Well, you'd be surprised just how much surface area a man can reach by foolishly hanging out a window!   Thats exactly how I scraped primed and painted around the third floor window today.  It's real close now.
       Rob replaced some compromised cedar siding in the front of the house above the porch while I was painting.  We've got the exterior looking pretty good now. Once we do all the white trim the house will look real sharp.

     Siding is done on the North wall (ok the base piece still needs to go in but we must pour concrete there first),  and I painted all the new siding plus the parts that were scraped and primed two weeks ago.
    I also finished the upper part of the back wall. The house is nearly all blue now, and I can't wait to cover up the last bit of that hideous gray.

Rob hung an old solid door onto the opening for the attic/storage space above the kitchen. He just needs to patch in a piece of sheetrock above the opening.

I think next week we will either finish up the exterior paint or fix the ceiling in the piano room (library).  It will all depend on how hot it is outside. It was a scorcher today and we nearly died working in that sun!

Siding is nearly complete on the north wall.  I also did some scraping and priming, but it gets real shaky up on the extension ladder.  I'll need a better plan for reaching the 3rd floor level.

I also got the kitchen furniture to the house and into the kitchen.
The buffet will actually go under the back window once the lower cabinets arrive.