Chad Rocks.

Yes. He. Does.

In all senses of the word.

He is cool, and does amazing things - (he is Superman, after all,)

but this summer - He rocked!  

Our house, that is.  

And he did an amazingly beautiful job.

This is our cute house BEFORE.

(the Tanner house BEFORE)

(The very beginning of construction)

(In the back - the start of construction and tar paper and wire)

Our house had siding before... we wanted to update it - give it a NEW look!

So off we went.  Are we crazy?

YES!

You haven't figured that out yet?

The first step was to repair all the siding, take off the wood borders 

and then cover the entire house with black tar backing paper and wire.  

We hired this part out - the guys who did our prep and Stucco did AMAZING WORK.

Seriously.  Amazing.

(Our black house - Caden wanted to keep it black!)

(Under Construction!  Let the mess and Chaos begin...)

Chad had the fun job of painting all our doors - 

as well as painting all of the soffit & fascia, all the trim and rain gutters.

(Me taking pictures and hoping I like what paint color I chose.  Chad is hoping, too!)

(Our Cement house!  One step closer!)

The next step was our stucco cement coat.  

It was funny to hear people ask if this is the color the house would be.  

Um, No.  

This is only the first coat!  

Again, the Stucco guys - AMAZING WORK.

Next comes the color coat!

And let me just tell you - it was HARD to pick a stucco color.

The color of your entire home!

Once you decide there is no going back.

I had a vision in my head - and I really wanted it to turn out perfect.

AND IT DID!

(See, I told you, Chad rocks!)

Now that the stucco is finished, its Chads turn.

Time to ROCK!

 

He spent many, many, many, many, many (you get the idea) hours rocking!

He also had A LOT of people (strangers and people we know)

stop their cars and rave over how good it was looking - 

tons of people asked for his business card!

(Um, I'm just the homeowner, he would say...)

We moved our lives outside, so we could spend time with him, while he rocked.

(The back of the house - FINISHED!)

And so, after 2 months (it seemed like 2 years), tons and tons of long hot days and late nights,

a million trips to The Home Depot, spending hours debating over colors, 

bugging and bugging friends and family for honest opinions, 

lots of sleepless nights, sore backs, broken tools, chaos, messes, blood, sweat and tears,

and pizza for dinner way too much...

Here it is:

 

OUR NEW HOUSE.

(the Tanner house - AFTER)

(Chad's rock work. - Amazing huh?)

Chad Rocks.

YES. HE. DOES.