Monday, May 16, 2011

The Adoration of a House

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This is the first door hung in the house.  I was so excited to see it.

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It was hung by the trim masters.

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From the drawing on the wall, I thought they were going to make  a replica of Stonehenge, but they came through for me.

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Just what I wanted.

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As they worked their way through the basement with baseboard and door casings, the house started to really look like a house.

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The patchy walls and two toned trim does look a little funky right now, but once it’s all painted, it’s going to be great!

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Meanwhile, the masons have been busy, too. 

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These guys started on opposite ends of the curved wall and worked toward each other until they met in the middle with their wall cap.

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Santa, aka Louie, had to eyeball this one, because you can’t pull a line on a curved wall.

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They also got a start on the columns.  They needed a drill to drill into the concrete wall to set their wall ties, so they stopped at this point.  I was glad they stopped.  I wasn’t sure that the column was going to look right.  I had my favorite rock star come look and she assured me that this plan would give the column enough visual weight to balance the house. 

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Then the masons had the new guy with the mortar bag fixing up those gap toothed arches.

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It looked like tedious work, but he did a great job!

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What a great framework for the gardens!  I can’t wait to get planting!

3 comments:

  1. Finish carpenters are a different breed altogether; Finnish finish carpenters too.

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  2. Well, Terry, although we are on the last Lap, I don't think we're Finnished.

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  3. P.S. I just blogged a broken yellow house in Rome. Don't let this happen you to y'all.

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