2/22/11 Brick-o-mania!

brick delivery

old mosstown

Briggs looking out of sunroom windows

breakfast room windows

front door and dining room window

so what do ya think?

kings of the mountain...Anna, Andrew, Jacely and Briggs

Good weather has finally returned to Georgia.  Yesterday, 10,000 bricks were delivered to the house (and that's only half of the order) and today the walls are going up.  It will take about three weeks to brick the entire house and that's IF the good (meaning dry) weather holds.  I LOVE the bricks we chose.  Good thing as I'll be looking at them for the rest of my life!  They're called "Old Mosstown" and they do look a bit "mossy."  Using a buff colored mortar so it's all very brown but the individual bricks have touches of white, cream, black and even green.  Now that they've finished the corner where the electric meter is going, we can get powered up and off extension cords.  The shop should be up and running by tomorrow.  Tommy is like a kid at Christmas, unpacking and arranging his shop.  So much more room than he ever had before.  And the shop's front room ( lovingly called the "man-cave" even though I intend to spend time there too) is almost finished. We're painting the ceiling now; will start on the walls next.  The ceiling is beadboard and the walls are textured T1-11 so it's all pretty rustic looking.  Not sure what we'll do with the floor yet...Brin wants to paint/stain the cement and leave it at that.  Maybe...  Meanwhile, in the house, things are moving along.  Todd has most of the wiring done - which is no small feat considering we put in more than 75 "can" ceiling lights - not to mention 6 ceiling fans! I'm gonna need a road map for all the switches!  He's also been working on the plumbing and some of the basics are in.  The kitchen cabinets are being built as we speak.  Decided on hickory, lightly glazed in chocolate.  Sounds good enough to eat!  Lots of people at the building site this week  - 4 in the brick crew, Todd, Tommy, the 3-man framing and multi-purpose crew and Briggs, who loves being away from the small apartment.  Yesterday, Jacely was playing with 2 cousins on the pile of dirt out back.  You can only imagine the dirt that went home with those kids.  All in all, we're getting a bad case of spring fever and will be sorely disappointed when the cold returns - which it surely will (this is still February, after all).  Good thing the house is becoming more of a "real" thing everyday.  Hoping it won't be more than eight weeks before we can move in.