you guys have a very beautiful and unique house. Very nice.

Thank you very much Duff!    It's so exciting to see it all come together...it's definitely way better than I ever imagined! 

they start at the top and work down

I think more importantly they were starting at the corners and edges and working their way in....then they just kind of alternate top/bottom whichever way things start fitting together.  It's way more of a pain in the butt than I thought it was...I really feel for them.  LOL