Drywall, Siding, Heating and Start of Painting

Finally, we're back.  I know it's been ages; a new post has been on my to-do list for weeks.  As you can see, there has been lots of progress on the new house, but just as much action has been here at home.  Since Easter, we have packed and moved about 1/2 of our belongings, and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned...

This house is finally on the market, so the race is on to finish the new one before this one sells.

 

Since it's been so long, this post is specially dedicated to:

Aunt Liz, who flew here from California to take a tour;

Megan, who regularly asks when I'm going to put up the new post : )

My brother Tyler in Idaho who really wants to be here painting but will sadly miss it all...

 

 

One last walk-thru before the drywall.

One of my brothers named our attic storage room.

(Names are from the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis if you were wondering.)

The handy new storage.

Shelves ready for the summers' canning.

Drywall!  The drywall contractors did the whole house in 3 weeks, including the mudding, taping, and texture/ primer.

 

The guys have been putting on siding when the weather is good.  We are very blessed with family members and friends who regularly give up their Saturdays and evenings to come help.

 

Front of the house with most of the siding.

Paint!  The house is now mostly painted.  We have been working on it for a little over two weeks.  The colors are bright (after last winter, some colors besides white sounded appealing!)  This green room will be the boys' room for now.

Master Bedroom

 

Bathtub surround installed.

The "sledding hill" is also pretty in the spring.

Mechanical room.  The boiler system has been installed, along with the water heater.  The red tubes on the right are connected to all of the tubing in the basement floor.  The blue valves on the top right will be connected by tubing going up to the radiators on the first floor.  Pretty spiffy?

That's all for now, but I'll plan to get a few more painting pictures up here soon.  In the meantime, these are a few of the lessons we've learned this week:

1) If you let a door stand open too long, a bat will come in and fly around in the house.
2) Dandelions used by a 3-year-old to "paint" walls makes a pretty yellow color on the wall which doesn't come off well. 
But if you're looking for some cheap yellow paint...