While I was working on the bricks below repairing the mortar, Paul was once again, working the high places. The facing boards at the top of the house needed to be prepared for gutters. Many had long since rotted, some boards completely missing near the top and of course the paint was peeling and chipped everywhere. Once again, we picked up scaffolding and he began to work on the high places on the left side of the house (along the…
Hi everyone! Even with the heat, we have to keep taking advantage of the warmer weather to work on the exterior. As we learned this last year (and our first season here in West Virginia), once winter comes, you have to simply move inside and use your energy where you can work on and complete a project. Some projects outside require a few days, simply because of what they are. One for example is the continuing repair of the foundation….
It’s finally here. After 10 months of scrubbing, tearing out, testing radiators, fixing bathroom leaks, installing heat, hot water heaters and running pipes, we have finally moved into the beautiful ole’ home. She still has a LONG way to go, but it’s workable, actually quite livable and coming together beautifully. There was a bit of a delay since my last post mainly because of the move and we had to get internet setup. Considering how long it’s been since the…
Quick fun side note: in doing our temporary setup in the kitchen, I needed to make use of every organizer we had. That meant every shelving unit, every drawer bin, every thing that had a nook, a cranny, a crevice, (…well you get the idea, lol) had to be utilized in the kitchen until cabinets can come (which I understand can be awhile). I began moving every organizer-y/shelving thing into the kitchen space and decided I should use the Hoosier…
Before I get to the new outside work we are beginning, I had a couple of things on my mind. For those who don’t know me, I’m a list maker. When something is worked on, it should be completed. Anything almost done, almost clean, almost…stays on my mind, gnawing at me. I do so like a checked off list. There’s such a sense of accomplishment with it. I know. It’s a personal issue, but I’ve come to terms with it….
Hi everyone! I’m sorry it’s taken so long to get back to the blog, time got away from me and we found ourselves involved in a local event. The Greenbrier Valley home tour is this year and we’ve been honored with the request to allow our home to be a part of it! Check it out. https://greenbriervalleyhomeandgardentour.com/ It’s coming up in just two weeks and to prep for the tour, I’ve been doing a little work behind the scenes, researching…
The colors are coming out all over and the foliage is turning once again into that brilliant almost blue green with flowers blooming and trees budding. It’s been present on our minds lately that it was one year ago, April 2021, when we started our new adventure. That was when we took our first trip to West Virginia and discovered this beautiful state, its genuinely kind people and what it had to offer. We had an unexpected pleasure this week….
You know that certain stage in new construction where it seems to slow down? You see the framing go up, the walls and the roof and the changes are visible almost daily. But then construction seems to come almost to a halt. We all know that’s not really the case because workers are going in and out, but nothing major appears. Well, you know that stage? Well, we’re at that stage. :-/ LOL We’ve discovered the fun of the stage…
Before I get too far into the kitchen update, I wanted to circle back to a follow up to a picture I said I’d post. This is the final version of the outside of the kitchen wall, the one that we had to fix because of rotten siding and studs. Once again, Paul did a fantastic job. You can see what the house will be. (don’t look at the window, I haven’t done my part yet. 🙂 With the sewer…
Hi everyone! We are continuing to work away on the kitchen and making solid progress but completely unrelated to its work, we ran into another problem which called our attention away. Like I had said earlier, we show up for work and the house tells us what our duties are for the day. This particular day, it got our attention in a most insisting and fragrant way. LOL. As you recall, we now had two bathrooms functioning…well sort of. It…