Finished the Hard Stuff

Last week we finished a couple of the hard, high things.  John's crew finished the outside siding and they just made it with enough siding to finish the job.  The siding is a pre-stained Douglas Fir that comes from Missoula, Montana.  The wood is milled in small sawmills, some of it from standing dead timber.  Around Red Lodge there is plenty of standing dead timber from recent forest fires, some of which is being harvested, but much of it is left to return to nature.

 The other high, hard thing completed was hanging the chandelier in the living room.  The ceiling of the living room is 23 feet above the level of the floor.  The chandelier is suspended 10 feet from the ceiling and it weighs 40+ pounds, so it was not easy to get it up to make the electrical connections.  It took 3 bucks of scaffolding and then a six foot ladder on the top level to attach the chain and make the electrical connections.

Mouse's eye view of the front door