Hooray, Hooray: The New Roof. Etc.

Yay!  It’s done!
Well, except for getting a rain gutter across the front and on the side of the carport, and writing the gigantinormous check for all the  work, which will not be done until they bring the new glass for the windows. . . .
But other than that, it’s done. Here’s what our poor little house looked like before they took off the siding—this is the front porch (they’ve taken off the shutters and house numbers and mailbox and stuff):

And after they stripped off the siding—this is the back wall outside the studio:

And here’s the same wall, finished:

 
And the front porch, all shiny and new:


I know:  it’s kind of boring, isn’t it? But hey:  it’s siding. How exciting can it be?
Now here’s the roof, pre-metal:

 
And here it is AFTER they went back and removed the shingles AND put on new felt (yeah, I had to be pushy about the felt, too):

And here’s my new roof. It’s pretty impossible to get a good photo of a roof, you know? But The EGE climbed up on the ladder and got these, just for y’all:




We’ll try to get some better ones, with the shiny-ness and all, but I’m not sure how:  we walked all around the block this morning, trying to find an angle where the trees didn’t block the view, to no avail. Maybe we’ll figure out what time the sun hits it just right so we can get a blindingly-bright shot.