After a week and a half of weather that made outside work a very poor idea, we're now enjoying balmy temperatures in the 30s and continued progress on our two new roofs.
Two of Nelson's workers, Chad and Jordan, have been here daily from 7 a.m. until after 5:00, framing the two roofs and readying them for shingles. They start in near-darkness each morning, with help from a work light so bright that our neighbor Kathy wondered if they were being filmed for a kitchen reality show.
The back peak will be detailed to match the house and the garage, with stucco, half-timbering and brackets. I think it will look less massive when that is completed. Seeing all the space inside, I'm very glad we decided to take advantage of it by vaulting the ceiling in the office bumpout.
We are all waiting with great anticipation for the installation of the curved copper roof on the driveway bumpout. That side of the house (or "elevation" for you architecturally correct readers) will be utterly transformed. And when the copper eventually develops its green patina, it will look gorgeous next to the brick (which includes some dark green bricks) and new shingles (which also have green mixed in -- you can see them on the garage).
There's been a silver lining to the slow process. We still have a functioning upstairs kitchen, which has been a real stress-reducer during this harsh winter. By the time we move operations down to our basement kitchen, we will have already survived the darkest, coldest time of the year. And as we welcome just a few more minutes of sunlight each day, I can see progress toward a different goal: spring.
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