Stucco and concrete

Lots of progress today. The stucco guys were here and finished up stucco'ing two entire walls of the house. The back of the house, and the south side of the house (adjacent to the garage). This encompassed both the new part of the house and the old, so that the texturing would match. I really prefer smooth (untextured) stucco, but it would have looked dorky to do the new part in smooth while the rest of the house was textured. So the compromise was we did one half of the house. The front half is still textured, as is the north wall, but you will never see the textured and the untextured parts together. I think the stucco is now done, because they took the coverings off the windows.

They also poured the concrete for our front porch, so I feel pretty certain that the tiling is also about to start!

I put together a rough schedule for the remainder of the project (since we really haven't had a schedule since the beginning). I think we might be able to finish by end of July, but it will be tight. If we can finish all the finish work in the next month, then we could potentially convince the city to turn on our hot water prior to finishing the kitchen, since the kitchen wasn't part of the original permit.

Which paint color would you choose? Vote early and often! (We've actually already chosen a color, one of the five you see in the picture. But let us know what you think; who knows, we might change our minds!)

More pics for today can be found at Kurt's site -- I'm just too pooped to post any more.