one more coat...

the painters showed up today and got another coat of paint on the house and almost finished everything. there are some pieces that we will still need to replace altogether eventually, but for now they are staying. the main siding color dried a little lighter than we had hoped so for the final coat we are thinking we'll have them darken it up a bit. here are a few pics to show where we're at. 

we still aren't quite sure what we're going to do for the columns on the front porch. we discovered that underneath the nasty vinyl columns are round aluminum posts.(you can see one peeking out in the photo below on the right) they really don't quite fit in (like a few other things in/on this house), but we might leave them there for a little while and see what we think. who knows... 

  

the side facing bill's house looks the nicest (below, right)... of course that it is the side most other people will never see. sigh. 

  

best shots to see the color combo. the new front gutters will match these... once we save the money to get them. 

   

interior progress... the cabinet and counter in the built in space in the dining room. still deciding on shelves or art to go above...? and maybe some color... (i'm planning to paint over my christmas vacation)

 

and the details of the way we decide to finish off the shower wall in the master bath. i had been trying to figure this out forever and had toyed with the idea of ipe or teak wrapping over the wall, but my old boss brett threw out the idea of the same solid surface material that we had used for the countertops... and we went with it. it looks good, i think. thanks brett...