Is it done yet? No

Boy have I gotten behind on house construction news. A lot has happened since February's last post. Unfortunately, the house still isn't finished.

The house has been painted inside and out. I almost had a catastrophe with the outside green wall color. The photo at left shows the original color on the bottom and a lightened version on top. Both were too green. I spent a frantic weekend with new colors and mixing in white to come up with a new green, grist mill, that really looks nice. Its a grayed green so it blends well with the oak trees and the rock facade.

Speaking of rock, the manufactured stone decoration on the inside and outside looks fabulous. We were at the house on one of the days it was being worked on. The change to the house was dramatic. It just really adds a lot to the house. The style is called country rubble. Its installed the same as if it was real stone: the masons chisel and and break it to get pieces that fit together in the random pattern you see above. We also have used it on the inside of the house for the two wood stove hearths, the front corner of the outer kitchen island, and under the main support beams in the great room. It looks really cool on the inside.