siding turns a corner
this end, off the master bath, has all its siding up.
and the siding is now advancing along the back side.
zack and I are nearly done with all the staining and priming/painting of exterior finishes. we like the cedar with a second coat of stain. yet upon closer inspection you can see the second coat sort of beads up. the instructions do say that a single coat is preferred. we chose the stain color ourselves. mark has also expressed that our choise of stain does not fall into his original design scheme. we had no idea. I guess we'll all just have to live with it...or not. anyhow, so far we are happy with the colors and most everybody says the stain and paint looks great.
we received a second bid for the sliding glass doors. it was nearly $10k higher than the first bid. that is somewhat of a relief as it now gives us some confidence to accept that the first bid is a decent price. there is still some discussion about getting them to stick to the original configuration. but either way I think we'll be moving on towards dry in.