Siding and trim

 Hardie plank cement fiber siding..

 and trim

It's green, right?

Sweat equity is messy

 Sweat equity

The wood is so beautiful!

Kitchen cabinets going in

 Father and sons putting on the outside siding and trim. George, Aldoalberto and Jorge.

New UTILITY pole with new transformer to bring electric to the property

You do not call it a telephone pole, Robert informs me. Cincinnati Bell actually rents space on the utility pole for their phone lines. Duke Energy installs the new pole with the new transformer, then cuts the pole down to just above where the telephone lines are attached. The phone company then has to come out and transfer their equipment and lines to the new pole. Then Duke takes down the rest of the pole. They extend lines down the pole to about 6 ft above the ground, then our electrician takes our lines up the pole to that level, then Duke again comes out to connect the lines. Trenches will then be dug to bury the lines underground, then attach to the house. Then we go live with power! Wow, what a process, all of this for our one little house in the woods!

Step by step....

 Fireplace stone completed..

 and exterior stone

Starting installation of the hardwood floor---Robert is doing it himself....

Stone for the front outside

 Concrete prep

 The wall behind which the rain barrels will be hidden

Stone with deep stacked appearance, no grout

Fireplace stone going in

 Concrete prep

Artists at work!

Drywall priming and painting

 Deb and I helped do the cutting in for the primer (in the closets anyway!)