Visitors: One Welcome, One Not So Much

Last week on the project was very productive - four hands are always better than two and Rob had a visit from his old friend from high school, Mark.  Together, they were able to get so many projects done throughout the week, so Mark was definitely a welcome visitor and we sure appreciated his willingness to help on the project.

First, Rob and Mark installed the new pulldown steps to the attic in the ceiling of one of the bedrooms (still needs a good paint job):

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They were also able to get all of the cement board cut and laid for the utility room, mud room, and two bathrooms - all will be tiled in the coming weeks.

Most importantly, they were able to get all of the ipe (Brazilian hardwood, pronounced, "ee-pay") installed on the back lower porch.  Previously, Rob had installed the ipe on our small side porch to work out the "installation" kinks:

Mark and Rob did a beautiful job and the back porch looks wonderful:

As to our other visitor...

We had a very large black snake make its way to our front porch, trying to make itself at home, possibly in the house!  Rob hurried the snake off the porch and escorted it to the back of the property, snapping a few pics along the way:

 

Hopefully one of our visitors will come back and see us again and the other will not make a reappearance any time soon!