ROCK UPDATE

I wish I owned this handy little blue lift

I might put balloons on it and get in our parade

see the matching bucket?

who is going to wash these windows?

Don't you like how the border is looking?

The rest will be stucco

The crew made good progress in just one day

A lot of time is spent in picking out the right size and putting up the scaffolds

we were so lucky to find a rock that matched our existing rock which is from 1923

the original rock is about 4-6 inches thick and is very heavy

I can't even imagine what our house weighs

I will have so much room in my yard when these boxes go to the trash

space to rake my dirt

ZEN

This is day 2...I'm impressed!

Day 3 should complete the part that shows to the street

Then we can do the porch which will look like the other ones

round wedding cake style

it will also bring the turret into perspective

we will also install the door

I wanted a washed out French Blue

Hubs won...I'll show you later

one soldier row on the turret

this will take a little longer to cut all the stone

the 4 windows are diamond beveled thermal

and I think they will be so beautiful on the rock turret

kind of a cozy little corner hidden in the trees

from the inside it seems like a tree house

I am having the hardest time on paint color

I think typical is the beige that is seen here, but the first time I saw it it screamed

WHITE 

and I said

NO NO NO

this is the only part of the house that will have paint

and could prove a big mistake if not careful

the stone is really showing so much orange 

so I'm kind of leaning toward some kind of grey?

I've never had trouble with this before

the stucco is called river rock and matches the rock pretty closely

the only part that will be painted is what shows white right now

suggestions?

when I was taking these photos I walked down the street to get a look from a distance

I am so sad the number that has been played on our huge old elm trees

drought is not good

The very first thing we did when we bought 822 was trim back all the trees

and now you can't even tell...it feels like a huge waste of money because they will need it again

but...we have come a very long way