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The Five Month Report Card...

We are in month five of the Russell Street project. No doubt, the transformation has been amazing. It means so much when someone familiar with the old house sees it for the first time in the new light. (Thanks, Mrs. C.) There will certainly be more pictures posted later, but I wanted to post some of the early pictures, before anything was done, including the former window treatments, along with some of the current pictures from last week. The pictures should speak for themselves.

Brown...

Each day the roof is more brown. What can I say? It looks awesome. Can't wait for all of the red to be brown. I hardly recognize this as 242 N. Russell Street. Far, Far cry from one year ago! David and I reviewed the plans for the next few days and weeks. The guys are working on repairing and patching the existing hard wood floor in a few places. They have begun to prime the over 10,000 linear feet of crown molding, baseboard and trim. 10,000 feet! Okay, the house isn't that big! That is alot of trim. Jeff called today from Creative Kitchens to tell me he has the rendering completed and will be sending that over to me. I am anxious to see how this will look. Last week-end was tax-free for "Energy Star" appliances so we now have a new LG Steam washer and dryer on the way. I just can't wait to do the first load! Yeah right! More later.

"Morning Glory..."

This morning I could hardly wait to run over to Russell Street to see the roof paint. The painters have been there late in the evenings working and finally began the transformation of the red roof to brown. These are the upstairs dormers where they have started. It is a perfect match with the new tin roof over the addition. Good jobs guys for the color match! As I was walking around the back yard, I had to walk around a pile of leftover brush, limbs, stumps, and what I thought was all weeds. I could not help but take time to notice the 20-30 blooms of Morning Glory in the middle of all of the brush and limbs. It made me stop to thank God for every new morning and every new day. You just never know what you might find in the middle of a pile of brush! It might be something good!

New Paint! Even Some Blue...

This week the painters are working hard to complete the exterior so it will be crisp and white. They also have begun to transform the red roof to a lighter pale brown that will match the new tin roof added in the late summer. As an extra bonus, they painted the porch ceiling the first rendition of "blue!" The look is coming together but, even the painter agreed, the first color applied came out a little purple! I love "The Color Purple" as a movie but not as my porch ceiling. I was able to pick out a lighter, bluer shade of blue which will look great. I am attaching some more current pictures of the exterior with the new addition and new paint.