Philip, Catherine's brother, requested a "siding party" while he and his family were in town...as we started removing the old siding, we realized that wasn't going to happen!


How do you like this "exterior wall sheathing?" No wonder the living room walls seemed so cold! There were large holes, as you can see, and much of the ship-lap wasn't actually "lapped" either.

This is the wall of the exhisting living room under floor level. OY!