Chutes and Ladders

We went by the house again tonight (7/15), armed with more paint samples. Randy has been busy prepping the North wall of the house for days now, and even did a number on his back while attempting to move a 32-foot extension ladder by himself. Here is a shot of Randy in action "after the fall" (on a smaller ladder, but still an impressive ladder).


We now have a calico house. We were hoping to paint the exterior a deep blue-gray with white trim, but there are a lot of blue-grays out there. We want a dark enough shade that the trim really pops, and we want something more to the gray than the blue. We think we have finally settled on a color. You can guess.

In the meantime, Eric and his crew have been busy gutting the house. The lathe and plaster is completely gone from the main level, except for in the pantry area, and they just started working on removing the trim from the bedrooms upstairs. Lathe is really heavy stuff, so rather than lugging 5-gallon buckets of the stuff, they have constructed a temporary chute to aid in the removal. And while they're busy on the inside of the house, the foundation crew is busy on the outside; today the foundation footings were poured and the walls should go up on Monday.