Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Stoned!


A close up of the stonework:


We had a small ledge built up with brick on the sides of the front porch to reduce the amount of visible concrete on the sides. We figured it would look a little bit nicer this way.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

90% bricked... and the start of a wall

Scaffolding removed you can see the brick a little better. I still think the west side of the brick needs its acid bath but they're pretty much finished with the brick and only have the stonework left on the front.





Retaining wall out the back has started with the worst of it, the first few rows:

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Some more brick updates

The brick updates weren't captured as often as I'd have liked to, but you get the idea...




...and then the next day we saw this:



Miss a few days for deer season, Blues game, and uh... poker, which brings us to:

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Concrete and brick (yes, brick) updates

The driveway has been framed out and the drainage lip trimmed down (to prevent backs from going out of alignment pulling into the driveway) and now we're just waiting for the garage side of the house to get bricked to try and pour the driveway before winter sets in.



Monday, November 5, 2007

Stairs and concrete updates:

Temporary stairs to the 2nd story are installed:

Another look at the garage doors with decorative hardware installed:

3rd garage bay has had concrete poured: