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.

This weekend we turned our attention once again to the exterior of the house. In particular, the North side. While re-building the kitchen last month, Rob & I noticed that we could see daylight through the exterior siding when the plaster walls were down.  It was decided to remove the compromised & cracked cedar plank siding and install some plywood sheathing.

After plywood, we installed house wrap and then new siding was installed to match the old stuff.  It got real hot in the afternoon, so we will finish next week and then, one year later, we will paint this side once and for all.  ( It was July 4th 2018 when I began painting the house blue! )


Here is the before:
   

During:

Last week Rob and I finished the kitchen walls & ceiling.  Everything was primed, and the first coat of paint went on.  Unfortunately, the batteries in my camera died, so no photos were taken.


This week, I finished up the painting.  Rob installed the trim moulding,  beadboard, and the chair rail.  Its all done except for the cabinets going back in, and laying down the linoleum floor.

 

New base cabinet for under the sink is done:  1-3/4" birch, 1- 1/4" birch, poplar face frame and doors.
New to me buffet cabinet is also ready for its new home in the kitchen.  

I'm thinking about painting the kitchen white with light  mint green cabinets and bead board on the walls.
Color-wise I'm liking this color:

Kitchen walls are done, and I began spraying primer on them.  The ceiling needs one more sanding session.  Next week I should be priming the ceiling and painting the walls.  This morning  Rob framed out and hung the door which separates the kitchen from the mud room / pantry.

Since I had the paint sprayer out and running, I decided to throw in the leftover can of exterior blue and see how far I could get on the Rear & South walls.

Before & afters:

Two more gallons should be enough to finish the exterior.