My Mind is Cluttered with (Not So) Worthless Information

Some where I read or heard or learned that whenever we human beings estimate the time it would take to complete a task, we should multiply it by 3 because it invariably, for whatever reason, takes three times longer than anticipated.

I thought the staining would take about three days and use about 6 gallons of stain. It took 9 days and 18 gallons of stain. This despite the yeoman-like efforts of Kurt and Ann. Or maybe it was because of the efforts of Kurt and Ann.

We ended up using the dark walnut stain for the garage and the cedar siding. We used Russett for the trim and ceiling of the porches.

While the colors didn't exactly match what we saw, working with the stain was easy and smelled good too.

Here Kurt finishes the front of the garage; Ann supervises.

Kurt touches up the last little spot above the garage door . . .
. . . and then admires his handiwork.
Judging by the comments and the emails I received it appears that the audience is split regarding whether or not to put in a window (see previous post).

And one would think there is little to no middle ground on an issue like this. But leave it up to Charlie to come up with one. He suggested framing in the window; living in the house for a while; and then add it if we think it works.

This is where we are leaning for the moment anyway.

Thank you for all your suggestions (except for you, Jeff); they were insightful (except for yours, Jeff) and helpful.