The exterior wood is about 75% done, so it’s starting to finally look like a real house. There will be cedar shakes on the gables with board and batten to mix up from 12″ chink siding that’s everywhere else. 

The “everywhere else” includes all the way up the left side from the basement to the roof, and also the entire back of the house.

Inside, there’s a ton of progress as well. The wood itself is almost all done. It will be quite a task to trim it out, but a big part of the work is done. Every interior surface, including floors, walls, and ceilings is wood. Even the bathrooms and closets. The downstairs half bath doesn’t feel overly large anymore now that it’s closed in:

The kitchen is all set as well. The picture doesn’t do it justice, but the ceilings are nice and high even in here:

Upstairs, the closet turned nook got it’s window finally, and I think this might be the best change we’ve made so far. The upstairs hallway is nice and bright now, and it will end up being a great place to work or read. It’s way better than having another closet.

While the downstairs bedroom is completely done, the upstairs room was in progress today. The ceilings are done, though, and look awesome. The same wood is is on the ceiling here and in the great room. The downstairs bedroom is 12″ log siding on the walls and beadboard on the ceiling.

the other room that’s done is the “barn door” bedroom.

The living room progress is visible from this room also. You can see the 12″ log siding on the back wall and 8″ wood on the ceiling. The vertical wood will run all the way up the left wall. This is the same as what’s in the hallway, so there’s consistency along the inside walls.

The other half of the living room is even further along. All that’s left over here is the stone fireplace!

Tim was making cuts in the living room based on the measurements called down by his two sons. Then, he’d pitch the boards up and they’d put them in place. They were working on the two upstairs bedroom closets this afternoon, which looked like the most tedious part of this stage. I think the progress is a lot quicker and easier when they’re just throwing down lengths of 12″ siding!