I forgot to mention that I also built "birdboxes" this past weekend.

They just neatly tie in the horizontal soffit and fascia boards on the rear upper roof to the existing 1875  ornamental eaves on the house.

Primer got applied in the dining room this past Sunday, but it was still wet and the sun shining in the window made for a terrible glare that ruined every photo. I didn't have much better luck in the hallway, but here are two pictures of the completed & painted hall.  One with and one without the flash:

Neither photo does it justice, but the frosted mulberry paint matches the wallpaper on the two other walls very closely!

I'm hoping to get paint in the dining room and some trim moulding around the doorways next week.

Well, I thought we only needed one more sanding session.  Two weekends of sanding later and we have primer in the hallway, and are ready for primer in the dining room & paint in the hall.

Also the new jambs are done in the hall and the Dutch door is re-hung and functional once again.

Next week should be paint and trim mouldings.

Rob built door jambs and hung the dining room doors and the utility closet door this past Sunday.

One more sanding session and we will be ready for primer & paint in the dining room.

I got the lower rear wall of the house painted, it was too hot to walk on the new asphalt shingles and do the upper rear wall. I also started the south facing side.

I tore though all 5 gallons of paint in three days, so I'll have to drop another $125 on another pail of paint.  I'm also thinking about renting a platform lift or a telescopic bucket type lift to get to the higher areas on the sides.  Its approx. thirty feet to the gables of the 3rd floor and my extension ladder just ain't cutting it!

I also started painting the exterior of the house this week.  You'll notice I said "I started", that's because my painter pulled a "no-show" for the sixth week in a row.
      Screw that!  I bought a cheap harbor freight airless paint sprayer and 5 gallons of  Glidden Pacific Blue exterior paint.   Yeah I got some overspray on some of the trim, but that's easy to touch up.
       It cost me $300 for the paint & sprayer and I have the entire front done already and half of the north side.  That beats paying $2700  for  a guy to do it.

The drywall is done in the dining room and the hallway.

       The wiring is done also. All new romex, new outlets, and new switches .  The dining room chandelier lit up for the first time since I bought the place!

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