Showing posts with label outside. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outside. Show all posts

Friday, February 3, 2012

the front moves forward!

as of last week, our house was looking a lot like this:
minus the scaffolding, that would've been such a luxury!!!

notice the window up top: 
no trim. tyvek and paper flying everywhere. flashing. unfinished cedar shake...

at the beginning of the week, our house looked like this:
oh la la!!!
 window trim, cedar shake starting to get in place, tyvek and flashing disappearing!
lookin good!
as of last night, our house looks like this:
picture taken this morning
all done! 
my dear sweet hubby who is terribly afraid of heights, stood on the ladder for three days and did this pretty much all by himself. up and down. up and down. 
climb up, attach paper (no easy task with only two hands), cut paper to size, climb down, find shingle, measure width, climb back up measure cut of shingle, climb back down, cut shingle, climb back up, attach shingle, climb back down find new shingle,  .......etc. so slow!
99% all by him self.
 the other 1% was yesterday, while nick's parents helped for a bit and i helped for a bit. but essentially, all we did was find the right size shingle to go up next, and tell him the width, so he could measure the cut, climb down the ladder, cut the shingle. climb back up and attach it. 
are you still reading???
 i don't know why, because i just confused myself typing all that!
HA!
ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!!! 
thanks hubby!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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!!!

Monday, January 23, 2012

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!



Thursday, December 22, 2011

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.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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...

Sunday, December 4, 2011

outside stuff a post that should've happened last week, but didn't

old vinyl

the original siding! love it!

a new fence! made from the 1 x 4's salvaged from the roof

new fence, with the suddle back drop of our metal recycling pile

temporary repurpose. the awning came off the triple window in the foyer. we tacked it up to the back shed to provide a dry space to protect our repurposing materials