Brown Coat!!

Well he's finished. Papa finished the last of the stucco we wanted to get done this year yesterday. 

Officially the inside was done Friday the 27th! Yesterday, the 28th, he did the front wall on the outside. It will see the most weather and so it was important to get done as well. 

I have to say he did a fantastic job.

 The scratch coat we all worked on. Anyone and all hands were helpful.. We got it done in less than 9 days. 

The brown coat Papa pretty much did alone. I helped the equivalent of maybe 1 day.  

It was hard work. The brown coat goes on in two layers and its best if you do the second one right after the first. The second coat has to be as smooth as possible and than you wait a couple of hours and smooth it out again. Some of these wall were gone over 5 times. That's a TON OF WORK. 

Actually it is roughly 17000lbs. 

9 days 1st coat

13 days second coat

7000 lbs sand

3500 lbs lime

+3 year old mix=

12000 lbs +

5000 lbs water=

17000 lbs  in 22 working days

Part of the long side wall. That's the pantry window. Looks great hey? 

The front kitchen window from the outside! That wall to the left will be redone when the middle wall goes in. 

The outside with a filler coat. Papa has decided to try and finish the brown coat on the outside as he has all the materials, the weather is still nice enough, and to put the skirting up we need to take down the platforms he made for scaffolding. 

This will be in the inside hallway walls. The holes are for the doors into the hallway.

The Master Bedroom :) big enough for a baby area as we are not having a nursery. The color difference you see is just wet vs dry. It cures grayish white. 

The front kitchen wall. My sink will be under that window!! 

The view from the yard.