tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65716483237599528912024-03-06T02:36:24.922-06:00Little FourSquare That Can Be...The story of restoring a beautiful brick 1906 Foursquare in the MidWestDesrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166481125543857364noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-9677966636258781682019-11-12T16:35:00.000-06:002019-11-12T16:48:24.651-06:00A few other pic finds from 2017...Going back through my pictures - these are all from 2017 - I found a few that I don't think I have posted related to the house. Here they are:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April 2017 All the lovely tools we've used for the various tiling jobs around the house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These next few pics are from the attic - looking for the cause of the leaking.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what was under the paint, that was under the wallpaper, that was under some more wallpaper!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was using a heat gun and the Speedheater and just scraping.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This wasn't actually caused by the rain leaking in at the fireplace because of the craptastic job the roofer did with putting on the flashing. No, my friends, this is 100% related to pipes that no longer connect that were used for the drain for the mini-split system. Guess we should have checked that out! Ooops!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which - huh - still need to tape and paint a crisp line on this! Totally forgot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White walls - it looks like there is writing on the wall - weird hadn't noticed that before. I hope it doesn't say "Get Out"! I'll be enlarging this as soon as I finish typing this caption and post this! Yikes!!!! - Nope - it's just the blue paint showing through. If you enlarge this picture at the top you can see the awesome Greek Key that was a gold color. Unfortunately it didn't work out to salvage it. We did try to figure out how to do that, it just wasn't working out. I wish we could have save it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making of the Graham Cracker Ginger Bread houses 2017! Audrey's is especially nice with her fine detail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See the jar of ginger on the top? That's my mom's "Ginger" bread house. Guess what it is made out of? Bread - can you see the slice on top?</td></tr>
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<br />Desrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166481125543857364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-19285171149156406052019-11-12T14:42:00.001-06:002019-11-12T17:15:07.636-06:00Time flies...We've been working on our home, but it's been a much slower pace than previous years. Meh! LOL<br />
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Recently, we've been invaded by squirrels that have attacked the porch. We had a bird (dove/pigeon - either way - yuck!!) It died on it's own - probably a heart attack - not really sure. Maybe the ghost was protecting us. Maybe there are ghosts - maybe not - I'm not sure. So far, if they do exist, they've been friendly. Thank goodness!<br />
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Back to the original intention of this post - update pics!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a project that will be tackled after Thanksgiving. Hubby is going to take off the siding - and put in insulation. This used to be a back porch, then, at some point was enclosed. There's 0 insulation in the walls. Also - the soffit is going to need some assistance - you know - birds - squirrels - they must find a new location!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a hobby - stamping metal. This was a first attempt. This will be something I pick back up after retirement or when I have nothing to do prior to that...bwahahahaha!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April 22, 2018 - Some purchases at the auction from the house next door to ours. The owner, Mrs. Joyce Arlene Asher, passed and her family auctioned all the contents of the home. She was so nice! I miss her.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought this table - now my nightstand - at the auction, also. Love it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feburary 4, 2018 This was a day I thought was our last on the face of this Earth! It wasn't supposed to be a weather issue. We left very early to head home so we would not take a chance in being caught up in the weather that was coming. They got it wrong! A driver, far enough ahead of us we couldn't see it happen, apparently hit the brakes, causing everyone else to hit the brakes. Luckily we stayed far enough behind the truck in front of us, we had time and space to react to be able to pull over to the side and not hit the pickup in front of us. We sat there and prayed that we wouldn't get hit - 3 semis came through past us / beside us. The semi on our side of the highway came from behind us, as did the 2 beside us - then the pickup truck came flying through, hit the semi beside us which sent it spinning - not sure how it missed us! I closed my eyes at that point and thought it was the end. I think the pickup is why that white car was under the semi trailer. Mayhem continued from this - this was a pileup that stretched about 4 miles. Only 1 person was killed in all of it! Such a miracle! I'll never forget the 2 men's faces in the truck spinning - they were laughing as they came up - then hit the semi - like I said I closed my eyes at that point - not sure what their faces were doing then.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are old pictures of homes in Aurora. The top one is ours. We own these pictures now - we found them at a flea market in Aurora. They were hanging in Richard's Hogwild Bar-B-Q restaurant - now closed - in downtown Aurora.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my new classroom - finally made it out of 6th grade! Now teaching 7th grade ELA! I've absolutely loved the change!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 2018 The beginning of our trip to North Carolina! Off to a slow start - brake line went out on the interstate in Tennessee - that was exciting!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">Kure Beach's coquina rock</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"> formation is home to a very rare and distinctive mossy hard </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">rock outcropping</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">. Only visible during low tide, the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">rock</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"> is cemented together by seashells and coral with an estimated origin ranging from 12,000 to 80,000 years ago. (From Wikipedia)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our view! Love it! - It survived the Hurricane!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 30, 2018 Back home - back to mowing! Our backyard. The fence will eventually be replaced. We hope to be able to put that back gate into use in the future. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 2018 - one (3) of our whys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 11, 2018 My friend, Tina, and I after painting with our beautiful masterpieces- no wine or alcohol was available! I got carried away with the blue - even though he said be careful not to do that - I think he should have directed that toward me specifically. Obviously I was the reason he said that. It's clear to me now - I wasn't picking up what he was laying down. Would wine have made this better or worse? HMMMM...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 22, 2018 This is our new sink in our bathroom in our other non-retirement home. I love it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 25, 2018 I learned how to build this in preparation for my after-school Robotics team gig. However, it was not a design they chose to incorporate - not sure why - but it was a great design!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love our garage - not sure my car would actually fit...but I wan't to figure out a way to incorporate some of these materials into a future garage design that will house a workshop area. The doors slide - 1 was actually a bi-fold door.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September 15, 2018 My husband's 40th class reunion. Sadly not all of these amazing classmates are still with us. Rest in peace friends!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 21, 2018 A great day with the grands and their cuz at a local Punkin' Patch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 28, 2018 - Such great fall colors! It did not show this color this year - it turned and then went to brown. This past weekend it was almost bare!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 2, 2018 - Finished sanding, staining and polying (is that a word - spell check says no) all the small trim pieces for the coffered ceiling in the Gentleman's Quarters. It doesn't recognize "coffered" either, however.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 8, 2018 Finally decided how to deal with the tile. We originally were going to keep this in the 1x1 squares - had it layed out so the veins lined up fairly well looking like a solid marble piece - similar to what we've seen on Rehab Addict - but then, well, I put them in the box without numbering them...sad, sad, decision.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday, November 10, 2018 We opted for cutting all of them into 1 3/4"x7" rectangle tiles. This allowed us the least amount of waste so that the tiles went past the wood fireplace mantel. You would've thought that x6" would have been the best choice - but NO it didn't work out that way. LOL Only a few weeks before we host Thanksgiving - let's finish the tile project!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunday, November 11, 2018 Here it is back in place without the surround and no grout, yet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surround - back in place - again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Air vent still not centered - oh the madness! I just try not to look at it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday, November 17, 2018 - Robotics competition. 1 of my 2 teams placed in the qualifying round with their Mechanical Design. Very proud of what they accomplished in such a short time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Way to go team!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of wins for the day for many of our teams!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 22, 2018 - Thanksgiving 2018! I am so glad we get to host Thanksgiving! I love this!!! Hoping for the new kitchen in 2 years! Time to start planning to allow how much time it takes for us to decide on things so we will be ready to put it in. SMH LOL</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 - Finally replacing that pesky knee! Look out ladders - here he comes again - well - after a while!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This amazing little supplement drink is what keeps my joints going up and down the ladders and over night recovery of whatever I put my body through with restoring our home. Chucky had bone on bone - it's not that good, yet!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A trip to the manufacturing and business home of my supplement and home-based business. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">February 21, 2018 - What a great conference and wonderful people! It was so much fun! This is sooooooo out of my comfort zone - social marketer - me? What? Taking personal days from teaching - me? What? Getting on a plane - by myself to Utah - me? What? I hadn't been on a plane since 1986ish? Things have changed people! Short story: Arrived in Dallas to get to my next plane - worries at this point - do I need to get my luggage? I don't think so, but I better check. Nope - they've got it! Ok - sure, we'll see. Next - find my next gate - ok - follow the signs - self talk - I can do this - I'm sensible - I can read. Follow signs to the next gate - they take me to an escalator - ok - weird - but ok. At the top of the escalator - now where - to the other end - ok - this goes no where. I'll observe. Weird - people are standing at those windows - they weren't there before - where did all these people come from - why are they all standing at the same window - they don't look like they are altogether. Hmmm - more observation. Huh - that's an L-train, who knew - those aren't windows, they are doors. I notice the gate numbers above - oh - that's where I'm supposed to go. OK - I get on and see that I'm headed to another terminal - miles a way - well I don't really know how far - but hey - I've got plenty of time before my flight departs - let's see this through. Lots of people on and off - still not to where I'm supposed to go. Finally - here we are and still with over an hour to kill. (Don't use words like that in an airport, though) Then I start wondering about a ticket to get on the plane - go to where my flight is supposed to be - no one. I see someone in a gate next to it. He reluctantly helped me out and printed my next boarding pass. I thought Texas people were supposed to be so kind and helpful. Hmmm. Must be a myth. I'll tell more about this later. It was a great trip!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the wonderful people I get to work with to grow my little business. (Shameless plug - if you are interested in any products this company produces - I'm happy to provide more information and would be happy to place orders for you or help you set up an account for you to place your own orders - they can be canceled at any time - no questions asked - nobody will bug you about continuing your order - it really has made my body happier - along with being safer for you and your family. Our products are clean! Our toothpaste is EWG certified - and I love it! No gaps in my gums any more! Okay - I could go on for hours...lol) Yes, I make money from what you order and my plan is to use this money so I don't have to substitute teach when I retire. Feel free to help me do that! I absolutely believe in this stuff - if not I wouldn't sell it. Obvsiouly it is one of those companies you also can join me in selling their products - but different from some of the other companies you don't have to. My earnings all come from sales of products so far. I've been doing this for over a year now. I was such a skeptic and then I tried it. Life changer for sure!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday, March 2, 2018 My mom and I. Love her! She's always supported everything I've done!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April 2018 - A fire burned down the church a block away from our home. So sad. A major landmark lost. From what I read it was being used as a manufacturing facility. I believe people were also living there. I'm sure a sprinkler system was probably not up to date. It was a beautiful church.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday, May 11, 2018 - Fun with chalk and the grandgirls! I needed to have gotten out a ladder and taken the picture from higher up. I think Lil' bit was having a sun issue.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 12, 2019 Prepping the '04 Honda Element (bought in '03) - my friend and traveling partner for a long time. I knew this day would come, but I was dreading when we would have to part ways. 194,000 miles - no issues - still running great - needs new struts, but otherwise I still love it close to 16 years later. I really wanted to just keep it - only $2000 for it as a trade-in. They listed it for $5,990, but then there's the additional insurance, keeping it maintained, etc., etc., etc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer 2019 - Shared birthday present for the 3 grandgirls - hindsight - they are too young to share a present - they didn't get it that that was each of their birthday presents! They all had a great time with it, though. Hopefully it's good to go for this coming summer as well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday, June 29, 2019 New fire pit for the McClurg home! Can't wait to use it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another picture of my mowing that was included in many Facebook posts this summer. I think about a lot of random stuff when I mow and share it on Facebook. I don't know - I think it annoys some people - but they can scroll on by.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 12, 2019 - My new traveling partner. I've wanted a Honda Pilot for years. I always thought it would be white with tan or charcola interior, but after last winter - we notied that people that drive white vehicles tend to be crazy drivers who cause a great deal of mayhem, so I really didn't want to get a white vehicle. Recall the 2 crazies who were laughing as they were headed toward the back end of a semi during the I-44 pile up February 2018? After that, really started noticing how ridiculous white vehicles drive. Start noticing!!! If you drive a white vehicle - I'm sorry if this has offended you - consider your driving habits - is this talking about you? If not, please disregard - could just be a correlated with no causation!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 11, 2019 Yes, I started taking more pictures of food. Why? Why does this happen? This was the start of eating more avacados - which sounds really good right now. The other day I saw an ad for wool socks to put your avocados in - does that help with ripening?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">July 13, 2019 Cutting 2x4s to help shore up the fence until it gets closer to the top of the list of time to take care of this...It's very far down the list currently.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August 3, 2019 Every time I mow I curse whoever decided that this needed a curvy look to it. Why? It's probably going to be removed next summer. We haven't come to an agreement of how to replace it. Hubby wants the Redbud gone. I agree it's too close to the house, but it's sooooo pretty! When you plant trees - please realize they will be getting bigger - keep this in mind regarding the roof!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's actually a French drain here already - but it isn't working properly and the basement gets water if these pipes aren't here. Also down on the list.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August 7, 2019 This is a new food find located in Battlefield, MO. It's amazing! It's called: BillyNeck Food Station. Absolutely delicious!!! Great price as well! I found this through doing a search for Food Near Me when I was traveling from Springfield. Love these fun finds - trying new things! Score!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday, August 24, 2019 Here's the wall we built forever ago for the air return for the HVAC that we designed to put up a faux fireplace. The airvent was also our created made from a screen. I believe these can still be purchased. I'd like to get one to put outside behind the porch swing also - hang it by chains. I think I'll get a piece of the one we used for the vent and see how it holds up to the weather before purchasing. I think it's a plastic type material if I remember correctly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again - the fireplace surround removed to put the grout on the tile surround we made.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another trip to BillyNeck's!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September 1, 2019 Remember the built-in we bought from the house they raised in Billington? Here it is - still not stripped. :( I hate stripping paint.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9-1-19 Finally - stripping has begun. We used a heat gun and the SpeedHeater and KleanStrip KwikStrip Paint & Varnish remover. We also have a couple scrapers that came with the SpeedHeater that I absolutely love. Still hate paint stripping, in case you were wondering. Yep. Hate it!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And all the other parts...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the glass doors...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September 1, 2019 Here's the tile surround with grout finally applied...how long has this project been going? I've lost track. Still not done at this point. It's been a busy weekend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The brick is going to go inside to make it look real. That's been a thing - do we do the whole thing? Cut out the floor? UGH!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 8, 2019 Found this! Yum! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 9, 2019 - These were stripped a couple weekends ago, but apparently I didn't take any pictures. Weird. Time for the next step</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 9-10, 2019 Detailing final bits and pieces before we apply the stain. I'm glad hubby can deal with this tediousness - I can't!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">November 9-10, 2019 </span>Prior to today - we removed the paint with heat first and scrapers - 5 in 1 and a clapboard scraper from SpeedHeater (LOVE this tool!), cleaned up with chemical stripper (KwikStrip) and followed up with a stripper wash so she's as clean as possible!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireplace - done! Andirons were purchased at a flea market, white paper birch logs were purchased probably 3 years ago from Amazon. You can see the brick is now attached using a construction adhesive. Look at that beautiful grout! We have currently chosen to leave the floor bricks loose. I think I may put double sided tape on the front ones - we'll see how it goes. The interior side walls is thin board 1/4" that is painted with a tan camouflage and gray primer spray paint.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the bottom part of the cabinet. We are turning it upside down. When we originally purchased it we were going to put it on the opposite wall and it would have been turned the right way. That wall is too short and we decided we wanted to keep it full size. Originally, I think we had planned to cut it down to fit. It's not in yet, this could still change! You just never know!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see in the background - the remaining wood that is left to finish detailed paint removal using dental pics and then stain. I don't think we will have to use a marker to cover up much. I also applied some stain to the white paint that we left on the interior. I didn't take a picture yet, but I really liked how it turned out. Hubby - not sold, yet!</td></tr>
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<br />Desrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166481125543857364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-50777630062279999482017-03-24T22:28:00.002-05:002017-03-24T22:28:58.217-05:00Squirrel!No - literally - Squirrel! The DH and I were sitting there, watching a bit of Fixer Upper and kept hearing a noise, a scraping - or was that a scratching. What in the world is that?<br />
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Pull the blue painter's tape off the door that's been acting as a barrier to the cold wind that occasionally exists this winter (hopefully next year it will be replaced by some NEW spring bronze) - what is that?<br />
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OMGoodness! It's a squirrel and it's on the screen. Look!<br />
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Poor thing, he looks like a baby. He doesn't seem to know how to get off the screen. He may need some extra squirreling lessons.<br />
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Hear that? That's momma squirrel going crazy chirping at us!<br />
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What the heck? We've literally scared the piss out of the squirrel! Eck! I think he actually tried to pee on me!<br />
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Oh dear - seems as though that small black panther thought the chirping ruckus was a dinner bell. Feeling a bit guilty we scared the cat back from where it came - beautiful cat, btw. Truly looked like a miniature panther or a gigantic black cat!<br />
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We seem to have a small squirrel family living in the ceiling of the porch - so that will be next on the list for fixing. So many projects...so few weekends to work on them.<br />
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Look what else we saw this past weekend! Leprechauns!!<br />
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Can't wait to see these little germ ridden babies! I gotta remember that just because they are the most precious things - they carry germs that keep making me sick. Gotta not get so close - but how in the world do you resist those little faces??Desrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166481125543857364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-39380894859184014332017-03-05T22:19:00.000-06:002017-03-05T22:19:51.502-06:00Check in.Progress is slow as of late. Between flu and respiratory issues neither one of us have felt much like using the steamer in the "Gold Room" to do what should have been done before we started on any of the rest of it. It has stepped up to be what we must do next so we can make some progress, put to use the architectural salvage we are storing. That just seems like the best idea.<br />
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Another project is the planning for HVAC in the upstairs of the house. It's time to call our favorite HVAC people and see what options they can provide. I'm kinda wondering about a mini-split system for upstairs. They seemed to have come a long way and would certainly take up less space. We also need to get the wood trim on the outside painted AND we must find someone who is a knowledgeable and capable brick mason who understands tuck-pointing an old home with soft brick.<br />
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So much fun! It really is - it's just stressful finding someone who is trustworthy when we have to hire something out - like the masonry work.<br />
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Sadly there still seems to be reminders of Christmas around the house - sadly only because it needs put away - or maybe just have a Christmas house. I guess that could be an option as well. Christmas around the year. Hmmmmm. Maybe each year can have a theme decoration - one year Christmas all year, one year Easter all year - etc. I'll have to think about this. Maybe it could become a thing - like No-shave November.<br />
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Just thinking about all this - I need to sleep.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-44162508731029845622016-12-04T14:50:00.000-06:002017-03-05T22:58:37.910-06:00Plans...Having finished my Masters degree, completed the various tests for licensing, my goal is to blog at least once a month. So here's part of this month's blog. We have mostly completed the dining room, but by mostly I mean we still have all the trim to take the paint off. I have run across several places on some of my blog reading faves: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/kevinslyman/battle-of-the-strippers" target="_blank">Battle of the Strippers</a> and for inspiration to work through to the end goal: <a href="http://www.laurelhurstcraftsman.com/search/label/Paint%20Stripping" target="_blank">Thank you for your inspiration!</a> to help with this project.<br />
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Then we've started on the "Gold Room", aka Chuck's room, man cave, Gentleman's Quarters. We found it was aptly named with our original term. When we pulled off the various layers of paint wallpaper combos, we found stenciling with what looks like gold dust of some sort. Any ideas on how to find out? I Google'ed it and found they did use various metal dusts back then. Haven't tried a streak plate yet.<br />
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Any who, we got excited about our ultimate plan - which was to put up beams to fix the various ceiling issues. We should have taken all the paper/paint down first, sanded, stained, and polyurethaned before we put the beams up.<br />
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<br />Desrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166481125543857364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-11012384830033042822015-11-04T21:54:00.001-06:002015-11-08T21:22:29.925-06:00Time for a little reclaiming...Recently I ran across a Craigslist Ad for architectural salvage for sale. I contacted the poster and it turned out an old house, foursquare from the same time period as ours, was being torn down and they were selling what ever anyone would buy so it was not lost to demolition.<br />
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It makes me very sad to see old homes torn down, but I was glad to see they wanted what could be saved to not be lost forever. We purchased a built-in cabinet, some stair spindles that are the same as our missing spindles, some bookcases - sadly the doors were missing, a couple of light fixtures - which of course we now regret not buying a couple of the other fixtures, and we purchased porch railings, and some window trim. That, also, we wished our bodies could have held out a little longer to take more of the trim down and reuse it some how. We spent the good part of a Saturday pulling and prodding on wooden parts that had been holding on for over 100 years. They were not real happy about letting go, but they finally gave. I think they will enjoy their new home - oh I hope they do - I hope they do not bring with them any unforgiving spirits with them. Yikes - hadn't thought about that until just now. Well - we'll just have to make them happy in their new home, if that is the case.<br />
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Domestic Management Services, Inc., the company that was taking care of all the transactions and contracting the excavation, was wonderful to work with. All the others working on preparing this home for its last days were also very wonderful, caring people. Overall it was a great experience, our bodies were sore and we were tired, but it was a good days work.<br />
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This is one of the lights we should have purchased. We kept going back and forth - would it look okay in our home, our home has the original light fixtures - which was something we loved about the home - we were concerned about betraying them. They wanted a bit more than we wanted to pay for a light that we weren't 100% certain we would be using. Yes, we could have sold it, but I didn't really want to do that - so we just didn't get it.<br />
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This is the built-in cabinet we purchased - which actually extended probably a foot above the ceiling. I can't wait to get this put into our home. We were originally going to put it exactly where a built-in had been taken out of our house by a PO, but this one is actually longer than the original and so it won't fit on the same wall. It was originally a beautifully stained wood cabinet and will be again. We had no idea it extended way above this ceiling. What a fabulous surprise!</div>
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Desrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166481125543857364noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-18940761779055840132015-11-04T21:33:00.001-06:002015-11-08T21:23:48.301-06:00Time flies when you're trying to figure out your next step and find the right product....ahhh the product.We've known what room was going to be receiving our attention - but what to use? We've pondered....a lot!<br />
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The dining room is the next to get restored to its better days, but what do we use to repair the walls? Pondering, pondering, pondering - oh the painful pondering! After reading hours upon hours (not an exaggeration) of conflicting information and not being able to find plaster, other than Plaster of Paris, we finally gave up and have been applying joint compound to our paper/paint combination removed leaving beautiful old plaster clean walls. </div>
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Ya know, Nicole Curtis, who I love, makes all that paper removal and cleaning up with vinegar and water look so easy and so quick. We knew it would be much harder than it appeared, but there's that little part of me who had hoped it was just that easy as it looked on TV. Forever the optimist!</div>
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Progress has been slow. We've found the type of crown we should be putting back into the house so it's accurate with the rest of the trim in the house - classic craftsman. Woohoo!<br />
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Now we're trying to figure out how to attach the picture molding to the outside walls. Any good ideas? We have plaster attached to brick. There isn't any wood within the brick other than where the windows are located. We may just attach the picture molding lower than we originally intended, I'm just not sure what that will look like.<br />
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We (Chuck) have been fixing the smaller cracks in the plaster in the dining room. There are too many ways to do it the one and only right way! Those of you doing this as well know exactly what I'm talking about. We were originally going to try to do lime plaster, but we were unable to find the type of lime needed. We ended up deciding to use drywall mud. We'll see how it goes.<br />
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What can anyone tell me about painting old lime? Again, many, many authorities explaining how, but none of them match. Do we use an oil-based primer first? Does it not really matter? We are both in our 50's. UGH!! But anyway - at this point - I just want it to last - say 50 years - being an optimist. Someone else can worry about it after that.<br />
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We did find a fireplace mantel that we've put in the living room for our faux fireplace / air return ducts. It looks great. We found tile that we are okay with. It was not our original intention - but it's beautiful. We did finally find the tile we wanted when we were looking for other tile - after we bought the green marble tile. Of course - but that's okay. I think this is going to be wonderful. I'll see about adding some pics.<br />
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We pulled all the wall paper off the walls. It had substantial water damage. Don't tell, but I kinda liked the pattern. Just saying. Below is a picture of some of the paper before removal. We've kept a large chunk of it and I'd like to use it as a mat for some pictures in the future. Realize I peeled the green paint off the wallpaper in order to save it; there was also another layer of wallpaper on top of this wallpaper. This paper was attached directly to the plaster.</div>
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<br />Desrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166481125543857364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-12283158062187236142014-10-25T18:34:00.000-05:002014-10-25T18:34:37.323-05:00Wall paper, wall paper, wall paper, paint...The last several weekends have been devoted to removing the covering from the plaster walls in what is now the dining room. There was inI don't believe this is the original dining room, but we did not re-open the doorway from the kitchen into the previous dining room. We decided the best traffic path would put the dining room into what was probably the original back parlor. Otherwise we would be doing through the family room/gentleman's quarters into the dining room. Eh - it is what it is. For a few days we thought about returning the pathway from the kitchen through the bathroom but decided we preferred to have a larger bath and more wall space in the kitchen for cabinets. We'll see how that plays out. I guess we can always undo what we've done.<br />
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There was actually THREE layers of wall paper and one layer of green latex paint - thank goodness it was latex. However, in some places they painted the latex on the plaster where they had pulled some of the wall paper off. Not completely, mind you. Why? Why did you do this? Good grief! Who does that? <br />
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We used a Wagner Steamer to remove said paint and paper. It worked pretty well honestly. Sure a lot easier than that rotary thing. Easier than scraping alone. Easier than just thinking it away. I tried that as well - did not work AT ALL! Ugh. Who knew??? Okay - well maybe everyone including me - but it was surely worth a try.<br />
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Now we have to take all the remainder of the glue/paste from the wallpaper off the walls before we repair the plaster and paint the room. Nicole Curtis used vinegar to clean off the glue from the plaster, so I'll be looking for what strength we should use to do this. Do you think vinegar will eat away at the plaster - lime - vinegar - I dunno. Any thoughts out there? I know from teaching science when we put vinegar on a rock we can determine that it is limestone because it bubbles up. Just makes me concerned. Maybe there's no relationship.<br />
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Very excited about the changes. We did lose a little plaster in the paper removal...seems as though the paper was holding the plaster on the wall. Rut ro.....<br />
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Also contemplating the building of a dining table with draw leaves. Very interesting. So little on the web about it OR I haven't typed in the right key words. Maybe they are called something else to most of the world.<br />
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Also on the to do list is: finish fireplace area - put trim back on, finish bathroom little things, some touch up paint, shelves in cabinet, remove paint from wood trim in dining room and gentlemen's quarters. Not sure about front room yet as far as trim. Some pictures will follow soon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginnings of the cabinet above the toilet. See the DH on the ladder? He's amazing! A big thank you goes to Jared for allowing us to borrow the ladder we bought for him. It's a great ladder, if only it were lighter!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the beginning of the built-in. We (me) originally planned to stain the back, but decided it would look better painted white.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the door above the toilet. It had originally been painted several times. The last coat was a yellowy white. I scraped and sanded and still the chips show through. We should have just gone ahead and used paint remover. It may happen someday - but for now, it's fine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one didn't have paint on it. Which brings me to a conversation about paint today. Add the lead back in! OK...probably not, but geeze!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old window, scraped and painted. Probably should have re-glazed, but it will be fine - it makes it look more authentic, right?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting closer to done....not a fan of this paint!</td></tr>
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Notice the top of both cabinets. Chuck fabricated them to resemble the original medicine cabinet in the upstairs bathroom.<br />
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We think this bath might have been originally used only by the maid. The original owners had several live in maids over the years. I have their names on ancestry.com. I'll look them back up and add them to this post.<br />
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The original bath was quite a bit smaller. The tub is quite narrow. Originally it was scooted closer to the toilet by 8-12 inches. There was a built-in on the other side from what we could tell. We believe that room was the original dining room. This room was most likely the maid's bathroom and a butler's pantry based on the various things we found when we gutted the bath.<br />
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Where we put the built-in linen cabinet was a doorway into the kitchen. We thought about re-establishing the door way and then decided against it to keep the larger bathroom size and give more privacy for the bathroom. Where the sink is, it looked like there was shelving and cabinets or possibly a dry sink. Not really sure. I thought we'd taken pics of it, but right now I haven't located them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost finished, just need to add the bottom piece. See the hardware? I followed Nichole's advice from "Rehab Addicts" and cooked them in the Crock Pot for a while. The paint did come off fairly easily! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New hinges. The knob we found in an antique shop in Marshfield.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished cabinet. Waiting for the paint to fully cure before leaving the doors closed.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Our painter showed up, armed with not just 1 but TWO paintbrushes, her painting clothes and a smile that brightens the universe! She is highly skilled and I would recommend her to anyone.</span><br />
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We gave her a red solo cup with about 2 inches of paint in the bottom and this brush and she did quite a good job honestly - especially for a 2 year old. I don't think she got any paint on her clothes. She had a bit on her hands, but not very much! Probably less than I. She painted that whole wall up to where she could reach!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love plastic with the tape attached!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From this pic you can see the exposed brick. You can also see it in the picture of the painter, Emma. At the base we are going to put back some plaster so the baseboard won't look odd.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the vanity mirror. We added a door header as the base to extend the height of the mirror off the vanity (dresser). I think the finished project looks fantastic. At first we thought about putting tile or a beveled mirror piece on the bottom of it - but I think I like it just fine without that.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginnings of the built-in for the main bath.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tub/shower with its lovely new tile surround. The tilers did an excellent job! The shower curtain rod has been fabricated by Chuck. I love it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the Shower curtain - obviously, LOL</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Billings flea market baseboard. Looks like it is close to original for the house.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-73464953943598232942014-06-01T10:48:00.001-05:002014-06-01T15:04:12.343-05:00Some recent accomplishments...Progress has been made. Other than touch-up painting and adding some plaster back onto a small part of the brick outside wall - the main floor bath..... it's DONE!!!! Can I get a WOO F HOOOOOOOO?<br />
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Out of the whole house, that 6 x 12 foot room had the longest to-do list. How does that happen? To its defense, it's also the only room that will probably have had a full gut.<br />
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I'm not sure how I feel about the sink vanity. It's gorgeous, but I'm just worried how it will hold up to water. After putting 5 layers of poly on it with a light steel pad sanding in-between each, I'm hoping it's enough. I found some poly meant for a more water use area. Is it too late to apply - or do we just wait until we need to redo the poly?<br />
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I think this is what we should have used - but I didn't know it existed until we had put the sink in. We'll see. I really love the color and richness of Varathane products!!! Any thoughts about adding another coat now?<br />
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We have almost finished the living room - temporarily. Temporarily as in - 2-20 years. Eventually we'll be stripping all the wood work and staining it. We still need to either find the fireplace mantel at a flea market/antique place or build it - I think the cost is going to be about the same either way we go. <br />
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We - I think we - I know I, and the DH seems to agree, wish to have a mantel that has columns like on the front porch of the house. I found some columns at a flea market for roughly $14 and gosh - in the flea market they seemed the right diameter, then when you get things like that home - well they are a tad bigger than what they originally appeared. I think they may work - OR - we'll find another use for them. <br />
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We built a faux fireplace area in the living room to conceal the air returns for the furnace and eventual AC. Eventual meaning at least by July. Honestly though, I think the only time we'll use it is when the humidity is above 78 percent in the house and / or the temp is above 90 degrees. Old houses were definitely built to cool themselves back in the day. When you open the windows correctly it vents the hot air out and has a nice breeze drafting throughout the house. Last summer we found it uncomfortable only a few times.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6571648323759952891" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Several weekends ago I washed down the entire living room--what a task---washing every inch of the walls and woodwork---.to prep it for new paint over who knows how many layers of previous paint and several layers of wallpapers as well. It looked better just having all the stain from tobacco and whatever else washed clean. I didn't want to do that in the beginning of this house adventure...but then I just needed a room that was presentable...a place to get out of all the restoration, mess, etc. Possibly down the road that wallpaper/paint mess will be removed, but for now - flat paint is fabulous!! It just seems to suck all the bad into the color and it disappears unless you look closely. DON'T LOOK CLOSELY!!!! Not nice! The baseboard looks very nice - all clean and shiny. We've been using Valspar paint and using "historical colors". I have to wonder if these places really exist - but nevertheless - I like the colors! The living room is Churchhill Hotel Vanilla.<br />
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It looks like a rich vanilla ice cream!<br />
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I love how it looks with the enamel trim and I think it will look just as good when we remove the paint and stain the wood a dark walnut or mahogany color.<br />
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**Side note: I looked up where the Historic colors come from - It's through the <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/">The National Trust for Historic Preservation</a><br />
So here is the hotel that our lovely vanilla color was inspired by: <a href="http://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/the-churchill/">The Churchill</a><br />
And this is where our bathroom color comes from: <img alt="Lyndhurst" src="http://www.preservationnation.org/assets/design/images/nthp-sites/lyndhurst.jpg" /> <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/lyndhurst.html#.U4tK9XJdV8E">Lyndhurst</a><br />
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Soooo, I guess that's for real - not just a ploy to cause me to buy their "Historic" paint colors.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-12320669788408401622014-02-04T12:55:00.001-06:002014-02-04T15:16:16.037-06:00Paint, stain, scrape, paint, caulk....Let's talk about the paint. We have chosen beige - what a fabulous color! It turns grey, brown, tan. Love it! Trying to decide on the type of paint - eggshell or satin. It's for the bathroom. I tend to be a lover of flat paint because it doesn't show issues. The sample we purchased - that I had to mix myself because the woman in the Big Blue L store was apparently unable / unwilling to mix it. So I shook that little container of paint from Monett to Aurora. Finally the bottom of the container was the paint color instead of white. I know I could have waited until we got home - but where's the fun in that? The samples are only sold in satin and I kinda liked the look of it. I didn't take pictures of it yet, sorry. What I've read says to use satin in the bathroom because it cleans up better, is more scrubbable.<br />
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2006-10B<br />
Valspar<img class="rg_i" data-sz="f" name="hLG3wVDmqTPLpM:" sb_id="ms__id6540" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="height: 120px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 120px;" /> It really doesn't seem that dark in reality.<br />
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We will be putting wainscot up and it will be a shade of cream/white. It looks like it matches the tile - so hopefully that's the outcome. <br />
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I can't wait until we can get this room finished!! It's so close - bet yet the list is sooooooooo long. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-25650970430180079682014-02-04T12:09:00.000-06:002014-02-04T15:16:39.797-06:00Snow Day!!! Sans snow....so far any way.An update of progress.<br />
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We are still working on the main floor bathroom. The tile is finished, grout finished, dry wall finished - all but last sanding, sink plumbed- installed - removed for final staining of mirror frame, over-toilet-cabinet installed (needs to be scraped and repainted), bathroom cabinet partially completed, paint color chosen.<br />
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Several weeks ago I went through and made a list of everything that needs completed on the main floor with the exception of the kitchen - 3 pages long - rather overwhelming. Oh well. I guess I wished I'd stayed in the dark and kept thinking oh we just have a few more things to do. Eh - what's done is done....and what isn't - isn't.<br />
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We do probably have a better attack plan at this point and way to stay more on track. That's a plus!<br />
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Here's my take on drywall. Hanging it - great workout - especially for muscles you're not currently introduced to. You also learn to use your head as a arm/hand appendage. Great stuff.<br />
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First round of mud and tape - hate it!!! Probably due to wanting it to look perfect instead of changing my mindset to - umm - put it on - you're going to sand it off and then it will look fine! <br />
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Second round of mud - ok - I like this stage - rather artistic - you can see what it's going to be.<br />
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Third coat - walk away - don't touch it, quit messing with it.<br />
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Then it became rather addictive and I started mudding things that didn't need mudded because it made it look like PLASTER!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh - it's beautiful!!!!<br />
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Can't wait to get back to it so we can do the final sanding and paint.<br />
Yeah!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-21866535346629066072013-10-01T21:02:00.002-05:002014-02-04T15:17:19.511-06:00Let the tiling begin...after the stud additions, leveling of this and that, and so on...Yikes! There's lots to accomplish before you can add tile - including gaining knowledge and nerve.<br />
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First, studs had to be added because the PO didn't believe in 16" centers apparently.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the Kerdi! It really is a great project - but you have to be FAST!!!!! We did wet down both the drywall and CBB, but it still dried quickly.</td></tr>
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membrane we installed - after putting up the drywall and cement backer board.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is another way to see how the tiles lay out - this is Chuck's preference so he can just SEE IT!!! If you look closely there's our planned for niche - It was gonna be so cool! We just felt we weren't at this leveling of tiling or Kerdi waterproofing to do this yet - maybe upstairs.</td></tr>
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According to Schluter-Kerdi we could have put drywall behind all of it, but we had already purchased the CBB and so we decided to use some of each - mix it up a bit.<br />
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Then there was the stress of - do we put in a niche or do we not - after much "debate" over how to do it, we opted for no niche - you know they make some lovely shower organizers these days that will work just fine. A niche would be nice - but not this time.<br />
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It was a learning experience - but overall I think it turned out ok. I do want to give a big thanks!!! to the humans on the John Bridge Tile Forum who helped get me headed in the right direction and feeling like I could do it and helping me figure out which thinset to use.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-82276819325090236462013-09-29T20:39:00.003-05:002014-02-04T15:19:20.558-06:00BEFORE PICS Bathroom remodel in progress...It's been a long time since I've updated. Sorry. I put in photos from all that as well. On to the mainfloor bath remodel.<br />
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Installed new water lines, new toilet with all that goes with it, replaced the floor under the toilet and tub, pulled up all the vinyl tiles from the floor, took down all the plaster - then we decided the lath had to go to. We have installed new drywall - both white and purple (blue) - it looks purple to me. Let's take a look.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-71639869560336533192013-04-21T16:04:00.000-05:002013-04-21T16:12:06.546-05:00Everything's turning up.....FLOWERS!Just thought I'd post the variety of flowers at our house that have bloomed after being under cover for a VERY long time . . .<br />
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This wall paper is located in the first bedroom upstairs. The bedroom has a door from the hallway and it has a closet. It also has a door that goes into what we think is the master bedroom. Our guess is that this room was a nursery. What's anybody's thought about this that has some background knowledge for old homes. I've searched the internet, but have not found a plan like this house.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my favorite - if I could find it I would consider putting it back up!</td></tr>
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You can also see some of the more recent paper that was very cute that was for a nursery - little bears and pastel green. However, we are not in need of a nursery - so the room shall probably just be a bedroom. We've thought of various uses - haven't decided yet for sure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same room - it's what was a nursery - I'm not sure of the original purpose.<br />
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This wall paper is in the room that is directly located by the back stair case and is over the kitchen. It has short walls with an opening into each side for storage. On top of this is a baseball - green board painted looking wall paper and some aqua paint and some white paint in some places.<br />
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This is located in what we think is the dining room. It is under a layer of paint and I think another wall paper - but I haven't been able to get just paint off to reveal the top wall paper. I'm sure this was very grand in its day!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-6665724052546484522013-04-21T10:12:00.001-05:002013-04-21T18:13:09.271-05:00And now The Continuation.....We left the BigBox - brick molding in hand - and a door sweep, and a new threshold at the proper width PLUS some of the frustration we brought in with us - we left it there - hopefully no one will decide to take it with them (it was kinda ugly!)<br />
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Arrived back to our lovely home with the new floor at the back door - put the old threshold back in for now, covered the door with the tar paper instead of the sweep - we now have 2 of these and called it a night, went to the DD's and family and spent the rest of the evening being entertained by the grand baby - she's such a welcome sight! Another plus? They have running water. Sorry, I do miss that fabulous innovation! Maybe next week????<br />
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Sunday morning...LET'S DO THIS!!!!! New day and everything is great! Alright...so....storm door....look at nothing else - don't do it! We put the brick molding in place on the outside of the door jam - well, that doesn't look to bad. <br />
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I know - we need to restore this some day - but right now, stopping the rain from coming in is first and foremost! Look at that - we did get the hinge piece on the right direction, 1 for us despite the horrid directions - they even have diagrams - but you still can't - without a doubt - tell which direction that piece goes.<br />
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Anyway, now, take the hinge piece back off after the pre-drilling to the door. We attached it to the brick molding - no problem. Time to attach the door to the hinge piece - OK, good. Attach the other side - what? Wouldn't it be easier to cut out for the latch now? No, OK...that's all the depth it needs? Alright....we'll see. <br />
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Hey, the door closes - no problems, insert the little piece that goes in the latch hole - WOW! I can't believe that works - but it does! I'll take a pic later to show you. Crazy! OK - now for the top part of the door frame (door frame - really? OK - but it works). Well, hmmm, yep, we made the decision to put brick molding there and then we will put some decorative wood piece or glass above it like a transom window down the road. Alright - yep - this is going to work too! Still, something is going to go a miss, isn't it? <br />
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Continuing on - the brick molding is in place above the door, attach the rest of the door frame to it - still closes perfectly. *wipe sweat from brow. We decided to use some of our older, weathered plywood for now for the missing 8 inches above the door. Ya know, that door looked regular height - I guess when things are always so far above you, you tend to not notice how far above you - this door actually should've been 88" - so that will be something we put on our search for list in the restoration category. Any thoughts anyone? <br />
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So - continuing on - DH caulked the door, trim, transom area, etc. I'm really wanting to become skilled with the caulk gun - maybe someday...sigh <br />
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A little more scraping needed - rut roe (love Scooby Doo, don't you - always that right response at times like this) <u><em>Small Project</em></u> turned into <em><u>Taking Up Our Whole Weekend Project.</u></em> So - no problem - even though it is Chuck's favorite scraper / do anything tool and now mine, as well. Chuck has a cow magnet on a string that will fish this puppy right outta there - next time we come! Don't worry scraper, we'll get you out!<br />
DH accidentally loses grip on the scraper, listen... - "ting" - now it's under the breakfast room - it fell between the very small opening between the steps and the breakfast room / used to be porch - so yeah - there's this opening that was covered up with by a wooden step that was also removed at the beginning of this <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the time of the falling - the floor was completely recovered with new wood. Scraper fell between the board and concrete on the right side - really???</td></tr>
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Next, we(read Chuck) must attach the storm door closers (yes - that is the proper term - who knew - just looked it up) to the door. I will learn how to use these power tools - but this is not a first project for a beginner. I did; however, help screw a board into place yesterday! <br />
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Attaching the closers was a tad difficult with the gale force wind coming through the kitchen - as another blogger had mentioned - architects back in the day did know how to design a house with proper ventilation and natural cooling - what a wonderful breeze comes through the house. Shutting the door into the kitchen quickly solved this problem and we are back on track. <br />
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Closers on, time to finish putting the trim on the trim (not a typo - there's trim for the trim) so it looks seamless. DH says - here's this piece that goes on the bottom - ummmmm - clearly I need to be the one that reads the directions so we follow the sequence. Definitely an anecdote to share with 6th graders on how you will use sequence of events in your life! LOL Unscrew the frame again - still not going on - you know what? It looks fine without that doesn't it? Yep. <br />
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Next? UGH - there's one for the other side too and if we don't add it - that's going to catch pant legs, legs, etc. Well - what's the deal? This one slid right up there! Sooooooo - I guess - like that silver thing under the radiator - I'll work on this another time - by myself - it'll go on. We step back, admire our work and agree - we are not looking at anything else - the electric and plumbing must be first and foremost now!!!!<br />
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The plan for our next work weekend: replacement of knob-and-tube wiring - which has been the plan for Day 1, from Day 1 - but - truly when you have water coming in from everywhere - that does need fixed first!<br />
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This weekend's plan was to simply put in a storm door on the back door to stop water from coming in.<br />
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***side note - from previous post - for those unaware or unsure what DH stands for it means: Darling Husband - although some of the possibilities that have been brought to my attention could be put in to play at various times - just wanna keep those options available.<br />
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So, back to the storm door. We decide - hey, let's look under the vinyl where the water looks like it has been coming in under the door and see what it looks like. I take the trusty knife and cut along the lines of the vinyl to peel back a section - oh goody!!! We have water damage - surprised? - no.<br />
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Let's cut this first section and see what it looks like under there. What? more gray, damaged wood that seems weak? No way!<br />
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Alright - let's go again....dang! This is ridiculous - how does it ruin all these layers and still had not just caved in - how did the inspector not pick up on this - hmmmmmmm<br />
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OK - well - this has to go too and so there it is - the ground! Woot! Woot! Total replacement! How exciting!!!<br />
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At this point, Chuck decides we need to stabilize the corner - so let's put in a 4x4 under the corner to help support the corner - due to the fact that the board it's on is also rotted.<br />
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Off to the lumber yard - but I stayed home since we had no way to lock up the house because there is now a hole and no door at all.<br />
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Okay - so what shall I do while the DH is headed back to the lumber yard? Well - peeling paint and wall paper is always fun....or I could see what is located under the broken hardwood in the "gold room"...yep - let's go with that!<br />
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There was that silver bar thing under the radiator that we tried to get out the other day - but, the vacuum is entertaining me quite a bit as well and how else can I use the vacuum AND the scraper - ohhhhhhhh - the wall where the bathroom and "gold room" connect - there's lots of stuff there. I dug out some dart pieces, a marble, some Legos - okay this space is now cleaned and removed of unneeded items / toys. Okay - let's take a look at the silver bar thing. Well - the vacuum isn't of any help - nor the scraper. Tried moving the silver bar under the radiator - not enough clearance - various positions - still not going - finally - not really sure of the exact twist but it was FREE! Alright - so all these finds have now been relocated to the fireplace / mantel area. <br />
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Still no DH - where are you Chucky??? Oh - wow - there's those mirrors all in a row in the "gold room" - so what do you think might have been the purpose? Unfortunately I did forget to take pictures of before - I may have to put them back up to take one! LOL The tool of choice - a pry bar! Tools are soooooo fun! 1st one - down! 2nd - down! Third - down! 4-6 nails per mirror. Fourth - I knew this was going too well - they managed to actually get these nails into some wood - after prying and prying - finally it gave - the glass that is! However, it all stayed in tack (not sure on the spelling of this - so this will do for now) - so no broken glass to clean up! I'm not going to be superstitious about this - things haven't gone in a positive direction anyway. And now for the 2 mirrors on the back of the solid wood door - seriously - who does this????? By the way - there were NO hidden holes behind the mirrors - that's what we were expecting being that the mirrors were kinda in an awkward place and so many of them - we expected a gaping hole! Yeah - no big hole here! So the door ones - yeah - not very easy - but they are all down - sans pliers - who needs pliers? Well - my mom - but we managed without them. Just a helpful hint: when the DH comes back from an extended trip to the lumber yard - don't bug him about pliers for a project that isn't on the list to be completed for years. Just saying...<br />
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Okay - so back to the gaping hole in the floor. Board replaced - check (this is the one I helped screw in with a power tool, I might add!!)<br />
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4x4 in place. Check! Now to add some further support for the replacement floor, check, and so on and so on - BTW - sprayed for the ants prior to all this - spraying took place as soon as we found them! Die suckers, die!!!! <br />
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The floor is all back in place - it's getting late - so let's just put in the new threshold, check the measurements again for the storm door, put the door back on, put some tar paper up against it (supposed to rain), and call it a night. Check! But wait - there's more! The door is too big for the current jam. Okay - again - communication between the DH and DW(darling wire) has gone awry. I thought he thought the door was too small - either way we need to go to the Big Box L - but the DD(darling daughter) says it closes in 25 minutes and we're 15 minutes away. SO - that gives us 10 minutes - we're going. We made it and by golly - it doesn't close for an hour and 25 minutes - woohoo!!!! Chuck says - brick molding will work - what? I don't get it - explain - alright - sorry DH but your ability to explain needs some work - but I know we can do this!!! Also we looked at their example of the storm door because the directions - well - lacking - simply lacking. I took pics and studied it closely - knowing all to well - I will not remember when we get back - but I'm studying the dang thing! <br />
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to be continued....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-9032613428518055242013-04-08T21:51:00.004-05:002013-04-21T16:10:57.282-05:00Weekend 1:RestorationThe plan: <br />
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<li>Hahahahahahahahhahaha...hahahahahaha.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See the knob & tube wiring at the header?</td></tr>
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The window was replaced - after removing much more of the window than originally intended, much scraping of paint; and yes the scrapings were retained and not allowed to contaminate the neighborhood. Then - hmmmm - by the way - did I mention it was 3 stories up? Just in case you missed it - 3 stories! I'm sure you've done the same. Yes - scraping paint, standing on the peak of the kitchen roof, holding on tight to the inside wall studs and window frame - directly below one strand of knob and tube - that still lights up with the tester. Probably not the smartest thing I've done in my life - but, perhaps, foolishly - it really wasn't that scary - and who's going to do it - if not me? It had to be done. <br />
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First stupid accomplishment in the name of putting the house back together. We were able to use the old stops on the new window and we are hoping this is the only window we actually replace. The rest will be rebuilt - but with a storm coming in Sunday - we didn't have time for the learning curve of rebuilding a window. We did keep all the rest of the old window - to either recycle parts or however we can use it.<br />
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By the way - I'm not the one to hire if you don't want paint on your shingles too. I'll get better! I had the wrong brush for that part of the job. Now we have the right one for the next window trim painting. You can see it in the picture if you look close.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new window - from this distance can you even tell it's a new window?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hopefully this is the fix and not the horrid job that was done with the flashing against the main house!</td></tr>
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I think, all taken into consideration, it went well. The storm didn't surface though, so now it's a waiting game to see if that was the problem. So that was Saturday - morning through early evening. The rest of the evening - babysit the granddaughter! Yeah!!!! Love that baby!<br />
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Day 2 - Sunday...Plan had changed at this point - we really needed to try to sturdy up the front porch since we were making so many trips in and out. The plan - put plywood down.<br />
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Ok - so first misunderstanding. DH wanted to buy 3/4" and I felt 1/2" would be sufficient. I thought the DH wanted to put the plywood over the existing boards, but his plan - cut out the boards and put the plywood over the gaping hole. Very surprised the DH agreed to the 1/2" plywood - not like him to give in when he knows he's right - perhaps he felt it was a learning point for me. Hmmmmmm. So he even went to the point of cutting it and demonstrating how it was not thick enough. OK OK - well you could've explained yourself better...LOL - but right???<br />
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So back to the lumberyard - and there ya are - a sturdy entrance! <br />
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So much for electric - why? Well, because of all the little bugs with all their little friends - also known as TERMITES!!! Hmmm, didn't we have an inspection? No mention of termites on / under / in the home - the only mention of termites was in the detached garage about 50' away from the house. Why are we keeping secrets like this Mr. Inspector? Not GOOD! So back to the store to buy them all party drinks - there was no suffering - it was an instant death! We will need to hire someone for further treatment, but for this weekend - game over!<br />
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ALSO - Lots of lock changing...we bought locks prior to fully checking the old out - we will learn - maybe...<br />
So - basically I took the old locks apart and swapped out just the chambers where I could - I'm sure I can probably just buy the locking chamber somewhere - but oh well - it's done. We additionally changed the lock on the back door. No pic though, what?<br />
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And - all this without plumbing! I had called the utility company Wednesday to have it transferred to our name for Friday and turned on - the house had been winterized. So we met the truly wonderful realtor, Sandy, about an hour from our new home for the closing and since we were early we made a call to the utility company to schedule having the gas turned on and she informed the DH that there was a leak on our side of things with the water - of course there is! - YIKES - all we could picture was all this water running all over the house because we forgot to close all the faucets, etc from the house being winterized. However, this city has considerate, thoughtful, wonderful people working for them and they had the sense to shut the water right back off when they saw the meter spinning when the turned it on. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!! So, the first thing we actually did upon arrival to the house was close all faucets, etc. Thank goodness - that would have been a disaster! Soooo - still no water - though - to be continued....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571648323759952891.post-84804769510502134842013-04-03T19:55:00.001-05:002013-04-04T19:22:49.130-05:00The beginning...Que sera sera - that's been my mantra of lately. Not sure the spelling is accurate - but the meaning is accurate.<br />
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The closing is finally going to happen. Do you know it's almost impossible to get a loan these days on an older large home, despite excellent credit? True Story - and so it begins...<br />
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The preparation of our retirement home or sooner. Can't wait to get started!! That's another story by itself. So - apparently when you close - you don't necessarily get to take possession...Who's heard of this craziness?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0