Well I felt like taking a break from the interior for a bit; here is the 3rd flooring finally installed, and the 2nd story staircase parts waiting to go in:

I needed to make some progress on the exterior, so I set about cutting the window trim for the windows that would be affected by installing porch pieces (some because of limited access, and some because there are porch pieces that actually interface to the window trim). I sawed it by hand and then fit each piece separately, using the Dremel to angle the ends, labeling each piece as to its location, painting and sanding to give a decent primer coat, and then gluing into place. The fits aren't perfect, but that's what spackle is for!

Once the trim was in place, then I could properly dry-fit the porch pieces. I got the idea from how A&C Construction did their San Fran porches, keeping the kit pieces for the balcony and substituting turned pieces for the front porch...

Something I had been thinking about from the beginning was doing some sort of stonework for the porch floors. I really liked how my little stone floor in my potting shed roombox turned out, so I decided to try to do the same thing here. I used a newspaper template to cut out the paperclay to fit the floor spaces (having marked where the railing sits), and etched out the stones before gluing the clay down. I think I will have to put some trim where the clay meets the wall, to make it look neater...

Here you can also see that since the 3rd flooring is down, I was able to put in the gable floor trim, which means that I was finally able to install the 3rd floor windows! (So many steps, so easy to say "well I can't do THAT yet because I haven't done this, this or this!") Also I have sawed out the rest of the window trim, as well as the door trim pieces.