renovation archive
June 14, 2008
movin’ on up
The former boarding house/whore house across the street has been restored and is for sale. For only $193,000, you’d get a house AND some good stories to tell…
April 9, 2008
into the void
After 4 1/2 years in the house, we finally got the will together to bust up into the attic last week.
January 21, 2008
house renovation porn
Our neighborhood blog has an ongoing series of before&after photos of renovations from around the area, if you’re into that kind of thing…
October 13, 2007
4 years
We moved in to our house 4 years ago today. We were pretty sure at that time that we’d be done in a year or 2; we still haven’t been in the attic yet…
September 30, 2007
porch progress
The framing inspection on the porch went well, and we’ve* since put down the tongue&groove floor and rebuilt the bottoms of the columns.
July 26, 2007
digging for and pouring footers
The crumbling brick piers that were supporting the porch went down about a foot into the dirt and then just stopped. This time around we’ve dug fairly substantial holes and filled them with cement.
July 24, 2007
found bottles
In addition to the opossum mummy, we also pulled a few 1960s/1970s bottles out from under the porch.
July 23, 2007
porch demo w/ mummified opossum
At the end of day 1, the demolition is done and the truck is full of stuff to take to the dump. We found 4 or 5 old soda bottles and a mummified opossum.
July 23, 2007
front porch rebuild!
Jim from Reveal, Inc and I will be rebuilding the flooring and supports of our front porch over the next 2 or 3 weeks.
July 8, 2007
a bamboo screen
The newly painted shed now has a bamboo screen and wee climbing hydrangea just barely growing up the side.
July 5, 2007
the view from the roof
That last heavy rain had the roof obviously leaking for the first time in a while. I went up yesterday to scope out the condition of the gutters and the rest of it, and took a few pictures while I was there.
June 25, 2007
orange and a color similar to purple
Out yard is so much less dreary than than back in March. We planted day lillies, hostas, and ghost ferns this weekend, and started painting the shed.
June 1, 2007
itchy addendum
I neglected to explicitly state that yesterday’s work could not have been accomplished without Ronni’s help. Also, I got poison ivy.
June 1, 2007
having moved a fence…
The wall has been finished and the fence, with teamwork, cursing, and bleeding, has been moved back. The old parking pad and the sloping part of the yard that used to be orphaned to the alley are now inside the fence.
May 25, 2007
green and pretty
Our 2 remaining “before summer starts” projects are still hanging, though we ought to make some good progress on the retaining wall over the long weekend. We’ve been working on the yard a lot, though, including planting 2 pretty big trees.
