update on how we're livin now

future bedroom

future dining room

standing in the foyer looking into the living room.
obviously, it is also, our storage room.

our bedroom.
a futon. a cooler nightstand.
 two lamps we found in the basement. 

the kitchen. one exciting side note:
we just moved the fridge back into the pantry today!!!!!

the fridge in the "future pantry" slash former laundry room

the laundry slash our den slash storage
of our two white water rafts, our orr frame, our paddles , helmets, gear etc
(you know? the basics...)

the front

i wish i had remembered to take a picture of the backyard. maybe i can do that today! 

its noteworthy!!!

laundry

catching up! these are from january 11th-ish

starting to insulate!

its always fun when you open the drywall and out comes a few studs. by this i mean,  open wall, and boom, down they go. exciting stuff! don't worry. nick fixed that too. see next photos!

new insulation. many new studs in the walls.

 extra support around the windows. and more new studs!

new siding!

tearing out the drywall/plaster

catching up: january 10

while beginning to tear out the drywall in the laundry room we found someone's home:

UM, EWWWWWWW!!!!!

i will also add that we found a matching and slightly bigger nest on the other side. what is better than that? we found the old tenants...i wish i was there to take the picture when nick opened the wall.

 but there it was. a bird, dead and preserved in the wall, and his friend mr. squirrel (who unlucky for us still had a bit of an unpleasant odor!)

squirrel and bird remains!
UM, SUPER EWWWWWW!!!!
anyhoo, here's the open walls.

a little drafty in this room you say??

more nests.
also, take note of the lack of a header on this doorway. so safe!
don't worry. nick will fix it!

 i like seeing the backside the lathing, where the plaster hangs. so cool.

in the laundry room looking towards our  current living room

cleaning up the mess

cool stuff!

new doors between library and foyer

new/old front door

new old front door. the the way the light comes through.

curb appeal. at night.

drywall!

the drywall is coming along.

here's an update!

library

october

today 

october

early december

today

october

early december

today

the dining room

october

early december

today

october

early december

today

october

november!!!

today

the den

more adventure in the land of drywall to come!!!

siding

new windows in foyer, with new header
and apparently new siding...

in the foyer, looking outside!

new siding

ain't it purdy?

from the inside...

drama and some really great finds!

update!

New header for the three windows in the foyer 

oh but wait!

these three windows were actually three seperate windows. they were held together by one single screw in between every single one. niiiiiiiice. no wonder they were sagging! these three windows aren't fitting toether so well. going to find some replacements! 

in progress. 

SUPER SCORE!!!

new tiles!!! whew hoo!! seven cases for 40 dollars at the habitat home store. the picture below is my inspiration! its going to be fabulous! i hope :)!

and...our new windows. 

we were lucky enough to find two matching surplus windows at

blue ridge salvage and surplus! 

and one more thing. it appears one of the joists under the laundry room is rotten. looks like we got more under the house stuff to address. ugh!!! but at least we have the piece of mind to have some really awesome folks here to help us with these curveballs! wshew!!!!