The Big Renovation – after 55.5 days
It’s time to paint all those beautifully sheetrocked walls! We picked colors ages ago and I have been waiting, impatiently, for the time when I could color those walls. Paint paint paint paint With all...
View ArticleThe Big Renovation – after 58.5 days
Okay. Things have slowed down in some ways, but progress is still looking good. The main thing that has happened this week is framing up the shower and future tub space. Once it’s all tiled in the...
View ArticleThe Big Renovation – after 65.5 days
Ahhhhh…now we are beginning to see significant progress. It’s all about the finish work. Really. It is. The red oak for trimming windows and doors was picked up last Friday and all the windows have...
View ArticleThe Big Renovation – after 3 seasons
I realized this week that we are into the third season of work on this project. We began in spring, worked through the summer, and are into the fall. I seriously hope it’s finished before winter...
View ArticleThe Big Renovation continues. . .
I think it’s fair to say that things around the new addition have slowed down this week. Way slow. Slower than slow.Turtle pace. Or slower. For one thing there was no paid help here this week. I don’t...
View ArticleThe Big Renovation continues. . .
We continue moving forward with the renovation. I don’t think I’ve written it before, but our (MY) deadline for the project is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. There, now it’s in writing so it has to...
View ArticleThe Big Renovation. . .continues. . .
Yup. we. are. still. under. construction. Can you sense my. . . frustration, dismay, unhappiness, impatience, crankiness. . .? Well, I am feeling all of that and more. Don’t get me wrong – I am...
View ArticleThe Big Renovation. . .Still Going
One of the deals when doing a big renovation is that you end up spending a lot of money. I mean A LOT of money. While the bulk of that money went into the structure itself, I have had to … Continue...
View ArticleThe Big Renovation. . .Winding Down the Posts
I think this will be the last renovation update for awhile. Most of what has been happening around the project lately is ‘behind the scenes’ things, or things that seem to be moving so slowly that I...
View ArticleWarming Up!
Dave and I really know how to make the most of a long weekend! First we fueled ourselves with a turkey dinner and ALL the fixings on Thursday. Next we unloaded the truck of insulating supplies to blow...
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