Week 45 – Joe We are smack dab in the middle of winter in Indiana. We never see the light, it’s always cold, and our winter this year is just full of moderately cold days with barely any snow. Just bleak, chilly, wet, and depressing. Not exactly the type of weather that inspires working on…
Category: Planning and decisions
Framingpalooza!
Week 38 – Joe We are now in our 2nd week of Christmas vacation and our 3rd week of having our wonderful carpenter at our disposal. This is the last push to get everything wrapped up before we insulate and drywall. That means finishing all the little details of framing and blocking. Besides the loft,…
Brain explosions
Have you ever walked into an open house and thought about all of the things you’d change? It’s fun. Maybe you said to yourself, “Well…I really wish the cabinets were a little less country” or “Gosh! That tile around the fireplace will just have to go.” It’s fun to do these little assessments of houses…
So… Now What?
After closing on the house we were anxious to get going! In fact, we were so excited that we immediately started getting our current home ready to sell and prepared to move. We weren’t really that naive about the timeline, we just wanted to make progress of some sort and that was the only thing…
Under New Management: A BEFORE house tour.
One of the first things we noticed about our new house was that at some point someone had left a nice note on the boarded up front door. “No body luvs me. My owner is an asshole.” Now, I want to make clear that the former owner of this house was a really nice guy….
Wait! What? You’re moving? Why?
We like our current neighborhood and love our current house. We live in an 1870s cottage and are as close as you can get to all the cultural highlights that Indianapolis has to offer. Our neighborhood is full of beautiful historic homes, tree-lined streets, brick sidewalks, and friendly neighbors. Our house isn’t big by…
Under New Management 