Hi everyone! I wanted to show you another little side project we had to tackle before winter came. Pretty much anywhere, whether “winter” means cold and snow or simply the rainy season, it usually means weather. Around here, it means cold and snow, which also means winds and everything that is outside, trying to find a way inside, i.e. critters. As much as we love our furry friends, our home isn’t really best suited for them and us together, lol!…
On another quick topic, I simply had to make a mention about my plant. You see, I’ve had a certain plant which I’ve kept for 10+ years now. It’s been with me through my moves and was always partially growing, essentially a stick of a plant, yet I kept it. Back in my East Texas town, there was a small nursery where I previously shopped. I saw a beautiful unusual blooming plant off to the side and when I asked…
I guess you actually can put scaffolding on a porch roof! Much to my discomfort. lol. But this is the very last of a small area above the porch that we just couldn’t quite reach. But scaffolding did the trick! Paul climbed out the front window, around to the side and pulled up by rope each section of scaffolding and built. Do you see it? Top left little square and roof fascia board above the porch. That one little spot…
Hi again. A super quick update on the hallway but SO important to us, so we had to share. The LAST of the old deteriorated and stained tiles are now “gone.” YAY! Ready now for fresh new tile.
Hi all and happy autumn! As last year, the fall colors have been incredible and although most of the leaves have peaked and fallen, there are still some beauties out there (and I’m making mental notes of the real gems I would like to see someday in our yard). Thankfully, we are just about done with our “must do” list before the season changes. After the side bay top portion of the window was completed, Paul moved scaffolding around to…
Hi everyone! My apologies for the delay in posting this time. We’ve been out of town and had a few other things going on around here, and I looked up to see it was suddenly several weeks since my last post! Let me see if I can catch everyone up… As many of you know, there is a certain crispness in the air these days. And when the wind blows, there’s a subtle change you can feel. The season is…
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…