Thursday, February 28, 2013

Help has arrived

Joel has been working downstairs for the past couple of days, getting everything prepped so that we can have insulation blown in.
First thing was to cinderblock up the weird doorway that leads to the neighbor's house.
(This is now the second doorway we've found...old garden doors for them before this house was built? Passageways during prohibition?)


Tile gone from bathroom (and thank goodness since we found the first contractors had hardly insulated)


And as a special bonus he cleaned up and organized the yard. I'm thrilled, but ashamed at the same time that I haven't had the impetus to tackle it myself...but there's plenty of plants still to be ripped out when I get my act together.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

It's not as if nothing is happening...

although it feels like it.
The floors got put in a few weeks ago, but still need to be sanded and finished.


The hatches leave something to be desired in the way of being cut straight...


And we have a new mascot.


Saturday, February 23, 2013

Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Subfloor

It's going in!






Raccoons

Aren't they supposed to be nocturnal?

Sunday, January 20, 2013

What a difference a day makes...

Thursday


Friday



Back to Red Hook.
The wood floor has arrived from TN...too bad there's no subfloor to put it on yet.
Storing materials in the Parlor Hall is getting me down.


Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Back to square one.

Subfloor? Gone.
Slab? Cleaned...for the most part.....
All in the name of trying to de-stinkify.