wednesday/hump day

wednesday

minimal drama today!

front porch ceiling
we ripped down the old ceiling on the front porch and this is what we found: really awesome old bead board. definitely reusing this somewhere!
 we found out a couple of not-so exciting things about insulating. the house has no sheeting.  we have been planning on having a sprayed-in insulation called icynene ( a renewable-based foam insulation and air barrier material that is responsibly made using castor oil and offers numerous environmental benefits). unfortunately this is sprayed in very hot with a lot of force. since we have no sheething or liner between the siding and the cavity where this insulation is normally sprayed, we will have to lay in sheets of blue board. since we intend to rip off the vinyl siding to reveal the original clapboard siding, laying the blueboard will facilitate fixing any damaged board that we might have to repair. otherwise, the icynene would stick to the clapboard siding. that would be a big mess!

foyer looking into library

 after a suggestion from our contractor (who is helping us with these major steps in the renovation), we decided to replace the old bifold door between the foyer and the library with some sweet old french doors.  we think this will really make our library AWESOME!!!!

new 10 foot + ceiling in dining room

newly reinforced window in the living room.
also reinforced where the old windows were enclosed inside the wall.

library

entrance foyer

we decided to vault the ceiling in the living room to create some really cool loft space and storage. but we really love the original wall between the foyer and the living room. we are leaving it intact to crate a cool barrier and maintain the original character of the house. 

foyer

our house now...

new roof

uncovering things

tuesday

the interior is moving along. the rotten corner is now fully unrotten. it has been restructured and supported is now good to go!  we have finished all the cross ties which will be exposed in our newly vaulted ceiling.  we are now laying the new ceiling joists in the dining room and living room.  the ceilings in these rooms will be brought up about a foot or so... to be approximately 10 feet!

new/roof ceiling

front windows/living room windows

 as we are uncovering things, we are starting to realize some new issues we have to address!
no header!
luckily this is not a load bearing wall.

foyer window
nine foot window...once again, no header.  

looks like these windows are going to have to take out these windows and build a header. 

this is a load bearing wall.

dining room windows

 more pictures of the ceiling joists being built....

dining room

rebuilding the ceiling joists

standing in the living room looking across thru the dining room into the library.
and our three sided fireplace.

ceilings etc

monday is done!

new roof from the inside. building the cross ties.

new reading nook! over the front porch!

new sleeping loft, over dining room and library

"sitting" in the living room

looking across from the sleeping loft to the reading nook

newly built support for the roof

the rotten corner

new vaulted ceiling in the living room

SHINGLES!!!!!!!

shingles!

more shingles!

voila!

the framing is done! 

and we saved space for some cool architectual feature right above the front porch!

front porch roof

we're almost done with the framing of the roof!

holy schnikees!!!! what a mess!

front of house before

after the front porch roof was demolished

bye bye vinyl vents!
we will replace you with something much lovelier later.

who lives in there???
hmmmm....you need to find a new home buddy.
this house is ours!

rebuilding the roof over the front porch

roof: gettin' fancy

over hang

exposed rafter tails! 

its really going to be awful pretty

finishing the over hang with beadboard

plywood!!! whoo-hoo!!!!!!!

our house has nice hips!

roof: rebuilding the back half

beginning of the end of the roof...

starting the framework!!!!

front half of roof.  love the way the seem of the hip came together! 

super cool old chimney.
no longer in use, its hidden behind the wall in the kitchen.
was once used for a cook stove!

hurray!!! its a roof!!!!!

main structure oh the house is now completely framed.
wrapping the house in a tarp. hopefully for the last time!