Tearing down and sprucing up

Ref and Brantley were busy over the weekend -- among other things, tearing off the siding (and saving what can be used later) on what will eventually be the common wall between the living room and the master bedroom.

They'll need to install some studs (though more for consistency than engineering; the old 4-by-4's can be spaced twice as far apart as 2-by-4's), and then fur everything out to a consistent 6-inch wall thickness.

Which is where all the fancy spruce on the front porch comes in. Also on the agenda for the spruce: framing the soffits in the living room and kitchen.

We're still waiting for the pool guy -- and for windows, too. They'll go in as soon as possible after they arrive. We want to seal everything up before hurricane season, and the official start is 10 days off.