This is what the new is shaping up like. The siding will be white cedar impressions. We did this in two weekends , the first weekend we tore out the 3 exterior 1st floor walls, reframing and sheathing, then installing the windows and door. The 2nd weekend we did the same on the second floor, but I also reframed the floor and laid a new deck inside.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
You've turned into a carpenter Bill
looks like you have your hands full
good job
do it now while you're still young, it gets a lot harder the older you get.