And they are in....

Big changes this week!  The new windows are in!  What a difference they make - they are so beautiful.  I must admit to being a little overwhelmed by the process, however. Remember when I mentioned that I thought we had turned the corner from destruction to construction?  NOT!!!!  Just when I thought we were progressing they pulled out the old windows to put in the new and what should happen?  Some of the siding  - make that a lot - needed to come off!!!  The amount that needed to be removed was more than usual because of the vertical siding.  The good news is that the re-siding can start as soon as the trim is primed and ready. (We're in the process of doing that as I write - well, let me clarify that, Bill is up at the house doing so as I type this.)

Additional good news includes the rough plumbing has been completed and the electrical is about half way there.  Who knows, we may be ready for insulation next week and drywall the following!  Can't wait!  Of course then there is the trim, the tiling, the flooring, etc., etc., etc!!!!  But I have learned to be happy with the completion of little steps!

Just when I thought that the destruction was done!  Whaaaaa!  We added some
windows to the loft to let more natural light in and made them operable to
let in some of that great pacific air.  In order to do so, they had to remove a lot
of  siding!  Sadness!  

The view our kind neighbors will have until next week :-{

The new view from the inside of the loft.  Lots of trees and even a sneak (read VERY little)
view of the Puget Sound to the right.  These guys really help flood the interior
with lots a natural light - no more dark interior!!

The before and after pictures of the windows and sliding

door in the "great" (actually small) room.   Before the

windows looked like they could fall out at any moment

and none of them opened!  Now they are more substantial

and all the uppers open to let air through.

Lots and lots of trim to be primed!  Argh!  It came really wet (remember where
we live) which was a bummer, but we turned on the furnace for the first time
and are drying them so we can get them all primed for installation next week!

The new bedroom door out to porch.  The porch was a "sunroom" addition that
proved to heat the outside better than the in - no doors between it and the bedroom and it had a
1/4" plastic ceiling/roof!  No insulation.  The new arrangement makes the bedroom narrower, but
we added some length to it with the new addition and it now has operable windows.
(Don't know if you remember,  but the only window in the old bedroom was in the closet!)

A view of the same windows from the outside!  We finally decided to just
do away with the funky sunroom/porch and do something else in the
future.  It was just too weird......  I love all the light it lets in the bedroom now!