Another Week's Progress

In case you forgot -- or think I forgot -- that Howard's an architect, here are a number of current photos taken Saturday afternoon of the million dollar house.

Yes, Howard works on weekends. As a matra fact, Howard is meeting with another client on Sunday morning -- a client who lives in an adjacent state, even.

But back to today's pics:

Howard's camera is just about shot. He took over two dozen great photos on Saturday, but when he got back to his office and downloaded them, only eight of them survived. The others? Perhaps someone in China downloaded pics of her precious son, Lee, and got more than she ever expected. Hopefully, her architectural horizons were expanded just a little bit.

The top photo shows a little prismatic action that was not apparent from the preview. Either that or God is showering His blessings upon Howard's work. Howard would just prefer a little devine intervention encouraging his clients to pay a little more promptly.

The next photo shows the house from the side with the garage tucked around back. The garage has been painted with the final colors selected by Howard and approved by the owners. One can't see the colors clearly from this one pic, but then the selection of photos was slim.

A photo of the backside of the house shows the stone columns WITH stone this time. Capstones will be installed very soon. All the cedar timbers, posts, and beams still need to be stained with the selected-and-approved darker tone, the house still needs paint, and of course the backyard needs landscape work. Soon enough, soon enough.

The last photo shows one of the kid bedrooms and how the painter masked all the trim around doors and windows before staining it with a hand-rubbed light cherry finish. The window to the right will be a window seat with flip-up storage under a cushioned seat where the parents will read to their children.

Howard will be going to the building site again Sunday afternoon to measure some things. Perhaps the camera may work better then.

Stay tuned...