This week we did whatever would help our contractors. Last week we painted all the 4x8' sheets of siding. Since the contractors got all the siding got up that we had painted, this week we painting all the 3" trim that goes around the windows (you can see it around the downstairs windows.) We also filled the nail holes in the siding and did touch up painting.
Phil spent a lot of time sanding, staining and finishing a beautiful wood door that will open onto the upstairs balcony. (You can see the hole for it ...but you will have to imagine the balcony that will go between the two windows.) In the picture you will also see the guava tree branches that Phil has stained - those will be the railings around the balcony -- and they match the door beautifully!
Although we orginally were going to use a double french door, we found it took up too much space on the little balcony, so we decided to use a single wood one instead.
Here's a picture of Phil inside his spacious (2 car garage size) shop doing the final sanding on the door...with Dexter helping of course. While working on the door he had a psychic "hit" from his childhood. He remembered that his grandparents had doors like this in the house they lived in right across the street from where Phil grew up as a boy. His grandfather build several houses in his home town of Charlotte, Michigan.
I’ve read your post regarding your home construction experience, and I’m glad to have read how it started. I know how stressful it can be, particularly if things didn’t work out the way we planned it to be. But looking through – from the start to the result, it was quite an adventure. And seeing the result is a relief, especially your red ohana door. It’s very lovely. Nida @ All County Exteriors
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