For more than six years now we have dreamt about what our house would look like once it was painted. Despite the massive changes to the inside of the house, the outside has remained, for lack of a better way to put it, an eye sore. Yes, we had made some small visual progress on…
Category: Exterior
Porch Progress and Project Paralysis
Our extra long Spring break gave us the opportunity to ramp up the renovation pace and finally build the stair case. But the pace has slowed way down once break was over and we were officially “back to school.” The reality of guiding two kids through their e-learning homework as well as figuring out how…
We Never Thought This Day Would Come!
Anyone who has been following this blog for a while knows that we have done most of the work on this house ourselves because we are picky, we enjoy the creative process, and dealing with contractors can be very frustrating. Because so much of the exterior work that is needed on our house is beyond…
The door and window switcharoo
All work on the inside of the house has stopped as we take advantage of the summer weather to focus on everything related to the exterior of the house. One of these projects is the continuation of the window restorations. Yes, that project is STILL going on. I completely restored the interior sashes more than…
How to eat an elephant
This spring we began the overwhelming task of renovating the exterior of our house. It is a massive job that we will tackle “one bite at a time.” Up to this point, our work on the exterior of the house has been pretty limited. We have removed the asbestos siding from the gables when we…
Spring Break, No Break, Back Break
Joe and I are teachers, which means we have a good old fashioned spring break penciled in each year to get a jump start on warm-weather projects. This year we had a long list of projects that we wanted to do on the house, but we have learned over the past two years that there…
Taming the backyard… again.
Week 53 (Joe) One of the very first projects we did a year ago was to try to make the front and backyard of the house not look so… abandoned. The house had been vacant for more than 10 years and it definitely looked like it. Weeds had turned into trees. Parts of the yard…
“My room is broken”
Week 21 – Joe While the work continues on the hvac and plumbing, Amy and I have been busy preparing for new windows! If you recall, the front gable of our house had been butchered with a gigantic fan and vent opening. That room will be Lucy’s room so it needs to have a window…
Under New Management 