I keep stressing out because it seems like we don’t seem to be making very much progress, but then I look around and we’ve touched so much. Guess it’s just that there is so much to do…something like trying to empty the ocean with a spoon?!?! We actually have quite a bit going on inside and outside over the past eleven weeks…
Peder has 95% of the main floor framed out, with only the kitchen ceiling and stairwell remaining. Working through bids on getting the HVAC installed so that should happen soon. Then we need to get the plumbing and electric done.
All the exterior painting is complete and last weekend the garden walls in front of the house were power washed and painted as well. Huge improvement! The new windows are expected within the next 3-4 weeks and the new front door is sitting in the garage waiting to be installed. With a new front entry walkway put in, we spent a couple hours cleaning up the concrete overflow from the forms and filling in the edges with top soil for a finishing touch.
We’ve had Nate Patton from Top Knot Tree Services on site for the past two weeks doing a significant amount of tree trimming and removal. We had a couple dead trees and several more with dead branches overhanging buildings, power lines and the road. We probably have enough wood to have a fire pit going every night for a couple of years. However, our plan is to set aside some of it and then put a sign up offering it to anyone who wants to haul it away. We’ve moved a number of small trees in pots from Wisconsin to Centerton and now Rogers, and they are destined to get planted this Spring. One is a pine tree from our house in Fredonia and another a cedar from our lake house on Boom Bay!
Super happy that we’ve had enough warm days to have Sand’s Decorative Concrete working on the pool, patio and front walkway. Pictures in the Pool and Patio Gallery provide a glimpse at all the work the crew has done — definitely required some heavy machinery. We are really happy with the work they’ve done so far.
To make room for the big equipment to rip out the existing concrete patio around the pool, we had to take down the wooden privacy fence. Getting rid of the stained wood required a trip to the local landfill. Another adventure and some fun when we had to purchase ($10) individual hard hats and safety vests in order to safely unload the trailer. It was actually pretty cool watching the extremely large excavators and bull dozers outfitted with steel spoked wheels compacting and pushing the construction waste as folks unloaded it from their trucks and trailers.
Olive Pit 2 Perfect 