I ordered the black vases, and now I wait for all the things. It's so hard to wait! LOL
Yesterday the gutter people showed up and voilà we have gutters. The paint guy stopped by late last week and he'll be here before it freezes, so um, October? He's the busiest he's ever been this year and he's been doing this for decades. We've heard that from the tradespeople, too. With everyone home there has been a huge increase in home projects, especially outside ones. The whole house is not getting painted; he's doing the sofits, which are deep, like 2' or maybe deeper. The house is post-modern, which is close to Frank Lloyd Wright style. And he'll do sections of the siding that need touch-ups. I believe the entire north side of the house will get painted, as that's the side that got hail damage 5 years ago, plus it's the woodpeckers favorite side, so we have multiple patch marks that should be covered. The house has cedar siding that has been stained a very dark brown-black. First he'll power wash and then two days later he'll start painting. It's him and one employee brush and roller painting. We talked to him about painting the garage door, but he pointed out that one corner of the door is starting to rust. With the amount of time he'd need to put into it and the fact that it's compromised already, he thought we'd need to replace it in six years at the most. So now we're planning on replacing it next year with the cedar-looking style. I think that will really pull together the MCM aesthetic and I'm kind of happy that the door is rusting.
We spoke to him about refreshing the wood at the front entry, it's stained natural-colored wood that has been severely weathered. He said he'd charge us a bundle if we make him do that. He wants us to have our contractor replace the wood and he'll seal that. If we use cedar (my first choice) he'll only need to put marine varnish on the outside, but if we go with pine, then he'll want to seal both sides and that'll need to happen before it's installed. He said the price difference between a large sheet of pine at the quality level we'd need and the price of cedar isn't that great of a difference and that the cedar would be superior. Naturally, Bond wants to compare prices and he's so tempted to go with the pine. I am hoping it's within $600 or less and I can sway him to go with the cedar.
Another bonus of having all of these different trades people around is that multiple people have mentioned that our shrubs need to go. I love how they are all backing up my desire to remove them and update the landscape. There is a class about gravel gardening at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in September that I want to attend. They have a beautiful gravel garden in the front of their main building. Deep gravel and native plants that thrive and are beautiful. Very limited weeding, if at all, so bonus!
Between new furniture and an updated exterior, I'm starting to feel really good about this place, even if some of the updates have not been accomplished yet.
After these things are done, that just leaves the bathroom remodels left to do.
Wil is here for the week. Last night B came over for dinner. She has a new construction house that she started cleaning yesterday, so she was wiped out. It worked for her to come eat, hang a while, then go home and crash. Today is cleaning day here and she has started coming earlier (7:30 am), so she can clean the "office" before we start work and have meetings that make vacuuming and mopping in the office difficult. Tonight we're ordering Mexican food and hanging at her house. With Wil here there won't be any sexy times tonight.
On Sunday we may go back to Paradise Springs so Wil and B can see it. B is going to love it! She's the one who found it on Abandoned Wisconsin.
Here's the lake house that I'd love to buy.
N3878 Primrose Ln