True Color and Shiplap walls

We finally have our color! Remember, that green-gold was the primer on the HardiePlank.  Then there was the primer our painters put on.  Now we have the real color.  Obviously it's only on the front of the house, and the pop-out including the front of the garage will be a darker (caramel kiss) brown.  But now the house stands out.

And the third floor walls and ceiling are now getting paneled -- white pine shiplap paneling.  But before that happened, some of the walls were strengthened with plywood sheeting.

It was a surprise when we walked in and saw all these plywood sheets covering foam insulation.  We were expecting sheet rock on the second floor and shiplap on the third floor.

Nick explained this is part of the windstorm engineering that goes into the house.  Computer looks at the design and the prevalent wind direction and then specifies where additional strengthening should be added in the form of these plywood sheets.

Then the white pine was brought up to the third floor.


 The ceiling and the walls are all done with this shiplap.  Very coastal.  It will not stay natural however.  There will be a color wash that will give it some color, but will still allow some grain to show through.  Just how much is going to be an interesting negotiation between the home owners.

It's not done yet, as you can tell from the photo below, but it looks great.  We did have to get the electrician and the data guy to move some boxes, because it was clear they were misplaced.  So the paneling folks had to remove some boards and replace them.  The interesting thing is that the panels are not tongue-and-grove, shiplap is different.