The first of four "Before" photos of the house. The objective is to replace all of the old wooden windows with new vinyl Andersen windows and the original cedar shakes with new vinyl siding. This is the front of the house viewed from the Northeast.

Front as viewed from the Southeast. Note the pealing paint on the cedar shakes. Not so obvious is how badly weathered are all the windows on the South wall. I rebuilt the greenhouse three or four years ago and plan to repaint it to match the new siding.

Wow; What a mess! Gotta clean up that patio some day. This is the back side of the house, viewed from the Northwest. Plans are to eventually enclose the patio and convert it to a three (perhaps four) season room. Not likely to happen this year.

Finally, the Southwest corner of the house showing the "Garden Tool Shed." Note a portion of the old hammock showing in the lower right hand corner of the photo - not likely to get much use this summer.

In the heat of the Summer, it seemed that the North side of the house would be a good place to begin. I tore out the old partial wall around the outside basement entrance and built an enclosure to protect that area from the weather. Also will serve as mud room. Couldn't resist slapping on some siding to see what it was going to look like.

Onward and upward. At least I still have a flat (kinda') surface to stand on. I'll have to get more imaginative as the project goes higher.

Did you ever see that program on TV, "Dirty Jobs?" I wonder if this would qualify. . .

Not yet done on the North side, but decided to move to the front, anyway. I had  a bit of a sinking feeling as I began tearing off the old shakes, wondering, " What am I getting myself into?"

Now the neighbors are beginning to take notice as they get an idea what it ultimately will look like. I kinda liked it with just the shiny stuff.

Lookin' good!  Here, the two basement windows, Bathroom and Den are replaced. Still have the large Living Room and Dormer windows to install.

A close-up view of one of the windows fully trimmed. Siding around the trim is only partially completed here.

The shakes are removed from Gramma's bedroom wall and the Garden Tool Shed. Note: Here the old window has not yet been replaced.

Weather permitting, I do what I can on the South side of the house. It has been HOT! Note the new AC unit next to the Greenhouse. Note also, the high foundation wall behind the AC. That ultimately will be sided giving a much improved (in my opinion) appearance to the house.

After sending us the wrong color, Home Depot finally got it right. We love the new Andersen bow window and now are anxious to trim the interior so Betty Lou can get her plants back up.

A view from the Southwest. The Garden Shed is partially sided. Notice also that Gramma's room has new windows now.

In spite of the heat, I did manage to get some work done on the South side. Notice how the foundation wall has been sided over. Now doesn't that look a lot better? Also notice the old roofline. The second floor was added to the house about thirty years ago, before we purchased the house in 1979.

Not a good representation of the actual color. The morning Sun seems to be playing some tricks on us. Except for some tweaking around the big window, the upper portion of the front is mostly done. Still have to trim the lower windows before siding can be applied to the lower part. Dormers will be the last to be done.

I did manage to get more work done on the notoriously HOT South side before the late morning Sun drove me to cooler climates.

The lower front windows are trimmed and I've begun to side the lower front wall. Old Glory has been returned to her rightful place.

The lower left is done. Note how the unusually hot summer has taken its toll on our poor neglected lawn.

New porch lights add a touch of class to the front entrance way. I even reinstalled the door bell button.

The back of the Garden Tool Shed and Gramma's back wall are now sided. I won't be siding the walls under the Patio roof since I plan to enclose the patio, making a three/four season room.

The scaffolding is up on the South side. I find that about 90% of my effort is spent getting my body to the work and 10% actually putting stuff on the house.

The infamous South Side: The siding is up and the scaffolding is down. I still plan to extend the roof out about a foot, but that must happen later.

Thought you might appreciate a close-up view of the octagonal louver. It sure is a long way up there!

And now, the scaffolding is up on the North Side. There's about a day's work remaining on that side. Think I'll trim the tree while I'm up there.

The North side is completed, except for a bit of tweaking on the new basement entranceway. The scaffolding is coming down and will be returned to my good neighbor, Jerry Herman, so he can finish siding his house. Now, the dormers.

What a difference the shudders make! In the industry, we call it, "Pizazz." Next, I've got to get started on those dormers.
 

New dormer windows are installed and trimmed; the fronts of the dormers are sided (but not the sides); and the dormer shutters are installed.

Not completely done, but here's a view of how the house looks today.
 

Yet another view of the (nearly) completed front.