We are now at T minus 5 weeks before the big move-in deadline. The 10-12 hour days have continued, although we did sneek in a three-day trip to Michigan with the kiddos this week. I consider that the calm before the storm. Or maybe it would really be considered the eye of the hurricane. Either…
Category: Plaster
The clock is now ticking
We have been putting in long, long hours at the house the past few weeks. So many hours, in fact, that we haven’t had much time to keep the blog updated. The increased sense of urgency is due in large part to the fact that we sold our current house! [Edit from Amy: Woot! Woot!…
Prepping the floors, priming the walls, and cooling the air.
While Joe has been busy continuing window reglazing, door restoration, and plaster repair, I have been chipping away at the floors….literally. I talked a lot about the mastic tar and horse hoof glue removal process in this blog post when I was about half way through the job. Now that job is officially finished and…
Plaster repair – Part 1
One of the big remaining jobs we have left to tackle before moving into our rehab house is repairing the plaster. Technically, I guess we could do his after we move in, but it’s a messy job and not something we really want to be doing with furniture in the house. Plus, those silly people…
Doors (Part 1) and Weed Moats
As we look back on the past year of our rehab project it is obvious that the stages can be neatly divided into categories: Stage 1 – Planning (and lots of thinking). Meetings with architect, contractors, skilled friends who can give advice. Stage 2 – Demolishing (knocking stuff down and taking it out). The demo…
Taping, mudding, scraping, and washing
One year ago this week we still hadn’t even picked up a hammer, decided on floor plan revisions, or even lined up any subcontractors. Everything we have done since that time has been towards one big goal – drywall. Last week our drywall was officially completed. Let’s pause for a moment to celebrate…. Okay, time…
Under New Management 