time and work, but we've finally gotten Butler Drive ready to sell. It was a sad/happy day today to put the 'for sale' sign in the front yard. This has been a great home to us for 24 years.

We've got a color

After lots of discussion, we decided on a deep red for the garage. Matching the house seemed too 'suburban' now that we are going to live in the country. I'll add a picture of the color palette we are using that supported the decision, a least according to Benjamin Moore.

Upstairs in the garage

This is Don, upstairs in the almost finished garage. He's looking very happy because he realized there's lots of room up there to store all our 'stuff', like toboggans and snow shows, fans and bicycles and any other out of season things. There is a wide set of stairs going up into it, plus, for the extra big things, a double wide door at the other end. Now Don will never get rid of anything since he has a place to keep it. The view from those double wide doors is beautiful, out over the field and into the far hills. It would make a better room than a garage storage space.

Imagine

Imagine the color of the garage. The roof will be similar to the house, but what about the boards and battens? The same as the house? the same as the barn (mud red)?, some color all its own? and if so, what? I'm leaning towards the same red as the barn will be. Opinions welcome.

Garaged

We have the start of a garage! Against the advise of most, we decided on a detached garage. We have such wonderful scenes out of every side of the house, we couldn't bear to put a garage on to interfere. So, we went with a detached garage. It's only a few steps to the house. Maybe when we are ninety or so, we can construct a covered walkway to get between there and the house.

Sheet Rock

This past week the sheet rock work began. Lots of progress was made on the first floor. It sure makes it look more like a liveable house.

Siding se fini

The siding was finished all around the house this week. Inside, the sheet rockers have arrived and have installed many of the ceilings and are starting on the walls. It's looking more and more like a house and less and less like a construction site. Also, some of the barn foundation was dug. Lots of progress!!