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…
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Lucy’s built-in bed and window trim
The kids’ rooms are slowly nearing completion. We seem to be bouncing back and forth between these two rooms, possibly just procrastinating the final decorating decisions. The first major project we completed in Lucy’s room (post-renovation) was the built-in dresser. Next, we moved on to the window trim and built-in bed for Aiden’s room. Now…
Completing the Cycle: Re-installing the rehabbed windows
The renovation of our beautiful 100 year old windows has been the most time consuming single project (by far) and the biggest money saving DIY project (by a mile) of our home renovation project. Those of you that have followed this blog from the beginning have read about these windows off and on for…
The Great Recession: How Recessed Lights Took Over Our House
Week 47 – Joe The pace of our work is picking up as we get closer to another major renovation milestone for us – electricity! Amy and I took a personal day from our “day jobs” last week so that we could work together on the house and make a few more final decisions that…
A Morale Boosting Saturday: Windows and Wiring
Week 46 – Joe After many weeks of typical winter weather we were blessed this weekend with a day of 50 degrees and sun! My mom took Lucy to the Children’s Museum and Aiden hung out with a friend all day which meant Amy and I could both work on the house and take advantage…
Winter is coming!
Week 32 – Joe Apparently winter is arriving a little earlier this year. An abnormal “polar plunge” is dropping the temperatures below freezing and will continue for the foreseeable future. I don’t mind cold weather. In fact, I normally embrace it… but it’s too early! We have been preparing for the inevitably of cold temps, but…
Window resolution and forward progress! (part 4)
Week 29 – Joe Amy and I are in the middle of a fall break from work. This means we have been able to make much more progress on the house. A couple weeks ago I finally figured out how to make the new windows match the old windows. The amber shellac that I had…
Window Standoff – Part 3
“The windows have been an ongoing project.” I feel like I say that in every blog post. Now that my work schedule has ramped up I don’t have time to run over to the house just for an hour here or there. I moved the whole window project to my basement, which is great because…
Work continues without us
Week 20 – Joe School started a couple of weeks ago and that means the type of work we are doing on the house has completely changed. Progress is still moving forward and the house is changing every week, but it is because we are now in the stage of the renovation that requires us…
Window rehab – part 2
Week 16 – Joe Window rehab has been an ongoing project all summer. It is something I can work on in between big projects. Realistically, it will take me months and months … and months. My previous post about windows was all about the trials of removing, stripping paint, scraping paint, breaking windows, sanding, and…
Under New Management 