Big Project Cedar Tongue and Groove Ceiling.

Once the structure was up, it was time to work on the ceiling.  We hired someone to do the structure.  And we weren't sure what the plan was for the finishes.  And then, one fateful June evening, we stopped by a neighbor's firepit and had a lovely glass of red wine.  A fateful glass of wine.  After an hour of conversation, and another glass of wine, I was convinced that we could do this . . .we could install the ceiling ourselves. It was a LOT of work. But we LOVE the finished project. It's so much better than we could have imagined.  We were so fortunate to have the help and guidance of a neighbor who had recently retired from years of construction site management.  I learned so very much and had a terrific time.  His generosity cannot be matched.  We worked SO hard, and the finished product is everything we could have wanted.

The ceiling before.

After day 1.

Day 2.

Day 3

More Day 3--you can see the scaffolding we rented to do the job.

All finished aside from a few small pieces in the closet.

The finished ceiling.

The hatch--took a long time, but worth the end product.

You can see the missing pieces in the closet.

Finished product.

View from below.

And we hired someone to install the siding up high . . .well worth it.

The BIG project continued.

Once the concrete cured, and we waited through winter it was time to start on the construction in earnest (and a little more demolition).  These pics are not quite in order, but close enough.

Here are the stairs once the plastic came off.

Brennan took his turn with the jackhammer.

Brady too!  We were removing the hot tub pad

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Opposite wall with siding installed on interior.

Roofing being delivered.

First walls going up.

Looking up at the new patio once roofing was installed.

Far wall going in.

The outside pre-siding,Next up is the ceiling install and the exterior siding.