Well, we finally have a little bit of progress on the house. There has been a major delay getting our exterior doors, which also delayed starting on the siding. So, there's been very little change in the house for over a month.

It is starting to pick up now, though, and we had several materials delivered today. One major thing that was completed this week is the first part of the blown insulation. Here's a picture.

An old bathtub I am planning to fix up and use in the house. I got it on ebay.

Here's a picture of the heat and air unit, which is in the attic. It has a frame around it for a little closet. Also a picture of the attic room with window:

Here's a close-up of the upstairs porch and a view onto it from inside. It will be closed in around the bottom and have a railing.

Here are a couple of close-up pictures of the windows. One is an upstairs bedroom window from inside. One is the dining room window from outside. They will be stained on the inside.

August 14: Finally updating the blog.

The roof is finished.

Windows are all in.

The little porch upstairs is framed.

There's Tyvek on the outside of the house.

Here are some general exterior pictures, from the front and from both sides. In the last picture, there will be a chimney in the blank two-story area.

July 15: Here is a window that we got to go in the downstairs bathroom. It came from an antique store in our area that has literally thousands of salvaged stained glass windows.

July 15: Here are some more pictures of the porch, including one of our dogs enjoying it.

July 13: Roofing started. Shingles are on the back part of the house and the porch on the south side. The porch roof is framed about 3/4 around. Here are some pictures of the house showing the porch and a close-up of the shingles. They are "weathered wood" color.

July 11: Posts started going up around the porch. They are 6x6 square posts.

July 10: Porch frame and floor completed. We will have a covered porch on the front and down the south side, and there will also be a small porch off the second floor (at least on the front and possibly on the side, as well).

July 4: Decking and tar paper on the roof were completed a few days ago. Sheeting on the outside walls is still ongoing, but it's almost finished. Here are a couple of pictures of the outside and one of the inside of the attic. It will be a 12 x 20 room with a window on the back wall that is currently covered over.

July 3: Temporary stairs built! The frame of the stairs is permanent but with scrap boards nailed on as temporary treads. They are a little steep but much better than the ladder!

Here is a view up the stairs and also one looking down at the boxes of windows that are waiting to be installed.

June 30-July 3: Initial plumbing finished. The only thing worth seeing so far is the tub/shower unit in the upstairs bathroom. It is a one-piece Aqua Glass unit. It was a little tricky to get upstairs, but they managed it OK.

June 22: Trusses finished.