5 August 2015

Sonny and Ian arrived somewhat after 7…  Do I sense a waning enthusiasm for house shingling?  They continued with the porch, and would have had it completely done if, with the frieze board over the front entry door just about to go on, I decided that two courses of shingles over the door was way too busy.  Looked like bricks or, worse, dreaded subway tile!  So, I had Sonny and Ian take off all those shingles and start over with just one course.  When all was said and done (and a lot was said), we agreed that that area looked much better after the change. I came up the idea of using the leftover piece of KOMA^® corner board to bridge horizontally across the porch ceiling in line with the two vertical corner boards, tying them together visually. Sonny had the idea of adding a small piece of KOMA^® to the backside of that horizontal piece to make it look like a beam. Then Ian came up with the capital idea of transitioning the porch frieze boards around to the east wall of the house in the form of a fake capital on the top of each corner board. So, when you’re wondering who to praise for a fabulous looking entry into the house, the answer is: it was a team effort!  Sean stopped by for an hour in the morning to review progress and talk schedule.