tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16214289146263031822024-02-01T23:45:07.001-05:00Paint on Purpose"Decide who you are, and then do it on purpose." - Dolly Partonckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.comBlogger450125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-76662395018263470222021-03-14T22:16:00.000-04:002021-03-14T22:16:12.262-04:00House to Home, Volume Nineteen - Ready for Roofers<p>We interrupt this house reno to bring you an exciting development. After my last post, I got this photo from my mom:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaSrG3pv-aR1zvvM_5IpSor3aQa9LhRr3OCwiOly2_y4_Yj4VH9zt-95O8AsP5PsCw_3W3QA3xw-QGR74bz4OfVtayzHejODNhdnZ_Y_AIBkAAZqowmpb8U0sFNsV8yWsILDLWxmTbz5K/s2048/pick+up+sticks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaSrG3pv-aR1zvvM_5IpSor3aQa9LhRr3OCwiOly2_y4_Yj4VH9zt-95O8AsP5PsCw_3W3QA3xw-QGR74bz4OfVtayzHejODNhdnZ_Y_AIBkAAZqowmpb8U0sFNsV8yWsILDLWxmTbz5K/w400-h300/pick+up+sticks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />HAHAHA! I didn't dream it! And there's the sword. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.<p></p><p>But here's the thing. The crew came back on Thursday, January 7th and I don't really know what they did. The day before was super crazy. Roxie had dental surgery at a pet dentist almost two hours away. We left home in the morning, picked up my mom on the way, and got to the appointment REALLY early (thanks, Mapquest). We can skip all the details but it was a very long day. Roxie was under anesthesia for over six hours, she had several teeth pulled, we spent a crap ton of time in the parking lot listening to live coverage of the Capitol siege on NPR, and I can't even remember what time we got home - after 8pm? We were gone for over twelve hours. Poor StanLee spent the whole day crossing his legs and bless his little heart, he didn't have any accidents. The three of us slept on the couch, mostly because we were too tired to walk up the stairs. I stayed home the next day to keep an eye on Roxie, and I only took a few pictures late afternoon when everyone had left.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMOWoEU80dj3izawn0dhkDbv3HliUlfev9EhZBn6O8sUF_3oEdyrDFc1K5yNcYKtqNO_NAEVB2DlHH-Dlw1xo3efllYKXaWDo9_tgMgeEoEVcvLnAGtfOr89deaDcv9Vxr25blb5Vt-iN/s864/afternoon1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMOWoEU80dj3izawn0dhkDbv3HliUlfev9EhZBn6O8sUF_3oEdyrDFc1K5yNcYKtqNO_NAEVB2DlHH-Dlw1xo3efllYKXaWDo9_tgMgeEoEVcvLnAGtfOr89deaDcv9Vxr25blb5Vt-iN/w400-h225/afternoon1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WJnuOb1NI15d-gMB9LNgpMYI5bFrYdSopX10KZCcVCivYydSLSaOE9MGgzz6RHt_08P2yB39sC7yhZSii7GeRTlgtj4iiRsL3KUwFWdNLcgY98TNUEZqN8z0hMB43nYKgR05EAjBOHYP/s864/afternoon2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WJnuOb1NI15d-gMB9LNgpMYI5bFrYdSopX10KZCcVCivYydSLSaOE9MGgzz6RHt_08P2yB39sC7yhZSii7GeRTlgtj4iiRsL3KUwFWdNLcgY98TNUEZqN8z0hMB43nYKgR05EAjBOHYP/w400-h225/afternoon2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lAXqROoDzhiVgfHBCQWr2HTkDY2KDfdFQV1hZ5bedTDZSXhakJONCkTu8rzxl-LP9uf77tECv4DOJornbl00Wonl3GfcpAhxqLJQJLNYptLNnibvHmAS3f5iCOXrMi7fhPx5lNqknTjx/s864/up+the+ladder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="598" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lAXqROoDzhiVgfHBCQWr2HTkDY2KDfdFQV1hZ5bedTDZSXhakJONCkTu8rzxl-LP9uf77tECv4DOJornbl00Wonl3GfcpAhxqLJQJLNYptLNnibvHmAS3f5iCOXrMi7fhPx5lNqknTjx/w276-h400/up+the+ladder.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div>Not sure what happened out there, but it was something to do with rafter tails, or the soffit ladder, or the gable ladder - something like that. And the scaffolding moved around. The third picture is looking up the stairwell.</div><div><br /></div><div>I stayed home the next day as well. Roxie's med schedule is every twelve hours (8am and 8pm) instead of every four - six hours like before so that's easy enough to manage, but I didn't want to leave her alone. We watched more mysterious work being done thru the windows.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ijrmOaJzdCIjnqW64kQRmgJYlFtwhyphenhyphen3WCvaKymYn_y_y5UZZshp82KX9Uz8yqHRarkzvS_orT1u_yE81GE1s5cWY4n0MFeaIs-u6eoL8WxnSpI_0QuIFqTp8i3mxCjwBi6g5hfc4kxlg/s864/dining+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ijrmOaJzdCIjnqW64kQRmgJYlFtwhyphenhyphen3WCvaKymYn_y_y5UZZshp82KX9Uz8yqHRarkzvS_orT1u_yE81GE1s5cWY4n0MFeaIs-u6eoL8WxnSpI_0QuIFqTp8i3mxCjwBi6g5hfc4kxlg/w400-h225/dining+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYyOfg2fTaxlC2Y62RzX5aUIhTHolFdlPCoUS_VaqbLk2b3zV7zSIUZ-NKP57zJ0yExk-iuiCau4IjDuVoK_ay3N45ihKvyzVpT9j-9Zdq4HDOpEUY6drADYAlgr0bguybr6IaYyVY1Tf/s864/guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYyOfg2fTaxlC2Y62RzX5aUIhTHolFdlPCoUS_VaqbLk2b3zV7zSIUZ-NKP57zJ0yExk-iuiCau4IjDuVoK_ay3N45ihKvyzVpT9j-9Zdq4HDOpEUY6drADYAlgr0bguybr6IaYyVY1Tf/w400-h225/guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpAJDQ2-pLr382tbrBi-icB9Ia2QMyyFc-7QqlUUxrrZq2WwkJ_IcMbvJIi8Qh5UcHd1oq-wK7LwzhZp5b2DeaVDTbS_r0bHJjR13BGqdsaEdvD_b3pzBbeefUIa8pWQ8s93y-HFTozZ0/s864/hall+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="543" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpAJDQ2-pLr382tbrBi-icB9Ia2QMyyFc-7QqlUUxrrZq2WwkJ_IcMbvJIi8Qh5UcHd1oq-wK7LwzhZp5b2DeaVDTbS_r0bHJjR13BGqdsaEdvD_b3pzBbeefUIa8pWQ8s93y-HFTozZ0/w251-h400/hall+window.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br /><div>The roofers are coming back on Monday so "things" needed to be ready. I don't know what those "things" were. Saturday was a beautiful day, tho, so I took a bunch of pictures. Some of these may look exactly like the ones I took end of December, but the sunlight and shadows were too good to pass up. First, here's the garage and the foyer.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMfe_0BaUog5YA_R-LmbvCNnnogXHKhtbk-SV0Ox8DgfyJDRWXDly2M12xIEOYugAzDfM2JcC8R-FAqvgrE8XuKD33ABTQbquklKtIK4ilmUTLABkaK5FIwlzouXez_dTclR0VFZ4ZY2q/s864/garage+from+car+door+toward+inside+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMfe_0BaUog5YA_R-LmbvCNnnogXHKhtbk-SV0Ox8DgfyJDRWXDly2M12xIEOYugAzDfM2JcC8R-FAqvgrE8XuKD33ABTQbquklKtIK4ilmUTLABkaK5FIwlzouXez_dTclR0VFZ4ZY2q/w400-h225/garage+from+car+door+toward+inside+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmacc-Dz_IjossiNis9MJY_kLqGCYvd5afjc7mfHhiS61qo3IewZP6TMnrEeZ9hU2OP6rTtmO2zLAYVwbeNzRbaoy7JyFxcyvoq9ZeFralXdMp2oP8vrSZCUXvcxH59pp0-yEZT9fDDDdm/s864/garage+from+elec+panel+looking+out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmacc-Dz_IjossiNis9MJY_kLqGCYvd5afjc7mfHhiS61qo3IewZP6TMnrEeZ9hU2OP6rTtmO2zLAYVwbeNzRbaoy7JyFxcyvoq9ZeFralXdMp2oP8vrSZCUXvcxH59pp0-yEZT9fDDDdm/w400-h225/garage+from+elec+panel+looking+out.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tQdpF22AR1-xX2XjI2_98tEQtLVwr-jEDBYx7zXCLQtYeT-YAShJZ-a4BrAF2rSEM4i7rOvGnQFBLX2xTO65PQo-Dfloicyq3LsS1dvycaZvd7QNdGCgzR_OKJ5b1Xek3LhfRV1wSxIE/s864/garage+from+inside+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tQdpF22AR1-xX2XjI2_98tEQtLVwr-jEDBYx7zXCLQtYeT-YAShJZ-a4BrAF2rSEM4i7rOvGnQFBLX2xTO65PQo-Dfloicyq3LsS1dvycaZvd7QNdGCgzR_OKJ5b1Xek3LhfRV1wSxIE/w400-h225/garage+from+inside+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_tctsUt1mzV4HrwStMuR_YRzSFmgMkQXPtPiDEzXFxpfCxszcVeO86jo-sTRu-40xyXJ2cITz1I6kn2Btmtvlp81GURVGwzLK0uFOYX6tfRAegh_2H2216OrMRgdJ5cCYRFWXWzPNcQ3/s864/garage+people+door+toward+elec+panel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_tctsUt1mzV4HrwStMuR_YRzSFmgMkQXPtPiDEzXFxpfCxszcVeO86jo-sTRu-40xyXJ2cITz1I6kn2Btmtvlp81GURVGwzLK0uFOYX6tfRAegh_2H2216OrMRgdJ5cCYRFWXWzPNcQ3/w400-h225/garage+people+door+toward+elec+panel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLf1gOL3HnsY7uXKR830579A06FhM5PChdFDBI_DWWDIJAciNs5gNpx-PGy-K8fcjw4Up9Op24_FLW7Sb49AWgjgIUAhhbwllBqUC4KU9zkV9on2d5AxB-ZoIJyg-wnGUuIsb8gAUAIhRh/s864/waiting+room+looking+at+future+stairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLf1gOL3HnsY7uXKR830579A06FhM5PChdFDBI_DWWDIJAciNs5gNpx-PGy-K8fcjw4Up9Op24_FLW7Sb49AWgjgIUAhhbwllBqUC4KU9zkV9on2d5AxB-ZoIJyg-wnGUuIsb8gAUAIhRh/w400-h225/waiting+room+looking+at+future+stairs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Now here's my paint office. We will circumnavigate the room counter-clockwise starting with the window that looks east, toward the backyard.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pux63RDoRqUO05lWcEHucwN_-ipp2QqbNW7BCghyphenhyphenbHX37PKlcIexaOMEvbjNF6kSUNGL6YaBNzaPfTHt0wQFWD89AMm5FrfGyrt7g41vslT88_4fg5mhv2uZ2IoCulxk0K7_P2egKYrt/s864/paint+office+looking+out+backyard+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pux63RDoRqUO05lWcEHucwN_-ipp2QqbNW7BCghyphenhyphenbHX37PKlcIexaOMEvbjNF6kSUNGL6YaBNzaPfTHt0wQFWD89AMm5FrfGyrt7g41vslT88_4fg5mhv2uZ2IoCulxk0K7_P2egKYrt/w400-h225/paint+office+looking+out+backyard+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgie2Ov1irKjXUkOy11LUWEItUtq8jYctz6q0TkM9_7ZOD__Aviyrg9IyJeUdVuV7yhN3P5piRaDA5irLSwbOZkriEcDGXYMcVa0cV45KxoyFzcmrFObjqOkqXRk2B_VQuQgVAFHYFjkSCv/s864/paint+office+toward+old+house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WvigiydsqIsY1gQva9-pu9DJlPpknuB659NKpqzSHfHwTvDMZZdAIF3_6LBNWt3tvT3Kx4DW8VZv5EvFPPrOsHvGy1Sxan0dguyMXEw-QrtKrrcwgpF_2qnTfuzkGoNMYSFwoqz5XpAg/s864/paint+office+toward+library+hallway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WvigiydsqIsY1gQva9-pu9DJlPpknuB659NKpqzSHfHwTvDMZZdAIF3_6LBNWt3tvT3Kx4DW8VZv5EvFPPrOsHvGy1Sxan0dguyMXEw-QrtKrrcwgpF_2qnTfuzkGoNMYSFwoqz5XpAg/w225-h400/paint+office+toward+library+hallway.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's the entrance to the hallway, looking first toward the bedroom and then toward the library end of the hallway.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1UMCsz54vcWyu-xIfd0Djp2tZdnZ6oKV7ZQDlLWBU_OOfx-FEhuVHq0sJ2gd1U9F6IExRMvsZ-Yt4N_kCNN8p5fgH9b2X6qms-GqkHG2UoNyV9U0UHqYiFnvyLehXotZpp0Tgxk4lOOO/s864/hallway+entrance+toward+bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1UMCsz54vcWyu-xIfd0Djp2tZdnZ6oKV7ZQDlLWBU_OOfx-FEhuVHq0sJ2gd1U9F6IExRMvsZ-Yt4N_kCNN8p5fgH9b2X6qms-GqkHG2UoNyV9U0UHqYiFnvyLehXotZpp0Tgxk4lOOO/w400-h225/hallway+entrance+toward+bedroom.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn7rwR4WGi1anUflM_yRK-iaR97XPsEPUKRkTxCpeJr7xVFSOFFlj1dF3jpTKNOwAOWOGieekSxixFPg1k2Al6Pq846ZKIlICDBOAf9R4HXwTJW1rH042CH2G4QeF-qiQVeVz-mIhLeil/s864/hallway+five+square+windows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn7rwR4WGi1anUflM_yRK-iaR97XPsEPUKRkTxCpeJr7xVFSOFFlj1dF3jpTKNOwAOWOGieekSxixFPg1k2Al6Pq846ZKIlICDBOAf9R4HXwTJW1rH042CH2G4QeF-qiQVeVz-mIhLeil/w400-h225/hallway+five+square+windows.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I love those square windows. Turning around, here's the view from this corner looking left, right, then straight back to my paint office.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJEzuPvDeFee5z10DzqNVPaj1mhfnoHU0Inke8fZJLskc2Tu2Ve7MHlijqaOwqgAQ1Ud0FeOFJ2FT3e6ebYdRsZoIRjKKoZd0tslZ3mfpanfQqBOOI-FuouCbndq_hX2rKUrdxfvOJH2w/s864/hallway+four+square+windows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJEzuPvDeFee5z10DzqNVPaj1mhfnoHU0Inke8fZJLskc2Tu2Ve7MHlijqaOwqgAQ1Ud0FeOFJ2FT3e6ebYdRsZoIRjKKoZd0tslZ3mfpanfQqBOOI-FuouCbndq_hX2rKUrdxfvOJH2w/w400-h225/hallway+four+square+windows.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7CNUva6Qin9a6eSOIx-V0DkwLQ_By_pXojb6kvCBbpLsNXis35_8y-5IiCluZ9hWQQFLKK9lONq1it7bSXTCOBbklGBP8T-NgPFLXTLckKFwbr5oZ_E4Omq4eIvHvDBUj_PffSrzF85x/s864/library+hallway+looking+toward+bathroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7CNUva6Qin9a6eSOIx-V0DkwLQ_By_pXojb6kvCBbpLsNXis35_8y-5IiCluZ9hWQQFLKK9lONq1it7bSXTCOBbklGBP8T-NgPFLXTLckKFwbr5oZ_E4Omq4eIvHvDBUj_PffSrzF85x/w400-h225/library+hallway+looking+toward+bathroom.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUpA6q7E94892SlyPrtqfXwfwN39kiTdktyXB4aDs9io-LHq4WJiwDnSFR1ZrTepA9kaXv6Y1vQ6BsWu7oV7TJ2u8f5LHh3xeNkv8TXgtKzR0Vya5WMSLuGkDAszQPc-b3Lb5PGRrxAks/s864/library+hallway+looking+toward+paint+office.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUpA6q7E94892SlyPrtqfXwfwN39kiTdktyXB4aDs9io-LHq4WJiwDnSFR1ZrTepA9kaXv6Y1vQ6BsWu7oV7TJ2u8f5LHh3xeNkv8TXgtKzR0Vya5WMSLuGkDAszQPc-b3Lb5PGRrxAks/w225-h400/library+hallway+looking+toward+paint+office.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's from the southeast corner of my bedroom.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2KzNE4I63LWskinWekDqM6haEu1Ldmo2khK5ZfrzUF9vm_ANq3HSJXQ30FvczPH20jMTYze6rVfQBy5tBWfs4PPjxZDzoTcpN6OrB-8J8zhuCA1MfQAViXSdz_0Eh4_0O0QIS1vsqooO/s864/bedroom+toward+four+square+windows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2KzNE4I63LWskinWekDqM6haEu1Ldmo2khK5ZfrzUF9vm_ANq3HSJXQ30FvczPH20jMTYze6rVfQBy5tBWfs4PPjxZDzoTcpN6OrB-8J8zhuCA1MfQAViXSdz_0Eh4_0O0QIS1vsqooO/w400-h225/bedroom+toward+four+square+windows.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmu9Jb-ip_j-9cmESCt26Z4vWK_0DyB-S24HdrWCY9kiYwilqSpetPwGDqUXQOxGqk5KxxgEyEFOY8joYSPj-2VZwxdYFmDfGNQoUy9J4MgCXAbMqCA2vANVGdf6vp9WU2stXyYPJ5jBJ/s864/bedroom+from+couch+corner+toward+art+sink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmu9Jb-ip_j-9cmESCt26Z4vWK_0DyB-S24HdrWCY9kiYwilqSpetPwGDqUXQOxGqk5KxxgEyEFOY8joYSPj-2VZwxdYFmDfGNQoUy9J4MgCXAbMqCA2vANVGdf6vp9WU2stXyYPJ5jBJ/w400-h225/bedroom+from+couch+corner+toward+art+sink.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>This is from the northeast corner of the bathroom, future location of my clawfoot tub.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XDCTYazEG3Y7d_SyX3KWNmIdktzAjC4baqv6J-vUDr0VTlCPImJ4WkG2gKnvqjAteBioNFgQ3samMtFUyEdQzfw6cUpfp6mn9Rfqnn8ZjWSWK9fLPnqBmwQ6QnzWEHHfSekuZOe3_nTT/s864/bathroom+toward+library+hallway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XDCTYazEG3Y7d_SyX3KWNmIdktzAjC4baqv6J-vUDr0VTlCPImJ4WkG2gKnvqjAteBioNFgQ3samMtFUyEdQzfw6cUpfp6mn9Rfqnn8ZjWSWK9fLPnqBmwQ6QnzWEHHfSekuZOe3_nTT/w400-h225/bathroom+toward+library+hallway.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And finally, here's what it looks like out the bathroom window. It's the other bathroom window. I will be able to put a string between them with a can on each end so we can talk from can to can, while on the can. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hOjXRyfMz1rvpNd0IF6S07gWbt91ZXQXAEmR2QCM1qyns_AyG6nzw4MZDhlRPfDLER13TiY8i9SYVSiczdXRmgb6FwDsJImTm5H4a-PXel5rKILBrQzB7-TSCImuup9IN20EHLao85Gx/s864/bathroom+window+to+bathroom+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hOjXRyfMz1rvpNd0IF6S07gWbt91ZXQXAEmR2QCM1qyns_AyG6nzw4MZDhlRPfDLER13TiY8i9SYVSiczdXRmgb6FwDsJImTm5H4a-PXel5rKILBrQzB7-TSCImuup9IN20EHLao85Gx/w400-h225/bathroom+window+to+bathroom+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also from the bathroom window, this is the only photo I adjusted - I lightened the shadows to better show what is in the guest room. It's our most popular viewing platform.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIrBaimoU9xCrdAAFwofg0u5eRUhF8IV75oqlY6cMjVVviHn27r0avMUohD6RC2Z0vdU66MpmghAKIsRJZH1asFG0i9PDj3Cs7DVtKc7S_djLLjZLCfNIlMSqnhJnbLuIcPHgUKPUjLlp/s864/bathroom+window+only+photo+I+lightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIrBaimoU9xCrdAAFwofg0u5eRUhF8IV75oqlY6cMjVVviHn27r0avMUohD6RC2Z0vdU66MpmghAKIsRJZH1asFG0i9PDj3Cs7DVtKc7S_djLLjZLCfNIlMSqnhJnbLuIcPHgUKPUjLlp/w400-h225/bathroom+window+only+photo+I+lightened.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>This space is going to change dramatically (again) next week when there's a roof. Does that mean no more shoveling snow out of the second story? It's January in Vermont, so probably not.</div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-62766581010780038142021-02-18T22:27:00.001-05:002021-02-19T08:52:38.897-05:00House to Home, Volume Eighteen - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas<p>Looking back at the pictures I took on December 24th I realized I circumnavigated my house CLOCKWISE for the first time and I don't know how to feel about it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48pRfSY58lnZLHf3TeK8YVh1RVAUPWRFr5VkzW1RLuB570qvOdzhIXUFvGaIvAYRR1X1zdRom8Zr3i7LNz3iWrEyHTXIB3cQ0FnBHZmvwuT7RpMBvPQVy8k4uWBODopOYoIyEatnDhey0/s864/a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48pRfSY58lnZLHf3TeK8YVh1RVAUPWRFr5VkzW1RLuB570qvOdzhIXUFvGaIvAYRR1X1zdRom8Zr3i7LNz3iWrEyHTXIB3cQ0FnBHZmvwuT7RpMBvPQVy8k4uWBODopOYoIyEatnDhey0/w400-h225/a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC3BdM1oLctvWRSgFKhwA9h34iUffg0dAc0B4ddu7YI6BwIhg21u2YqqBQ2VQ2ejBVSVJq9OpVCXiwBaQajYYtjA42EQA_ApqOLvvAikPl0WP5hpLSnmrDr5uQMcZ6AUVMa9ikDAsZ1D6/s864/b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC3BdM1oLctvWRSgFKhwA9h34iUffg0dAc0B4ddu7YI6BwIhg21u2YqqBQ2VQ2ejBVSVJq9OpVCXiwBaQajYYtjA42EQA_ApqOLvvAikPl0WP5hpLSnmrDr5uQMcZ6AUVMa9ikDAsZ1D6/w400-h225/b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpIGO5LUuwXCS_G1TUPyZCiixHMFeKVKYUV5Ekxh_CfRAiAL2YZSfpwPkNTecpiP2x-isN9k9Ex9AGm5l_FfJ1qu_bouiIraErmX7pHpxZh5b21d7LkiET2_u-dhlilz04H3UMomzRvwS/s864/c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpIGO5LUuwXCS_G1TUPyZCiixHMFeKVKYUV5Ekxh_CfRAiAL2YZSfpwPkNTecpiP2x-isN9k9Ex9AGm5l_FfJ1qu_bouiIraErmX7pHpxZh5b21d7LkiET2_u-dhlilz04H3UMomzRvwS/w400-h225/c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_7jydETdFJTY0lDvJUYFEC2LyjXgy_dHYr_RobytTShwmXVMKfZF3x-wOXsDzHWnPH-FYdGiRO3aXWhK_q7-0RleZIuzVklTwM5D4MfB9EHT7SIHY8zJpfm4ReQvgcFDH71I-B09ZtUM/s864/d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_7jydETdFJTY0lDvJUYFEC2LyjXgy_dHYr_RobytTShwmXVMKfZF3x-wOXsDzHWnPH-FYdGiRO3aXWhK_q7-0RleZIuzVklTwM5D4MfB9EHT7SIHY8zJpfm4ReQvgcFDH71I-B09ZtUM/w400-h225/d.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVnaVUbq0e33-pOvoOw_zZgcy4HXwz-z0jagbLaVTqTDRpWK0-mCEmleYAjI19UjQR624KIg1tQJ_H5DDMFodI_tDzlaE4LxPrhl-6ExtlflCHZfEG18rQfuY3r4jdp-0Wo-0v8N0DEnT/s864/e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVnaVUbq0e33-pOvoOw_zZgcy4HXwz-z0jagbLaVTqTDRpWK0-mCEmleYAjI19UjQR624KIg1tQJ_H5DDMFodI_tDzlaE4LxPrhl-6ExtlflCHZfEG18rQfuY3r4jdp-0Wo-0v8N0DEnT/w400-h225/e.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpnQSnbRquruTUd9NDtXUnti85cNfOG55Sdq9R8j7OLrXgrFLz_JV8cv6a2f1jjJwMT5K4J9fok0SMhN3WJHtV-7tMxZOhy-88v1Vnc7L8DCxjMKlOewWYiMDGs1d6J4TmMf-GL1B_won/s864/f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpnQSnbRquruTUd9NDtXUnti85cNfOG55Sdq9R8j7OLrXgrFLz_JV8cv6a2f1jjJwMT5K4J9fok0SMhN3WJHtV-7tMxZOhy-88v1Vnc7L8DCxjMKlOewWYiMDGs1d6J4TmMf-GL1B_won/w400-h225/f.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 23rd was the last day of activity for the year - they've got another time sensitive project (building a giant 16' tall interior wall with metal studs in a factory while it's closed for the holiday break) so here's a Christmas Eve tour of how we're looking with all the trusses installed. First, my paint office at the top of the stairs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Vg2EFvxN59Yg05YUQ2wBEjndQDjYJF5sXU2dYkSr8G-kqYQFOL-55tKkrJ8XKoTCH5ZUbcAjYWvzOmJ6josRSIzojGYrxfDU0Yf2YI60LeB-PfDj-DQA6-zGBT-7d5dSPyNMb_C86VSg/s864/g.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Vg2EFvxN59Yg05YUQ2wBEjndQDjYJF5sXU2dYkSr8G-kqYQFOL-55tKkrJ8XKoTCH5ZUbcAjYWvzOmJ6josRSIzojGYrxfDU0Yf2YI60LeB-PfDj-DQA6-zGBT-7d5dSPyNMb_C86VSg/w400-h225/g.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRTB_MqInbWGbS1quY0-vYkIfg9qYfORavLsyWuMGOYUZfvcvqfqMmSIvfPZjb0mvDS2f4xcws_3JR7UFjKFZVJ9W1XihlqsV1IW8Qj5yV72XZW7Fx5dZN2r3qnVRm-lHipI9lC77STVT/s864/n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRTB_MqInbWGbS1quY0-vYkIfg9qYfORavLsyWuMGOYUZfvcvqfqMmSIvfPZjb0mvDS2f4xcws_3JR7UFjKFZVJ9W1XihlqsV1IW8Qj5yV72XZW7Fx5dZN2r3qnVRm-lHipI9lC77STVT/w400-h225/n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdhxChnF5GsRCi4K4EbwuPc4zbf8pqpNu86gWoPnT1o8Phe5B6C5EQgbHacqy16vi8nVxo_Q0jZHKGC3c25K00_Mu3Y5J4Lq8aL6L-J6pHHjj0MeKFkfmsldhodY4C2foBXnPjA995_9B/s864/o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdhxChnF5GsRCi4K4EbwuPc4zbf8pqpNu86gWoPnT1o8Phe5B6C5EQgbHacqy16vi8nVxo_Q0jZHKGC3c25K00_Mu3Y5J4Lq8aL6L-J6pHHjj0MeKFkfmsldhodY4C2foBXnPjA995_9B/w400-h225/o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNw_9iWiSCc0G52Hl0Ygp1_fQD5R8dSCySuq-w45gWYPXNyxO9pzVjaOzpEaELRXUX6BeJfgjWTNsvaxSfTRLd1DhRwi8DkcRumd0k0tjmekIyU9jJ4aAKrpCKdkWjHNqhWCwQOnDEKO9h/s864/p.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNw_9iWiSCc0G52Hl0Ygp1_fQD5R8dSCySuq-w45gWYPXNyxO9pzVjaOzpEaELRXUX6BeJfgjWTNsvaxSfTRLd1DhRwi8DkcRumd0k0tjmekIyU9jJ4aAKrpCKdkWjHNqhWCwQOnDEKO9h/w400-h225/p.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bit of a mess in there from old roof crap. The next three are taken from the southeast corner of my soon-to-be bedroom, then panning to the right toward the bathroom and then left toward my fave set of windows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6-fPkw2KO_qmlLEHnzeKlNo_RVcUWOyzO59JgzzSEbqBzwS4OvnITksA7qSEn4_8U14hu1VGHLFRnDULF98TJwrY5wJKRWXq9M5olkd63MMSCrM0dUgwn09zHEYnbbSUUAKuSvP9n_0_/s864/h.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6-fPkw2KO_qmlLEHnzeKlNo_RVcUWOyzO59JgzzSEbqBzwS4OvnITksA7qSEn4_8U14hu1VGHLFRnDULF98TJwrY5wJKRWXq9M5olkd63MMSCrM0dUgwn09zHEYnbbSUUAKuSvP9n_0_/w400-h225/h.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF8V_A7Q7xw7MDE_4Wk6YLIJghfw-I_zwpTXfVmAnG4SjSv1OAhHiR_LQxysODkQU9UxYTAE5qhCQfDisq_QUY3WdAURSliMctzOTnsCaeqzpE0HmOGqWyniAAM3X0q0SC2zsQMqRP1xg/s864/j.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF8V_A7Q7xw7MDE_4Wk6YLIJghfw-I_zwpTXfVmAnG4SjSv1OAhHiR_LQxysODkQU9UxYTAE5qhCQfDisq_QUY3WdAURSliMctzOTnsCaeqzpE0HmOGqWyniAAM3X0q0SC2zsQMqRP1xg/w400-h225/j.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQIgZNRbC5dUwUJG1lv1PDmvBruQCZ8lv9FIdI7e5BDO_zzVsxhIgc4OIJj4DPZM3WJEFa-0t5-p3OS1d7precM6j9VbKNNDU0c6CcQZTV8O02SRMFkq-wL5j4qVLJUw9mhp2tEt9pw_b/s864/i.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQIgZNRbC5dUwUJG1lv1PDmvBruQCZ8lv9FIdI7e5BDO_zzVsxhIgc4OIJj4DPZM3WJEFa-0t5-p3OS1d7precM6j9VbKNNDU0c6CcQZTV8O02SRMFkq-wL5j4qVLJUw9mhp2tEt9pw_b/w400-h225/i.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To give you an idea of scale, those are 2'x2' windows. I'm 5'4" tall, and if my neighbors across the street see me walking past those windows at night I'm going to look like a floating head. Cool cool, I love it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the current view from approximately where the wall will be that separates my bedroom from the library hallway, looking north toward the rest of the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0LRghBnU6Vx8uY-loGhsBZF3rs_pTHRcMU2VQJ3eDdlrAJHRQ58tMaRPt6PcxbnIw22-2ITj9TDk5LhzjrQT9F96hl2q5DMPXSJ7pmlRbkI2sQqn631SpelIeXyBin83h5XZfcx3W42f/s864/k.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0LRghBnU6Vx8uY-loGhsBZF3rs_pTHRcMU2VQJ3eDdlrAJHRQ58tMaRPt6PcxbnIw22-2ITj9TDk5LhzjrQT9F96hl2q5DMPXSJ7pmlRbkI2sQqn631SpelIeXyBin83h5XZfcx3W42f/w400-h225/k.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this is current view from where I will put a comfy chair in the library hallway. StanLee is going to LOVE this hallway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzwdDrlOxhULbKJn5Prodbi5ZE1VDoPK-569R1m0-09zPtuSD7apcNczKGR5A2yxEiaW6hkTrxFHxJeIo8cFGTru3v3noEZF-rW031pdnlu15iGPhn-5THvE98NtbaLV5_extnEg3Rs2T/s864/l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzwdDrlOxhULbKJn5Prodbi5ZE1VDoPK-569R1m0-09zPtuSD7apcNczKGR5A2yxEiaW6hkTrxFHxJeIo8cFGTru3v3noEZF-rW031pdnlu15iGPhn-5THvE98NtbaLV5_extnEg3Rs2T/w225-h400/l.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now that all the trusses are up, I can say I did think the tower roof was going to be a bit higher. This house now has three different roof styles - here's a handy thingy I found online:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sHY4wE-2ogcs-6bq5cYzON-zJ1BU9NsVABeeb4JeBNjn_6bQvXsP97OsxLmiNdg-shTVZfyJCP4y1T_JuPQCJDz62Cv5JR5GhYlWSc_n0G-TUUb0kwXbPjd8PWA2LkqybSXymTfM-eQi/s1600/roof+types+saltbox+and+pyramid+hip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1590" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sHY4wE-2ogcs-6bq5cYzON-zJ1BU9NsVABeeb4JeBNjn_6bQvXsP97OsxLmiNdg-shTVZfyJCP4y1T_JuPQCJDz62Cv5JR5GhYlWSc_n0G-TUUb0kwXbPjd8PWA2LkqybSXymTfM-eQi/w398-h400/roof+types+saltbox+and+pyramid+hip.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The existing structure has a saltbox roof, and I wanted to mimic that in the new build. So the north end of my house (existing) and the south end (new) are both 20x24 rectangles with the same saltbox roof. The tower that connects them has a pyramid hip roof, and at the back of the tower my laundry room has a shed roof. At the spots where the hip roof meets saltbox, it's a fustercluck and I'm pretty sure there was a lot of ... shall we say "salty" language while getting the trusses to fit together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPkJ5-zhnQtiXlwkLyV9p7GJrPtVE4fzBwPG60jS1CGqssTFiwUWG3L2i1sLQZaiJqxamJ_gGwj_mM3_I2UcbnWGwfMWpY5m-Tddo4pmIl4MY0zJOmaSdARZyT8tTXqTd2PlPjWC-VDm2/s864/m.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPkJ5-zhnQtiXlwkLyV9p7GJrPtVE4fzBwPG60jS1CGqssTFiwUWG3L2i1sLQZaiJqxamJ_gGwj_mM3_I2UcbnWGwfMWpY5m-Tddo4pmIl4MY0zJOmaSdARZyT8tTXqTd2PlPjWC-VDm2/w400-h225/m.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looks like pick-up sticks to me. (Side note: wow, remember pick-up sticks? We had a plastic set from a hundred years ago and we liked to play with the ones shaped like swords. They came in a red, velvety box. Or maybe I dreamed that. Other side note to my mom: did I dream that?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, here's a couple more exterior shots. The south side looks soooooo tall, and the view from the road looks soooooo different from when the trouse was here. The original house looks dwarfed but that's because a good part of it sits behind the middle tower. It's more proportional from the backyard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsayDdt-hrS87emZKRkKsIOvZZhg-Sc46gnBjgx4g9MmNYuXpgdcgKhsegK_GtTaklH89CYvfGiDOdYtz6-6wPP5-J0tAX1PoGOMIenE-mDR1P4oAfF0eEXytPiRny46qnf2nkv2132kXx/s864/q.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsayDdt-hrS87emZKRkKsIOvZZhg-Sc46gnBjgx4g9MmNYuXpgdcgKhsegK_GtTaklH89CYvfGiDOdYtz6-6wPP5-J0tAX1PoGOMIenE-mDR1P4oAfF0eEXytPiRny46qnf2nkv2132kXx/w246-h400/q.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXZef647G9S0xNTDr2aswcOZT3DeXiHxiRIa4mznRGB7b1Ka71gR540ogkXlWH7eUEG5Ca8qmw74QNaKjGiow7vC3Z9cSmYI_opK20zP18nKgl9WZ5PtZj9s3j1098NdzEcdJgpEFjLju/s864/r.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="864" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXZef647G9S0xNTDr2aswcOZT3DeXiHxiRIa4mznRGB7b1Ka71gR540ogkXlWH7eUEG5Ca8qmw74QNaKjGiow7vC3Z9cSmYI_opK20zP18nKgl9WZ5PtZj9s3j1098NdzEcdJgpEFjLju/w400-h244/r.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wonder what the neighbors think....</div><br /><p><br /></p>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-65900465165879337382021-02-11T22:11:00.002-05:002021-02-12T17:33:57.895-05:00House to Home, Volume 17 - All Trussed Up<p>First, a story. At about 2pm on Monday, December 21st I came home to give Roxie her meds. Normally I park in my "second" driveway which is on the side of the house furthest from all the construction, but I could see as I came up the road that it was full of cars so I squeezed in at the bottom of my real driveway. When I got out of the car everyone stopped working and turned to look at me. Bryan came from the back of the house and said something like, "Come back here, I have something to show you." I immediately got nervous, because LITERALLY everyone stopped what they were doing and just watched me. I had a tiny heart-stopping moment wondering what had gone horribly wrong but when I got to the back of the house and looked where Bryan was pointing, I saw this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6E_ujexXHafp2ZSsn5IFwnrw2iEjjAsEju_q13vrAS7JoVbo40upuqpKiH7plXnUwHcF05uoHpvC9dhIvEOtNd2G6JSPMDDonUo5SEyWGgM-tweOGimxKd6TsgawVbvwBicbDbeOEdkP/s864/2pm+new+roof.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6E_ujexXHafp2ZSsn5IFwnrw2iEjjAsEju_q13vrAS7JoVbo40upuqpKiH7plXnUwHcF05uoHpvC9dhIvEOtNd2G6JSPMDDonUo5SEyWGgM-tweOGimxKd6TsgawVbvwBicbDbeOEdkP/w400-h225/2pm+new+roof.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>WHHAAAAAAAT????? I said, "Where's my chimney?" Bryan said, "Surprise, this is from your mother." Holy crudballs, guys -- those boys are putting a new shingled roof on my house! I planned at some point down the road to replace the metal roof so it matched what we're putting on the new build, but that was going to be Phase Two. Probably five years from now. So I was totally stunned by the surprise. And EVERYONE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN EXCEPT ME! Pam, the lone female on Bryan's crew, told me she had to run an errand at lunch and she raced back because they didn't know what time I would get home and she didn't want to miss the surprise.</p><p>Here's a comparison I made for my mom a couple days later from the vantage point of my thinking chair:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZMacedD5h8-iLZ_nLDD0lKx88kIqnqns8pW-jReoKwhPeuIuYSayH8ma4UBJ-JpW996BjM2Yr0o_nBEEn5h6GlpAV0aCBdn0RU4a6HC0tPuxC_VuyLCjtA9oBrHfLVROslRLhQ1bLwlF/s807/comparison.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="807" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZMacedD5h8-iLZ_nLDD0lKx88kIqnqns8pW-jReoKwhPeuIuYSayH8ma4UBJ-JpW996BjM2Yr0o_nBEEn5h6GlpAV0aCBdn0RU4a6HC0tPuxC_VuyLCjtA9oBrHfLVROslRLhQ1bLwlF/w400-h233/comparison.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>You can't quite tell but the metal was plain old galvanized so it would have looked weird next to all the new black shingles. And the chimney was useless. When the house was built back in the 1980s it had a woodstove between the dining and living rooms and the chimney pipe ran up through the back of the guest room closet. At some point they removed the stove because it created way too much heat but they left the chimney. Now it's gone!</p><p>And remember this picture from my last post that I said would be funny later?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQXJpdvWCfYkMBui6FZyN0He98naLNzKX2wrpkmH1lABxgk3GOUgj-wAhxeznO5oU9Fe3XjRlMpqijT1IeSuZ26RFKAp_cs9MXI5vM5MmxXlGSy4N-Qm97UijX4FzYSQI6_wZrRbp7Y9r/s864/MATERI%257E1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQXJpdvWCfYkMBui6FZyN0He98naLNzKX2wrpkmH1lABxgk3GOUgj-wAhxeznO5oU9Fe3XjRlMpqijT1IeSuZ26RFKAp_cs9MXI5vM5MmxXlGSy4N-Qm97UijX4FzYSQI6_wZrRbp7Y9r/w400-h225/MATERI%257E1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>I did have a fleeting thought that it was a bit early for the shingles to arrive but LITTLE DID I KNOW this pile is the shingles for my surprise roof! Thanks, mom - that was very sneaky and I still can't believe it.</p><p>Getting back to the 21st, it was also the day trusses started going up (discounting the baby trusses over the shed roof that went up on the 15th.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmt5uuqL0zNu-ePuTIAJrMsWaJdLLdXxNIyQb6jan2kyxJhqztr8scjwgPSFiav3J0Y1LqI5HhKUyuQ8zkozSz5sTme0Qrye_w_SerKLvgTCl5XZUEVfSmtOIO6ulbl0etoCWslpEtE3Li/s864/2pm+first+trusses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmt5uuqL0zNu-ePuTIAJrMsWaJdLLdXxNIyQb6jan2kyxJhqztr8scjwgPSFiav3J0Y1LqI5HhKUyuQ8zkozSz5sTme0Qrye_w_SerKLvgTCl5XZUEVfSmtOIO6ulbl0etoCWslpEtE3Li/w400-h225/2pm+first+trusses.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6R3PMIN_9gWMvJvMLzGOVgrtTdEf73j9WJqj55i82LgXk69hbsrqtJrqo65p5L01cH-44BysAcvWzrftHD_6ATbSKwSdr_Zx2t228sv6Hid8nL7lbIETUSJf9WrNVEuDtwddDTw0p8Sx/s864/guest+room+window+handing+up+truss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6R3PMIN_9gWMvJvMLzGOVgrtTdEf73j9WJqj55i82LgXk69hbsrqtJrqo65p5L01cH-44BysAcvWzrftHD_6ATbSKwSdr_Zx2t228sv6Hid8nL7lbIETUSJf9WrNVEuDtwddDTw0p8Sx/w400-h225/guest+room+window+handing+up+truss.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>There was some talk of hiring a crane truck to lift everything up and over the wall, but they went with manually lifting each one and stuffing them through my soon-to-be bedroom window. Or between the studs next to the window. Something like that.</p><p>I also took this picture from the hallway window but I cannot remember why. I'm thinking it was the first day scaffolding was set up in this location.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSPHVtJhK7EzKp7nM-oGAC_kL4-HNYG0t2pb1ED2NnDltObSEDG1qPyM7wGtWreHC3Z5suf1o53t3bb1L7HglKgtnmZR8zD3zMM9_1UoIIEPSwVDIKnqdZAczxADkc1M16Jj1wUdELLxt/s864/hallway+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSPHVtJhK7EzKp7nM-oGAC_kL4-HNYG0t2pb1ED2NnDltObSEDG1qPyM7wGtWreHC3Z5suf1o53t3bb1L7HglKgtnmZR8zD3zMM9_1UoIIEPSwVDIKnqdZAczxADkc1M16Jj1wUdELLxt/w225-h400/hallway+window.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>Things were looking different by mid-day on the 22nd. Here are the views from inside, first from the guest room window and then from my bathroom.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZFZi6guGfXmBGcFKUu58hOMmqM9Pj6D92cFymrM4e9cGI9ItYqLNPIljxWtvLDI09HkuHVwRRV1thubqGtmZZatRHN9MWVL_wKDo-hejYVdQc3Xzil3N6hTBdkQDLRtHUWB4q6ZHlg9y/s864/guest+room+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZFZi6guGfXmBGcFKUu58hOMmqM9Pj6D92cFymrM4e9cGI9ItYqLNPIljxWtvLDI09HkuHVwRRV1thubqGtmZZatRHN9MWVL_wKDo-hejYVdQc3Xzil3N6hTBdkQDLRtHUWB4q6ZHlg9y/w400-h225/guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILcUBIwAKRcT5M91JA5DcfTCSTZjnMJqveXBRT8Q3TQJdGleeGnadEvlvnc-PMO2XVNrVGk9mJ_nFOfBI2zmNkUXBJcI1RiTdm2PcJnNrNgMvgjUDe22VhM3pAGy5cysnn6D6c_hNJjq3/s864/bathroom+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILcUBIwAKRcT5M91JA5DcfTCSTZjnMJqveXBRT8Q3TQJdGleeGnadEvlvnc-PMO2XVNrVGk9mJ_nFOfBI2zmNkUXBJcI1RiTdm2PcJnNrNgMvgjUDe22VhM3pAGy5cysnn6D6c_hNJjq3/w225-h400/bathroom+window.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>The roofing boys have moved to the front of the house and this is the view looking out my new massive window by the kitchen.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTolMyAw-3rY47SgxQr1bhnG67F8gISNxCG8wc1Oj7zZ2dYnq5_bOOcbI8bxWKagA9Od5-b8yeNNRXYc9W0e3RtJ4ZshdNwfwWLIeAoZsTa0Y676MgjvONPR_8NTFlAR2_oqPuNQ0GT3n/s864/new+window+by+kitchen+will+be+cleaning+this+up+forever.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTolMyAw-3rY47SgxQr1bhnG67F8gISNxCG8wc1Oj7zZ2dYnq5_bOOcbI8bxWKagA9Od5-b8yeNNRXYc9W0e3RtJ4ZshdNwfwWLIeAoZsTa0Y676MgjvONPR_8NTFlAR2_oqPuNQ0GT3n/w225-h400/new+window+by+kitchen+will+be+cleaning+this+up+forever.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>I'm going to be cleaning that up for years. Here's the view of the scaffolding through the upstairs hallway window again.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScEbo7LkqBG6gjb7Vne4t6voNFSowoFqUw1zSFasfSgwoen5xsGUGCXRnrbXsZ68gEZcCYqTgcJ-NFpNbhyphenhyphenx_afjnkg6DNpkyolGcc6wujO7yD__ymLxZrlJ00Mf6scH6sNGGglz6FHF_/s864/hallway+window+with+ritz+crackers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScEbo7LkqBG6gjb7Vne4t6voNFSowoFqUw1zSFasfSgwoen5xsGUGCXRnrbXsZ68gEZcCYqTgcJ-NFpNbhyphenhyphenx_afjnkg6DNpkyolGcc6wujO7yD__ymLxZrlJ00Mf6scH6sNGGglz6FHF_/w225-h400/hallway+window+with+ritz+crackers.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I sent that picture to my mom and she asked if someone had spilled crackers. I had ZERO idea what she was talking about until I looked closely - those round orange things do indeed look like Ritz crackers!<br /><p>Since we're fascinated by that scaffolding, here it is from my second driveway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPytFJbaGtDDwrA4g1qt8ohmg08uRGrythyMIPvVhgfVXUwkBqLedf6X8dC8MsK6pPM-e1AZKO_Mcobv7jaPIdEIKj3TCli8SSmGJNzBTOJKwALnuuzmJyskcLumnKAIESTO2__BzXcayy/s864/from+second+driveway.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="539" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPytFJbaGtDDwrA4g1qt8ohmg08uRGrythyMIPvVhgfVXUwkBqLedf6X8dC8MsK6pPM-e1AZKO_Mcobv7jaPIdEIKj3TCli8SSmGJNzBTOJKwALnuuzmJyskcLumnKAIESTO2__BzXcayy/w250-h400/from+second+driveway.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><p>Also in the picture is a giant pile of crappy metal roofing, and the black thing to the right is the back end of their truck. One roofer boy is on the roof, standing just about where my skylight used to be, and another one is outside my living room door, which is the location of the only outside power outlet. Long extension cords have been running from that spot for the past couple of months.</p><p>Here's the front view of the tower as those trusses go up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRPBV1s5yDTaeaEAWRDzAJeEfy2m5z5rx0lg3_bI-S54O_JM4m5pYmGE3LDhPsGoorCE_g8O4qQJmN05dbVLVO9HrD7NOZ8yiIbTS_Vh-D_yifOtUhtmlUf3GcY4LP9qKrswcSoTDczm4/s864/front+of+tower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRPBV1s5yDTaeaEAWRDzAJeEfy2m5z5rx0lg3_bI-S54O_JM4m5pYmGE3LDhPsGoorCE_g8O4qQJmN05dbVLVO9HrD7NOZ8yiIbTS_Vh-D_yifOtUhtmlUf3GcY4LP9qKrswcSoTDczm4/w400-h225/front+of+tower.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>And here's the view from the back yard, with new shingles on one side and new trusses on the other.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJLAye_Lj-nTqyKdiBMdWIWeZRl3A_G73dzz7bqFmkNd5LMlBi7ei2K2hllxMA07-JqqTs2brMwtrJDwNfKMCJGZYvmg0tlkzqJzI63DL2-Glqu3ITm-2hM9n5Prdf7epaOYUDr2HCj-S/s864/130+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJLAye_Lj-nTqyKdiBMdWIWeZRl3A_G73dzz7bqFmkNd5LMlBi7ei2K2hllxMA07-JqqTs2brMwtrJDwNfKMCJGZYvmg0tlkzqJzI63DL2-Glqu3ITm-2hM9n5Prdf7epaOYUDr2HCj-S/w400-h225/130+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Living in the middle of a construction zone/storage unit is certainly not conducive to creating a pile of original art holiday cards so my 2020 card was a digital masterpiece mostly delivered via Facebook. On the 23rd I emailed it to a couple of friends who are non-Facebookers and for the sake of posterity I feel I should add it here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1ubD7v6rbXGBYGgxmUWVpUrJduLE8w9B5IjXPcDdTRxTBFQ6dJjLToX_Nq0eGtcQDNMT3hC_qEmYtgHiqsPlSDzIZHo9VLmRSR1pzKSXVf89rRMNFoDesUa0SWWIHJJAVxk9f35N_1Ef/s1860/2020+card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1860" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1ubD7v6rbXGBYGgxmUWVpUrJduLE8w9B5IjXPcDdTRxTBFQ6dJjLToX_Nq0eGtcQDNMT3hC_qEmYtgHiqsPlSDzIZHo9VLmRSR1pzKSXVf89rRMNFoDesUa0SWWIHJJAVxk9f35N_1Ef/w400-h270/2020+card.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Yessirree, that's a beauty. So much has changed in the last two months. In fact, the "before" picture in my comparison view up above is the very first picture I used for Volume 1 of this home reno series. We've only got one more post to go before the new year.</p>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-62781315845087159032021-01-30T22:02:00.002-05:002021-02-05T21:20:40.133-05:00House to Home, Volume 16 - A Sparkling Clear Day<p>We're picking up exactly where we left off in the last post, which was on Friday, December 15th with me leaving the kitchen faucet running all night hoping to stave off another round of frozen pipes. Since Roxie was recovering from anesthesia I didn't want her navigating the stairs so we slept in the dog hospital again (i.e. the living room, on the couch). I got up to check the water situation in the middle of the night and it was ... okay. Later in the night I heard it slow down and then stop entirely. I've lost track - is this the fourth episode of zero water? Fifth? Spoiler alert - it's not going to be the last. But Saturday dawned bright and sparklingly clear so here is a series of photos showing our current construction status, minus Jason under my house with a space heater thawing the frozen pipe at the pressure tank (thank you, thank you). I didn't get a picture of that.</p><p>First, 10:15 from the guest room window.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVJgYbsoYChZHipEFaBCtDVhYYYQLKxc4B0HgQR_1ErZEXfkeC8aHonAWjY-8pmO94PLCkfNcjWuav0-WdwLgDVY8SEkVtd994kWfrB-JH-qt3l-T28IC4In6iMhk6os8jHIgFAJ42oce/s864/1015+am.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVJgYbsoYChZHipEFaBCtDVhYYYQLKxc4B0HgQR_1ErZEXfkeC8aHonAWjY-8pmO94PLCkfNcjWuav0-WdwLgDVY8SEkVtd994kWfrB-JH-qt3l-T28IC4In6iMhk6os8jHIgFAJ42oce/w400-h225/1015+am.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Then in my art studio/paint office, at the top of the future stairs. Lots of window action here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2Eg-QwL12c1dbQYXQmNsH3-ycZCnfQDYjUBfVlJlOsBqO6eqaAQ2OH3kl1manAUk_MXwQd0tE3pOI7ghK86yiJmRgQQhpyjyzTC6v3Cn7xD_MLgUVOovN4beRUPI60ar8WOp8ua7pcUS/s864/2+landing+windows.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2Eg-QwL12c1dbQYXQmNsH3-ycZCnfQDYjUBfVlJlOsBqO6eqaAQ2OH3kl1manAUk_MXwQd0tE3pOI7ghK86yiJmRgQQhpyjyzTC6v3Cn7xD_MLgUVOovN4beRUPI60ar8WOp8ua7pcUS/w400-h225/2+landing+windows.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Looking north, lots more windows. Most of them are just about at ceiling height and are for letting light in rather than examining the view out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2W3rEuQY_cMpRgqqH5pi77nMT0CrHtD7h8doUrwabLHtWIkVxC7mdBO9HSpYB5sJ6-IC12VzClQN1G6M0HKUlZB5OcMm9ZowO4YlwB2x6aIHWtqhYqZL2fCg2ZivhfOjgChrPev-XPMg/s864/3+north+windows.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2W3rEuQY_cMpRgqqH5pi77nMT0CrHtD7h8doUrwabLHtWIkVxC7mdBO9HSpYB5sJ6-IC12VzClQN1G6M0HKUlZB5OcMm9ZowO4YlwB2x6aIHWtqhYqZL2fCg2ZivhfOjgChrPev-XPMg/w400-h225/3+north+windows.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Here's where the new wall meets old building, and the reason why I lost my bathroom skylight.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzQqB6dbIuUplkNR9CfZpySwA8ftMbvdb0HRWwDYtkem93wi6-5gKwl4DN9HOEP_9ik7sJrVoDg637_7R5zFuXI7bzbut9mGctI7wvb3sTl7DGVXBYdc9psHCt82W1gb7_dGF4sOA2lIt/s864/4+tower+east+wall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzQqB6dbIuUplkNR9CfZpySwA8ftMbvdb0HRWwDYtkem93wi6-5gKwl4DN9HOEP_9ik7sJrVoDg637_7R5zFuXI7bzbut9mGctI7wvb3sTl7DGVXBYdc9psHCt82W1gb7_dGF4sOA2lIt/w400-h225/4+tower+east+wall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOlKjyBEksZFfW0c4EMY8BaNOvvuZ1qhJYQb2GncGanS9wCCyu0naizVWzdP8mIlgf7KrdEyH6pvIDXUlHVsJBXpBja1r8diU26TYOWotxk5OZno5GNN1TfLANnEJcp3fMx66C1sxGyCi/s864/5+peeled+up+metal+roof.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOlKjyBEksZFfW0c4EMY8BaNOvvuZ1qhJYQb2GncGanS9wCCyu0naizVWzdP8mIlgf7KrdEyH6pvIDXUlHVsJBXpBja1r8diU26TYOWotxk5OZno5GNN1TfLANnEJcp3fMx66C1sxGyCi/w400-h225/5+peeled+up+metal+roof.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>If you look close you can see the layer of original shingled roof under the metal. Although it is at times okay to install a metal roof right over shingles (Google says so, it must be true), this was really not one of those times. This was a crap-ass job. Bryan told me later that when they peeled the metal back all the nails pulled out and went flying everywhere. And the old shingles are crumbling right off. Super.</p><p>Here's the current view from the south east corner of my new bedroom looking toward the new bathroom.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaz-lg0_4Xsco4ZDXrcfe-8q0VwIWrGXoL9YUS760txXPDjP0KB2kzSyGaElhjWcLe1znWnpFIDdYQu6Pi1XTXIoSiZ9b9coMjX3oad9-CoD_p3-yPHXpOeaoBy-TE56MiPLWclkSbhdkY/s864/6+bedroom+corner+toward+tower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaz-lg0_4Xsco4ZDXrcfe-8q0VwIWrGXoL9YUS760txXPDjP0KB2kzSyGaElhjWcLe1znWnpFIDdYQu6Pi1XTXIoSiZ9b9coMjX3oad9-CoD_p3-yPHXpOeaoBy-TE56MiPLWclkSbhdkY/w400-h225/6+bedroom+corner+toward+tower.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>And this is the view from the corner of the new bathroom looking back toward my bedroom and library hallway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ87d6VCOn_xu53W5W8ufrJBslRev9LWYtVLLkbjxSsvQ0HVWDDNyX205aDf2xbH2dzwdtp9BB87T5oG5IbtiGkXig_4M3UDvPLi30mk2nAwtJiJW_-laG7kZEAMMyZi9xclWgbwauNYO/s864/7+bathroom+toward+reading+chair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ87d6VCOn_xu53W5W8ufrJBslRev9LWYtVLLkbjxSsvQ0HVWDDNyX205aDf2xbH2dzwdtp9BB87T5oG5IbtiGkXig_4M3UDvPLi30mk2nAwtJiJW_-laG7kZEAMMyZi9xclWgbwauNYO/w400-h225/7+bathroom+toward+reading+chair.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And this, THIS, is my favorite.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZTH5zd2YuXHYFqu99BvX2gBFMbU6sGCisiCpZUX_RV-IFp085ll-mCKoLBtxxP3ZayRZl4IvQxhvIsVaq0IN07J7kft779xME_guvVEUtbOjiMa4OqIxD54GBnBYPGBmKI8yWia7_uyW/s864/8+my+fave+view.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZTH5zd2YuXHYFqu99BvX2gBFMbU6sGCisiCpZUX_RV-IFp085ll-mCKoLBtxxP3ZayRZl4IvQxhvIsVaq0IN07J7kft779xME_guvVEUtbOjiMa4OqIxD54GBnBYPGBmKI8yWia7_uyW/w400-h225/8+my+fave+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>It's so crazy to see how different it looks with the walls up, and also crazy to think how different it's going to look when the walls are sheathed. Here's that same view after a quick few minutes in Photoshop.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGfVNdjCsWTDPxGZ_-hRQ20jTCxfK-A01upRHpjl0YfQqPu-tRIdw5wtfBdLgNrmDiBOccELvSDJF1jCjVCLUBlVvwKAGazgGYca2n5zAJDutHn0ezEarB_-4daOsjdkMNSIRhFYH62NS/s864/9+fave+view+colored+in.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGfVNdjCsWTDPxGZ_-hRQ20jTCxfK-A01upRHpjl0YfQqPu-tRIdw5wtfBdLgNrmDiBOccELvSDJF1jCjVCLUBlVvwKAGazgGYca2n5zAJDutHn0ezEarB_-4daOsjdkMNSIRhFYH62NS/w400-h225/9+fave+view+colored+in.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I'm so glad I get to see all of these stages.</div><div><br /></div><div>I took a bunch more pictures on Sunday, and realized I never showed the window on the east side of my paint office.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnV24cyI9Eugi1znd5yPucr6FdDkD7orImHkKyypRtEiO0C2bCGaZprkDUDgoEzDY1RV9nr8d_5bduwsOOcIXdZLrhkCEFs7w7IaGuWVNIdBS6Fhah_UkGxlqGjoJjQTCVLLQPdRgdgPsu/s864/7+upstairs+east+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnV24cyI9Eugi1znd5yPucr6FdDkD7orImHkKyypRtEiO0C2bCGaZprkDUDgoEzDY1RV9nr8d_5bduwsOOcIXdZLrhkCEFs7w7IaGuWVNIdBS6Fhah_UkGxlqGjoJjQTCVLLQPdRgdgPsu/w400-h225/7+upstairs+east+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJf0CBt4teuv1uvlgI-E0TbeT0S1PkDgyM1eNO0wwNJavJX3fGXH7V9-S6EMudCEsZW4GwHOksZCSSejP-AxPe8-uiv4OS-stqommCtWOrBn3x1c_1jEiU2MChd1X2EMc4pcrPkzmtk2Y/s864/8+upstairs+east+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJf0CBt4teuv1uvlgI-E0TbeT0S1PkDgyM1eNO0wwNJavJX3fGXH7V9-S6EMudCEsZW4GwHOksZCSSejP-AxPe8-uiv4OS-stqommCtWOrBn3x1c_1jEiU2MChd1X2EMc4pcrPkzmtk2Y/w400-h225/8+upstairs+east+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>It looks down over the shed roof above my laundry room, and if I stand on a stool I will be able to see out to the backyard.</div><div><br /></div><div>As for current progress in the downstairs, here's looking in from the garage door.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxXCtmzybyG7XLquasrBOnBeLLg1oD9IIgAHLGV1bbvUpVvyHm_q8tmCSTOLJhRNaEWMS_vQuHunvX4J6c43TqyKPHavxOnixH2UTRM3Ss9SojtMrwuMLJoldkMOV5R-olZR3Zh-XxcfU/s864/1+from+garage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxXCtmzybyG7XLquasrBOnBeLLg1oD9IIgAHLGV1bbvUpVvyHm_q8tmCSTOLJhRNaEWMS_vQuHunvX4J6c43TqyKPHavxOnixH2UTRM3Ss9SojtMrwuMLJoldkMOV5R-olZR3Zh-XxcfU/w400-h225/1+from+garage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>That gray part is where we stole some of the 20x24 footprint of the new garage to make space for a powder room off the laundry area, and that's the space that is currently "walled" in with house wrap. Stepping up from the garage and looking right, here's what you see.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4YCpckzyOvX-f_x3FbAJt6x_IpzCJzCRFV5a_HomschAMl4uqRQVNYqddcAjUiyeRuCJxi-6mYmAwen-wB_6ouzt4xl1dfbk8NR3VXzE7SLz4TF187-IsOy_19AE56JQQGSjGiyZybjK/s864/2+to+right+in+house+wrap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4YCpckzyOvX-f_x3FbAJt6x_IpzCJzCRFV5a_HomschAMl4uqRQVNYqddcAjUiyeRuCJxi-6mYmAwen-wB_6ouzt4xl1dfbk8NR3VXzE7SLz4TF187-IsOy_19AE56JQQGSjGiyZybjK/w400-h225/2+to+right+in+house+wrap.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And straight ahead is where the stairs will be, starting near the new window and heading west where the ladders are to a quarter landing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1sbDeWJdMLZo7owDoxBRfRnEicC3yck6dHcvCNUjdzP1NHTKiGISksKWpp0PntN5KZsfFmqLjYTd6Zbnlc9BuGVHVuuGGk_X6mEOTui018Km_2Wh5cYkGchYZLaKpmRIoADfv4b-ykOY/s864/3+toward+stairs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1sbDeWJdMLZo7owDoxBRfRnEicC3yck6dHcvCNUjdzP1NHTKiGISksKWpp0PntN5KZsfFmqLjYTd6Zbnlc9BuGVHVuuGGk_X6mEOTui018Km_2Wh5cYkGchYZLaKpmRIoADfv4b-ykOY/w225-h400/3+toward+stairs.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's a terrible picture from that northwest corner looking back toward the garage. It's blurry, but you can see what's going on with the new-meets-old part of the build. Eventually the kitchen door will come off and the two openings - kitchen and laundry room - will match. I've got big plans for this wall.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh6WvPy7xm1o83WnLWXVDNqToOBi_aSz1HlXpBtSWFrf2dFGTF5RsdPTlR78tuH9Re0kj9KVfGUPGWIdRuuPjZ1ObwJMrHkx0oENYKDAcFb_1JXcCE0UJEHyl6p51wYGECUZxE2pSuJXn/s864/4TERRI%257E1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh6WvPy7xm1o83WnLWXVDNqToOBi_aSz1HlXpBtSWFrf2dFGTF5RsdPTlR78tuH9Re0kj9KVfGUPGWIdRuuPjZ1ObwJMrHkx0oENYKDAcFb_1JXcCE0UJEHyl6p51wYGECUZxE2pSuJXn/w400-h225/4TERRI%257E1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>This is the view from the kitchen looking toward the front door and then from the front door looking toward the kitchen.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyb6qsNIxycHVNAKKtTZvddyw5CZ04H8emfxtxU0glHk87UG22ABlPGcVtJSI1NeIC6L00aIb13fijL1kxOfXV_utuhCy9mikNaguWVLzgaTKavZuik-LClBUcrW4I8eQn2_68MwEtV8j/s864/5+from+kitchen+door.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyb6qsNIxycHVNAKKtTZvddyw5CZ04H8emfxtxU0glHk87UG22ABlPGcVtJSI1NeIC6L00aIb13fijL1kxOfXV_utuhCy9mikNaguWVLzgaTKavZuik-LClBUcrW4I8eQn2_68MwEtV8j/w400-h225/5+from+kitchen+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0jIm_qUcj1W-jjPDdnPF4KsQPGTd0XFDrBL2HkgAMgcooB7Fzc8C120jUibPGGoJVGEKRM3_9gn_4bvfDeX0NIM58nWtYTBpNaQ23jQa8IJuQh1cMVM5chtRex7YD-SPN2rJeoczY-3y/s864/6+from+front+door.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0jIm_qUcj1W-jjPDdnPF4KsQPGTd0XFDrBL2HkgAMgcooB7Fzc8C120jUibPGGoJVGEKRM3_9gn_4bvfDeX0NIM58nWtYTBpNaQ23jQa8IJuQh1cMVM5chtRex7YD-SPN2rJeoczY-3y/w400-h225/6+from+front+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>That new window is going to be massive. MASSIVE. ENORMOUS! It dwarfs the kitchen door and I'm second-guessing my decision there. Remember when I said I foresee a lot of Windex in my future? Fingers crossed it's not weird.</div><div><br /></div><div>Moving on, Roxie and I circumnavigated the exterior. I always do this counter-clockwise.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcwJGc9vl28yen6glbfFR4sx5ndYxmbionlLLpJwgfsyLPjG_SKqucqfEPiaoB7_qlj5A4I_hgd2Bsr9wdkkkjkfavI3eUN4hiOeKDAbI31joh6wYTkBEIWEIpJYH9vJsMpFVOmEbf-Dn/s864/1+from+road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcwJGc9vl28yen6glbfFR4sx5ndYxmbionlLLpJwgfsyLPjG_SKqucqfEPiaoB7_qlj5A4I_hgd2Bsr9wdkkkjkfavI3eUN4hiOeKDAbI31joh6wYTkBEIWEIpJYH9vJsMpFVOmEbf-Dn/w400-h225/1+from+road.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdK64xc4eliDj6A5J1qHCSG-ktMUajl1yZiQasKkKH4DY6YoAnTMhQRKIWwXbSh3YtEf64MJj9BT5auEeAnB0qTr2LhYxgsANMuaFqOVrLYu8cu7uO23JsdvWIuXwhW_oMAGgsLv9R5bx-/s864/2+from+old+garage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdK64xc4eliDj6A5J1qHCSG-ktMUajl1yZiQasKkKH4DY6YoAnTMhQRKIWwXbSh3YtEf64MJj9BT5auEeAnB0qTr2LhYxgsANMuaFqOVrLYu8cu7uO23JsdvWIuXwhW_oMAGgsLv9R5bx-/w400-h225/2+from+old+garage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMTyv1CgosW1tXPgmeA_i9vc7LLsVOoWmmqp4xpZhPxFrK3ifpLrApuOx3JnrAuNg-X-iC-09PvJsimoRuI7NKfbmzHbA0aSFja0hxLhwm5bqaNL3rYQG8V4fmAdU9mVODunNUyzR-olN/s864/3+from+backyard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMTyv1CgosW1tXPgmeA_i9vc7LLsVOoWmmqp4xpZhPxFrK3ifpLrApuOx3JnrAuNg-X-iC-09PvJsimoRuI7NKfbmzHbA0aSFja0hxLhwm5bqaNL3rYQG8V4fmAdU9mVODunNUyzR-olN/w400-h225/3+from+backyard.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvUhogKkaD041V5fJNSXbiyresDfZE4lAr0yn_I2cQ2EgCVVvh32QLugsemw-dOX1gYPvVlmZEGPy9qCi3FsZz-dwcbzBxR7dX1kZBMk1oIlnWHbnTEg34iMGS8eJAuNmyyBKjxjvagFR/s864/4+from+thinking+chair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvUhogKkaD041V5fJNSXbiyresDfZE4lAr0yn_I2cQ2EgCVVvh32QLugsemw-dOX1gYPvVlmZEGPy9qCi3FsZz-dwcbzBxR7dX1kZBMk1oIlnWHbnTEg34iMGS8eJAuNmyyBKjxjvagFR/w400-h225/4+from+thinking+chair.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPFwfqdtvn1NGZcHaShPUk-080aidQW2s1CqIBOVo6-EbV9v_xPVXW1p9SYOKj43j1q-RhBRevo5EzU-9V3lT9_xYcxQIScujABs-b9omJ5miJmLV6ZuWUPC6QheImRLurEm8hiSBEMOc/s864/5+from+side+yard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="582" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPFwfqdtvn1NGZcHaShPUk-080aidQW2s1CqIBOVo6-EbV9v_xPVXW1p9SYOKj43j1q-RhBRevo5EzU-9V3lT9_xYcxQIScujABs-b9omJ5miJmLV6ZuWUPC6QheImRLurEm8hiSBEMOc/w270-h400/5+from+side+yard.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkjbInnK5V3HulK7VfTkaLavadm8uTzEim9_qJ7u_gw6INly5_sdEQNzO9XeGmUeGv5OWDjECy29bi_VmD-chnBkD_fwf1jWR7vml79KsOYHV_3nfRgcgiNNka6T3hxbkX_zh8mxf1_QM/s864/6+from+second+driveway.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkjbInnK5V3HulK7VfTkaLavadm8uTzEim9_qJ7u_gw6INly5_sdEQNzO9XeGmUeGv5OWDjECy29bi_VmD-chnBkD_fwf1jWR7vml79KsOYHV_3nfRgcgiNNka6T3hxbkX_zh8mxf1_QM/w400-h225/6+from+second+driveway.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOzwpFYtXfHDaU8V5Ow48Lz5gpHTwK7TSdHpoad3kqrMOMzRFWr1l2HZSjJ6T1zinerEklrRmugwhlWYaoqjR1Ypij0yjzio7jQK1C0fQijv0vgqhWxh_7HAP1B4Pw7igLIAlspINPsVy/s864/7+from+road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOzwpFYtXfHDaU8V5Ow48Lz5gpHTwK7TSdHpoad3kqrMOMzRFWr1l2HZSjJ6T1zinerEklrRmugwhlWYaoqjR1Ypij0yjzio7jQK1C0fQijv0vgqhWxh_7HAP1B4Pw7igLIAlspINPsVy/w400-h225/7+from+road.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>In the interest of chronicling Every. Last. Thing, I also took these two pictures:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqlE366dEq2v3AM7BNgvRjgVVOnZ2fwHKBI7Dh50pvGWq4TSc0w14wsPnaKQ-_MnjBEj1VBY6oBgOxQyhMwMfS5hRrOOxGxTUPfCqzziMN9mrV0HThMIimcDdk-KFfpn4JUxtQ3Ejrxeo/s864/trusses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqlE366dEq2v3AM7BNgvRjgVVOnZ2fwHKBI7Dh50pvGWq4TSc0w14wsPnaKQ-_MnjBEj1VBY6oBgOxQyhMwMfS5hRrOOxGxTUPfCqzziMN9mrV0HThMIimcDdk-KFfpn4JUxtQ3Ejrxeo/w400-h225/trusses.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVON6eK-2sBI1IWZduRf4_0CpCX2-xQKt85_87f6uDP1nMbDefpRY3ygZA-Bv7oKC1WeaThTvxAPci_1r_zrAkscsph_YPJJxpxSEqofW5SD7wvxIkGOnL4xrCpbVekKPl5P7SVba1ZEa/s864/materials+at+the+ready.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVON6eK-2sBI1IWZduRf4_0CpCX2-xQKt85_87f6uDP1nMbDefpRY3ygZA-Bv7oKC1WeaThTvxAPci_1r_zrAkscsph_YPJJxpxSEqofW5SD7wvxIkGOnL4xrCpbVekKPl5P7SVba1ZEa/w400-h225/materials+at+the+ready.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>That last one I called "Materials at the Ready." Stay tuned, it will be funny later.</div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-78303295040132738422021-01-28T00:29:00.004-05:002021-02-05T21:20:29.458-05:00House to Home, Volume 15 - Salamanders and Crickets<p>Fun fact: the title of a J.D. Salinger book keeps randomly popping into my head -- "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters." I used to have this book but can't say for certain that I ever read it. Maybe now is the time, although all of my books are temporarily stacked behind a couch in my living room and there's no way I'm digging through that mess.</p><p>But I digress. On Tuesday, December 15th I got another delivery, directly on to the second floor. We are thoroughly ensconced in "traveling pet medic" season (Roxie is on an every six hour medication schedule) so I took this picture out a wicked dirty guest room window mid-afternoon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6WWBbZjFbSjHx_kfLq8iCk5ZuczCtqMO-xly0Exoss-n7qG2YZ2cdnGoTXswoxgKWfNLIfxnJ3fNMRkQ-T3aq56QCI_GW917Oo-w1MwP1U0-sfKSwoSizhyrB_-Y3nvuOfjNJbH2QwAm/s864/3pm+delivery.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6WWBbZjFbSjHx_kfLq8iCk5ZuczCtqMO-xly0Exoss-n7qG2YZ2cdnGoTXswoxgKWfNLIfxnJ3fNMRkQ-T3aq56QCI_GW917Oo-w1MwP1U0-sfKSwoSizhyrB_-Y3nvuOfjNJbH2QwAm/w400-h225/3pm+delivery.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Oddly, I like that picture. And them there are wall studs, folks. We're about to gain more elevation. Here's 7:45 the next morning.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1tIKBu-hUGx6QNyj1kf58uSy36Ur5Xdj6cIQAWI37Ff_xegsD0o-VrpxtCd2vwml71UN-LDTcS9LmNqmrbkB-rrrtWoKOzvi3X6NzIeRkWGeZ9iJRHdK_BvjDImGAtSrS5E_BPaycocC/s864/745am.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1tIKBu-hUGx6QNyj1kf58uSy36Ur5Xdj6cIQAWI37Ff_xegsD0o-VrpxtCd2vwml71UN-LDTcS9LmNqmrbkB-rrrtWoKOzvi3X6NzIeRkWGeZ9iJRHdK_BvjDImGAtSrS5E_BPaycocC/w400-h225/745am.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>And here's the view a mere 45 minutes later.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLnhkLtxZfRt0whNp7fF5THurtybONR0G8zMUUq_aUZnWrZtfdjKFu-pYPXsugvCr9GwbSJ__r4AgqYRjyD8Gfuo6EnwcKYY_yZ1yPFHfVYwq4chBqahXB9gi-JWQJaJIrDwVaczSS6Dj/s864/830am1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLnhkLtxZfRt0whNp7fF5THurtybONR0G8zMUUq_aUZnWrZtfdjKFu-pYPXsugvCr9GwbSJ__r4AgqYRjyD8Gfuo6EnwcKYY_yZ1yPFHfVYwq4chBqahXB9gi-JWQJaJIrDwVaczSS6Dj/w400-h225/830am1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUau1ajp8LQvBmPEjZZxDwaztJJkmjO44cJDKY_mEOEHmYqCU4Os6vBsOEKf1iaLy8Fiev3BaU_EFznYFyMg3UHZESD8IjVzcPHjVdVxXL2vdSjJxve-RzHWgigU5zmcLQpiwq2oyHqdN/s864/830am2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUau1ajp8LQvBmPEjZZxDwaztJJkmjO44cJDKY_mEOEHmYqCU4Os6vBsOEKf1iaLy8Fiev3BaU_EFznYFyMg3UHZESD8IjVzcPHjVdVxXL2vdSjJxve-RzHWgigU5zmcLQpiwq2oyHqdN/w400-h225/830am2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>At 1:30, we've got a new bathroom window.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-fqrHvNFPEg1_2oUNIEbmgbMQ6M9o1FcOVixPMhaL4oisrhyNPWHPOjjg19oGKMhLxFfTV25BLQpyh0w63aVP4SY7kOVqII8g8ntvXfdc26r5yZt6nGL6kcTHxUnqNdilhVKOBNwnTum/s864/130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-fqrHvNFPEg1_2oUNIEbmgbMQ6M9o1FcOVixPMhaL4oisrhyNPWHPOjjg19oGKMhLxFfTV25BLQpyh0w63aVP4SY7kOVqII8g8ntvXfdc26r5yZt6nGL6kcTHxUnqNdilhVKOBNwnTum/w400-h225/130.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>That is a poorly framed picture - the dark edge on the right is part of the guest room window - of a newly framed wall.</p><p>Progress was quick, perhaps because it was VERY cold outside. So cold that my pipes froze again Tuesday night, not even a trickle Wednesday morning. The water lines that feed my house are in the wall behind my kitchen sink, which has always been an interior wall (my kitchen on one side, the trailer bathroom on the other). So when the trailer was demolished, that interior wall became an exterior wall. Which is no bueno in a Vermont winter. I left a portable heater under my sink cabinet all day with little hope it would do any good. It didn't.</p><p>Thursday the 17th it was still VERY cold outside and I still had no water. I also had a heart-stopping moment when Mike began cutting in to the eave of my house right outside the hallway window while I was standing in the hallway - it was quite startling. Since the new build is going flush up against the existing, part of the eave has to be sacrificed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsJZBVHL8KIE4-UnNs6cZIz3a6am0UyLP5nnEtu4uysj1d8qd-Q8IN4HfuXGgTCR32rn43KThgXlR2WRJiVSRw_nzZ6jk08yClHrtHDj-7Vy3DRvenU30nOpnM6_HcfoPUojjU8Ih1t5q/s864/815+am1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsJZBVHL8KIE4-UnNs6cZIz3a6am0UyLP5nnEtu4uysj1d8qd-Q8IN4HfuXGgTCR32rn43KThgXlR2WRJiVSRw_nzZ6jk08yClHrtHDj-7Vy3DRvenU30nOpnM6_HcfoPUojjU8Ih1t5q/w225-h400/815+am1.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>Here's a view from the road on my way to work that shows the super weather situation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1Owcu8rB10LpmzPCW1yx5icUK9szDs-1u47jpyst-99qZEpUP2udN1FqRgyM0HAmffCXq1R77_OakgP2JQV7dauJLX2BDLdTB_GeUEYtqie_Xm0AIdECUU3vLQCcSe7Fe-PMYaLdbXlz/s864/815+am2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1Owcu8rB10LpmzPCW1yx5icUK9szDs-1u47jpyst-99qZEpUP2udN1FqRgyM0HAmffCXq1R77_OakgP2JQV7dauJLX2BDLdTB_GeUEYtqie_Xm0AIdECUU3vLQCcSe7Fe-PMYaLdbXlz/w400-h225/815+am2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>In addition to getting more of the upstairs walls standing, there was a concerted effort to close in the space behind the kitchen wall. That's my future laundry room and also where the new pressure tank and all the water stuff will live. The baby trusses and sheathing for that section of roof went up, the space was temporarily "walled in" with house wrap, then they fired up a salamander heater to toast the crap out of it. Which did in fact work. The weather was still cold and gross at 1:30 when I came home for Roxie's meds - here's the view from the guest room, bathroom, and hallway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35hauT_u1gtk_w9796Sx5h1Qo6B-12WO7ePZ96ZpqpITEXgErYw35LjguaQD1Nxomck4kfn1rMeBQSyNonUEwr-X8kRq6lWugm5d33rmEEXZ_u_PENTWuKn0v2D4frRUREN3N283LIFGm/s864/130+pm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35hauT_u1gtk_w9796Sx5h1Qo6B-12WO7ePZ96ZpqpITEXgErYw35LjguaQD1Nxomck4kfn1rMeBQSyNonUEwr-X8kRq6lWugm5d33rmEEXZ_u_PENTWuKn0v2D4frRUREN3N283LIFGm/w400-h225/130+pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-8cFM6r4LfW2_E1KWb0kTVQhTDniBvbxlEB5KPzGgpn1SnsFMs8a1AhvDc2QtRcdpMaDeEmIZ38jrdbhsKLvDJOdZaGcBuZcyN44afcOe4h5I5c2jgCH7VDZAvfkQELoqn6_synfjiLo/s864/130+pm2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-8cFM6r4LfW2_E1KWb0kTVQhTDniBvbxlEB5KPzGgpn1SnsFMs8a1AhvDc2QtRcdpMaDeEmIZ38jrdbhsKLvDJOdZaGcBuZcyN44afcOe4h5I5c2jgCH7VDZAvfkQELoqn6_synfjiLo/w400-h225/130+pm2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUEgDPA_axkO2oQttxUhJvaN4f5a6-KEs-hXI6OCvyTwWEVzatyc6x33XiEjAv9G395PJCUcOZ9-m_ajUHzVmpQ6wBg72e7coC5v4tiP82oLl8dISGr7eld4wgIRsnaUvBwjaWzOSpXzn/s864/130+hallway.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUEgDPA_axkO2oQttxUhJvaN4f5a6-KEs-hXI6OCvyTwWEVzatyc6x33XiEjAv9G395PJCUcOZ9-m_ajUHzVmpQ6wBg72e7coC5v4tiP82oLl8dISGr7eld4wgIRsnaUvBwjaWzOSpXzn/w400-h225/130+hallway.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Friday the 18th was the day of Baker Builders' pseudo holiday lunch party (in my dining room - they had to cancel the official party) and also the day Roxie had her canine tooth extracted. I missed the party but Bryan left me a present. When Roxie and I went to work in the morning, Mike was on my roof and Dan was in my bathtub because this was the day I had to say goodbye to the bathroom skylight. Once the eave is hacked off, the skylight is just a couple inches away from where new build meets old. It's a dicey roof situation there so Bryan thinks they need to put in a cricket. (Wikipedia: A cricket or saddle is a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof around the high side of a chimney or the transition from one roof area to another.) The only pictures I took are the before and after. The "before" is on my way to work - look closely, it's Mike peeling the metal off my roof to get to the skylight.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HYsNIDT1ALR9-CBkmzhoghmMF1ZTOR2LZ2MGFI2RElyw4QLRkukmlTRgbQSEEjmjm3CQKozCC4U1_S7BWAlmftPYX5OigaAJ5Obqlam3d3AN1_AwyGQOEa257i2XCSmsfgmYXe_535V0/s864/8am.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="574" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HYsNIDT1ALR9-CBkmzhoghmMF1ZTOR2LZ2MGFI2RElyw4QLRkukmlTRgbQSEEjmjm3CQKozCC4U1_S7BWAlmftPYX5OigaAJ5Obqlam3d3AN1_AwyGQOEa257i2XCSmsfgmYXe_535V0/w266-h400/8am.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>The "after" is an interior shot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaKXW_ijDpncYmgn8xBAcqOdj8I4r-L4bH75epcBC6XiJyMIjmbZ6cjRnv4VvUR98D8xMFMq8ff4UnzFNWApR0VbRFBiXL3aFAfIQn6Dt73N3Z9_tLeUtwikoBwdA4M_Dzk0aI1y7jDQk/s864/4pm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaKXW_ijDpncYmgn8xBAcqOdj8I4r-L4bH75epcBC6XiJyMIjmbZ6cjRnv4VvUR98D8xMFMq8ff4UnzFNWApR0VbRFBiXL3aFAfIQn6Dt73N3Z9_tLeUtwikoBwdA4M_Dzk0aI1y7jDQk/w400-h225/4pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Bonus content: the actual skylight. It was a double extraction day and the skylight came out easier than Roxie's tooth.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukP_DY-S9LGjstfoB9b68s7ZlVRhCQErI8lGosOJ-CqVMW-229cIGwBL5HWY0m18swsO36BRmHzEJl23SnHCmdk9J5V4npMsvT85RmzD7Rimw8P7IWjmlB-yICI9wusqE6HQOGuBbAekV/s864/skylight.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukP_DY-S9LGjstfoB9b68s7ZlVRhCQErI8lGosOJ-CqVMW-229cIGwBL5HWY0m18swsO36BRmHzEJl23SnHCmdk9J5V4npMsvT85RmzD7Rimw8P7IWjmlB-yICI9wusqE6HQOGuBbAekV/w225-h400/skylight.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>Oh, and I had no water again when I woke up Friday morning. Dan had some choice words to say about that situation. Bryan called mid-afternoon to let me know the pipes weren't actually frozen this time - a new pressure switch Jason installed on the tank last week had gotten stuck. With temps forecasted to dip into negative numbers, I'm going to leave the kitchen faucet dripping all night just in case.</p>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-49834366645814019282021-01-16T23:46:00.001-05:002021-02-05T21:20:18.286-05:00House to Home, Volume 14 - Elevated<p>A few things happened during the week our intrepid builders were off at a different job site. On Friday, December 4th, just as I put Roxie in the car to take her to a vet appointment, an ENORMOUS trailer came down the road and sure enough, it stopped at my driveway. This thing was the equivalent of an 18-wheeler (technically it was - I counted the wheels) and let me tell you, the driver was a wizard. He BACKED into my driveway in one shot. One. It was soooo impressive. My trusses have arrived in style.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tPnruo5QibNbjAu6p1YipsDVn4Tl1V7rZlSQa7Gr0_89o3e1Fh_zM-q7nySnU3cSBOQeXga7Z5for7I-sDdovBVIQl6uuSo3uYQiqNjXNH3zQVUm7OG4tZM_KpSXVvCL0WZKzj6tufJ9/s864/dec+4+1pm+truss+delivery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tPnruo5QibNbjAu6p1YipsDVn4Tl1V7rZlSQa7Gr0_89o3e1Fh_zM-q7nySnU3cSBOQeXga7Z5for7I-sDdovBVIQl6uuSo3uYQiqNjXNH3zQVUm7OG4tZM_KpSXVvCL0WZKzj6tufJ9/w400-h225/dec+4+1pm+truss+delivery.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I couldn't stay and watch him unload that pile, but here's how it added to the guest room window view on the 5th:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zv-19UfkCtN-KplcNZKGkj264Is7qQoV6fdJYqUxuNk_zXwbwv0fWIIRLWPoqvQ9uoIjUue0Qnluh6DyW2CFSgArvSroUiJ2lnb0EigbDSP6w-iKqSQRcIQW2ug8o7xnSKHjtm4cSCMa/s864/dec+5+11am+guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zv-19UfkCtN-KplcNZKGkj264Is7qQoV6fdJYqUxuNk_zXwbwv0fWIIRLWPoqvQ9uoIjUue0Qnluh6DyW2CFSgArvSroUiJ2lnb0EigbDSP6w-iKqSQRcIQW2ug8o7xnSKHjtm4cSCMa/w400-h225/dec+5+11am+guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>We did, of course, go outside to give them an up close and personal inspection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHxXQuQfN9QWzpFv6fmCDsiDAjWAoDXhXRjp0rC32fAwiKIfDBOqILi3KFnkDd6lIGKNuQ8N5BMEnMcMgZRj8ntWFlKuqJMv-SjjgYkKfytfqJVVF9a8MWrqcYb7WIkF417c2Me3B_8OK/s864/dec+5+1130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHxXQuQfN9QWzpFv6fmCDsiDAjWAoDXhXRjp0rC32fAwiKIfDBOqILi3KFnkDd6lIGKNuQ8N5BMEnMcMgZRj8ntWFlKuqJMv-SjjgYkKfytfqJVVF9a8MWrqcYb7WIkF417c2Me3B_8OK/w400-h225/dec+5+1130.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqDeY0yxr5_q1nyulU_0J7WbpFj45WhG82MUdqcG4ZU65IcMF5f3sh-xRtN5nrLLNDuCjW8dK1BHRL7rN6jdBdAHfqHBedecjNdTZdaD_1zocjfIf0RwNiwH5PMo6x1eLQrysac5SlMVb/s864/dec+5+1130+roxie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="524" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqDeY0yxr5_q1nyulU_0J7WbpFj45WhG82MUdqcG4ZU65IcMF5f3sh-xRtN5nrLLNDuCjW8dK1BHRL7rN6jdBdAHfqHBedecjNdTZdaD_1zocjfIf0RwNiwH5PMo6x1eLQrysac5SlMVb/w242-h400/dec+5+1130+roxie.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><p>Roxie is quite fashionable in her neck gaiter. My little babushka. Without it she looks like a war victim - her head and ears are wrapped up in a bandage to keep her ear from flopping around while the vet treats an aural hematoma that happened two days before Thanksgiving. Side note: this is the early stages of running a dog hospital in my living room, which is not optimal when only half your house is still standing.</p><p>Nothing happened on Monday the 7th and turns out that was the calm before the storm. Tuesday the 8th I took Roxie back to the vet for a follow-up ear appointment and they discovered she also had a badly broken canine tooth that was actively bleeding, which I'm pretty sure happened in the morning while she was at work with me and was occupying herself with a bone. When I took her home after the vet I discovered more materials had been delivered.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNGdwIOH3R6xZuu1vNtADbQEeXGidYD5WZk4tteGUg_3dmk_Zvxmemn4y692L49ywGSK7tPljktN7EFTeRjWlJ5pUw8ZNdeAWkWMZynm_btE5k_1Mb7E3yVx5cc7avYt8oQilg3oyjGgh/s864/dec+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="559" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNGdwIOH3R6xZuu1vNtADbQEeXGidYD5WZk4tteGUg_3dmk_Zvxmemn4y692L49ywGSK7tPljktN7EFTeRjWlJ5pUw8ZNdeAWkWMZynm_btE5k_1Mb7E3yVx5cc7avYt8oQilg3oyjGgh/w259-h400/dec+8.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p>Yessirree, we've got ourselves a floor system, which is awesome. We also have our water down to a trickle again, which is not awesome but will hopefully be resolved before I get home from work. In the afternoon I emailed with Michelle at the garage door place and picked out my door, which is going to be awesome. Then Michelle told me it won't be delivered until April, which is so very not awesome. 'Twas a day of major ups and downs, that ended with the dog hospital kicking into high gear. There was lots of panic and blood and me sleeping on the living room floor with Roxie and a very confused StanLee, having sacrificed two bath towels, almost all of my kitchen towels, most of the dog blankets, a comforter and four couch pillows, not to mention the entire actual couch. When they said "active bleeding" they were not kidding. I went back and forth between lamenting the fact that we currently do not have on-site laundry facilities and questioning my ability to competently adult. It was pretty rough.</p><p>Wednesday the 9th was the second time in a week there was a truck in my driveway that had one of those crane thingies on board, but this one was way smaller. I stood on a chair to take a picture through the little tiny window in my dining room - it's the guy setting my new propane tank.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfD208N_J2B8OqDWP5MJatjOlUdIS3bmbGoBeAULyNe_t1wmRAn75afvpqTZR7_6lCocLwsYQVYhH6i0z5Kg1l3Bg1KPZQNIuKrQot6h98hdWF08Fmm5wRIM2UhmslWDsRrLyN0B9fW8Ep/s864/from+dining+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="864" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfD208N_J2B8OqDWP5MJatjOlUdIS3bmbGoBeAULyNe_t1wmRAn75afvpqTZR7_6lCocLwsYQVYhH6i0z5Kg1l3Bg1KPZQNIuKrQot6h98hdWF08Fmm5wRIM2UhmslWDsRrLyN0B9fW8Ep/w400-h250/from+dining+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>They can't trench the line until we're a little further along in the build and Jason, the plumber, decides where he wants to install the regulator. Right now there's a temporary tank behind my house that's hooked up to the Rinnai in the living room. Since the ground is frozen (and there's a pile of trusses in the way), the fuel company will probably end up delivering a couple more temporary 120 gallon tanks - they call them snowmen - and hook up the permanent one in the spring.</p><p>Also today I found out my garage door will be arriving in six to eight weeks instead of in April. That's a huge relief. Here's what it will look like.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsS-Y3mrXe3UOjqIKWLIQsKu8VXjzXewwB2wPK4EpFnudEKQLM7dVKdzp1NdORiia1W6HcuWzsv2YzBBwOVzskdyhNydZiz5t3BBjRqk92u_dpCzgVLbCtxGm8rK38YBr7y990wBfCqR8/s800/garage+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="800" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsS-Y3mrXe3UOjqIKWLIQsKu8VXjzXewwB2wPK4EpFnudEKQLM7dVKdzp1NdORiia1W6HcuWzsv2YzBBwOVzskdyhNydZiz5t3BBjRqk92u_dpCzgVLbCtxGm8rK38YBr7y990wBfCqR8/w400-h311/garage+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I've changed my mind so many times about exterior colors and finishes but now I've committed to a black garage door to match the black roof. Although I told Bryan today that I can't afford the second floor since I'm giving all my money to the vet, so we may never get to the roof.</p><p>The next couple of days I was home with Roxie to make sure she didn't get worked up over the construction activity so I got to see progress in real time. Here's the guest room window view at 9am and again at 12:20.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGnlkq7hFOuHo-jC6qIF_E6neFFKqVgERFqsnkh1CYg-HY0j1utgzPHAOLUB243tmEbZPr-yXztedn6kYhUaA6k1RaRHdI4xdpxWOe23PZsL27k5MEvnBMBqCJYt7Pmw5GXvipJHkN30B/s864/9am+guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGnlkq7hFOuHo-jC6qIF_E6neFFKqVgERFqsnkh1CYg-HY0j1utgzPHAOLUB243tmEbZPr-yXztedn6kYhUaA6k1RaRHdI4xdpxWOe23PZsL27k5MEvnBMBqCJYt7Pmw5GXvipJHkN30B/w400-h225/9am+guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDCfWQUaGydYlEQ5rLJrULwcH_tD4OAf3JLm79dLhNsDoAGgcf9VPSo_GuPYSsHU722KW6mRYaJamCGY86ttlc8Urq-qI03yI64PlIBzdT-FxcjB3TF2cGaumbN3XTenFJ50IGUNg-RU5/s864/1220+guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDCfWQUaGydYlEQ5rLJrULwcH_tD4OAf3JLm79dLhNsDoAGgcf9VPSo_GuPYSsHU722KW6mRYaJamCGY86ttlc8Urq-qI03yI64PlIBzdT-FxcjB3TF2cGaumbN3XTenFJ50IGUNg-RU5/w400-h225/1220+guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>Whoa. By 2:15 they had worked their way around to the other side - here's what I saw out the upstairs hallway window.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4Wz-utF_MtMI48HPg-1g2ZmZjbaYke1u6ODDD_NFuBWb448KDJNtxLXKot7_mUjZHNFD9QydSuamXuosWz0u40KzseSzQP1JOpiT7b5nijSimeXDNNy3bwlaGgH9UToZCcyHaRoyoQZP/s864/215+hall+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="525" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4Wz-utF_MtMI48HPg-1g2ZmZjbaYke1u6ODDD_NFuBWb448KDJNtxLXKot7_mUjZHNFD9QydSuamXuosWz0u40KzseSzQP1JOpiT7b5nijSimeXDNNy3bwlaGgH9UToZCcyHaRoyoQZP/w242-h400/215+hall+window.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><p>I feel like such a creeper taking pictures through the windows while they are working. But crap - look what they got done in one day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEy_e9Kys8srDRT0fghhH9Rk2xuBrgvItp8NozWsJEi449eBjeItbrZjLan1Yr4y8xVht_GXuCwy1tiobJh7M9T2Q7Vi94-gFL6UWo1t2mK_c4Tn7jo7ordH6eZthBMytuDyh7ovcdBrw/s864/330+from+garage+people+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEy_e9Kys8srDRT0fghhH9Rk2xuBrgvItp8NozWsJEi449eBjeItbrZjLan1Yr4y8xVht_GXuCwy1tiobJh7M9T2Q7Vi94-gFL6UWo1t2mK_c4Tn7jo7ordH6eZthBMytuDyh7ovcdBrw/w400-h225/330+from+garage+people+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRwh-leD4v4JEev6LiPuo5E2HxUTDXbvTh1VLgvhfIRdVD2iZFL0NinDmQ8D0MoaVMTYbG1_uzPJi9Afc11RgJsf4IJ3SGbJRvzWtSLy1tbQxv2sv9HCrcZeK-PcTqsuEcadwv9bh4ScK/s864/330+from+outside+corner+of+garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRwh-leD4v4JEev6LiPuo5E2HxUTDXbvTh1VLgvhfIRdVD2iZFL0NinDmQ8D0MoaVMTYbG1_uzPJi9Afc11RgJsf4IJ3SGbJRvzWtSLy1tbQxv2sv9HCrcZeK-PcTqsuEcadwv9bh4ScK/w400-h225/330+from+outside+corner+of+garage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LXqJnM65DDITBP17qMgZJ7oQe5fhCehr_HpCwglDuxZv7ULJvCEt5IqBw5YRxu-4fPcizg0ocvbkTy0prOUkyULXTu_ROU9AcUzL9nfsgkJ3YMKI0tO3YrjZmOiL-s74PVTqYiTMHq4I/s864/330+from+garage+towards+stairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LXqJnM65DDITBP17qMgZJ7oQe5fhCehr_HpCwglDuxZv7ULJvCEt5IqBw5YRxu-4fPcizg0ocvbkTy0prOUkyULXTu_ROU9AcUzL9nfsgkJ3YMKI0tO3YrjZmOiL-s74PVTqYiTMHq4I/w400-h225/330+from+garage+towards+stairs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAOy787-bpe5PWK4O66GrhMPrNpN19rbDVAdI0Rc_Wbbwq9k-4W8kebLPo__aF7bvtOkwG1le1yrUONkRyZmNihLlzBKGKYY7r55GJWUWRXA-qua3W2xR5XyY-7mHMmFIMqgu7FTz6i_j/s864/330+towards+garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAOy787-bpe5PWK4O66GrhMPrNpN19rbDVAdI0Rc_Wbbwq9k-4W8kebLPo__aF7bvtOkwG1le1yrUONkRyZmNihLlzBKGKYY7r55GJWUWRXA-qua3W2xR5XyY-7mHMmFIMqgu7FTz6i_j/w400-h225/330+towards+garage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFZn-y9xl5R2Fv6ahqFdiRqr3fW7y2JeohtF2C9LQkB5ZGW4LP9KdenIah_rJjxsv3nLUpUXmsVkqGHAlhrvcF0P4QxhPLxKe-kANjBE3gtlvE6JJcNgXlgedPPboqig3rvXbKdiWKLGh/s864/330+towards+kitchen+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFZn-y9xl5R2Fv6ahqFdiRqr3fW7y2JeohtF2C9LQkB5ZGW4LP9KdenIah_rJjxsv3nLUpUXmsVkqGHAlhrvcF0P4QxhPLxKe-kANjBE3gtlvE6JJcNgXlgedPPboqig3rvXbKdiWKLGh/w400-h225/330+towards+kitchen+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>All the floor joists - super duper exciting. Here's Friday the 11th at 8:45 from the guest room.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbNwYmEYnLdV4RrlGHo1mBP3_WSnWA7D4dqGXWpdgs80pJgCkfYxdKsDMF7XufSwGwb1oV1shiQDOmnXfXfheDgQMJ_X4Iha6A3qdbEMFriTGPR7E6kfKCYmsEnUAURVN7QgA4E3LqZBP/s864/845am+guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbNwYmEYnLdV4RrlGHo1mBP3_WSnWA7D4dqGXWpdgs80pJgCkfYxdKsDMF7XufSwGwb1oV1shiQDOmnXfXfheDgQMJ_X4Iha6A3qdbEMFriTGPR7E6kfKCYmsEnUAURVN7QgA4E3LqZBP/w400-h225/845am+guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>And just to keep it real, here's the view from my bathroom window.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokSpilPHf-ok5DubMwt0_B0qzKK3ymzl_6Nshq1olyAEoenlT4E54XJuRFh83Fmxxl878-nCPo6ewlyImorVpJRO1He3_tTtVDqGBgl2VQpHt8Jee0lV4loiZxte-ZrweA3dsaDJ7YDu9/s864/845am+bathroom+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="519" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokSpilPHf-ok5DubMwt0_B0qzKK3ymzl_6Nshq1olyAEoenlT4E54XJuRFh83Fmxxl878-nCPo6ewlyImorVpJRO1He3_tTtVDqGBgl2VQpHt8Jee0lV4loiZxte-ZrweA3dsaDJ7YDu9/w240-h400/845am+bathroom+window.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Awkward. Checking out the hallway window at 10:45 I saw this.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJLmI1qhBUM_sIkvSTx0pxZpOHbD5aCcprrvRNL7iTpFZ6HoETZmy7lS4WSNVNu9iGZZyZUIW0pt50kKL2QDK4Cp9gi0UlVAhm9CUx2iUr1o7cjqKys659xprJWLa3rfc9j0tzD6KtZh1/s864/1045am+hall+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="546" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJLmI1qhBUM_sIkvSTx0pxZpOHbD5aCcprrvRNL7iTpFZ6HoETZmy7lS4WSNVNu9iGZZyZUIW0pt50kKL2QDK4Cp9gi0UlVAhm9CUx2iUr1o7cjqKys659xprJWLa3rfc9j0tzD6KtZh1/w253-h400/1045am+hall+window.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><p>And guys guys guys, at the end of the work day Bryan asked if I wanted to check out the upstairs. OF COURSE I DID! Up the ladder I went and here's my first pictures of the new second floor.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwPGcfhYH3vbwMKNbmP91xO1UVM85PmG2UBv-eQG2Z1SzLEKOsDHvqEhfsmsCHuTFbN6Msw8HS59wY21qE79FYWRthvopUc5GYh9i0DptVXUQ9Ai-iIo0KNPgPdkC-OBvT-owfHWQF10V/s864/3pm+first+time+upstairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwPGcfhYH3vbwMKNbmP91xO1UVM85PmG2UBv-eQG2Z1SzLEKOsDHvqEhfsmsCHuTFbN6Msw8HS59wY21qE79FYWRthvopUc5GYh9i0DptVXUQ9Ai-iIo0KNPgPdkC-OBvT-owfHWQF10V/w400-h225/3pm+first+time+upstairs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRCf2CpkGN7iZT3koqwneM8gbAkjdJ2DexCybTE2xQfa5uqM1n-mLTgpnAAjf12iKR3lrCsbW3N_mbVspH17RC0lPzJ9R4cySnOOajc6m3_yMlBB8Na_SWyv2-pdM42-9gBhqMnOR0Gxm/s864/310pm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRCf2CpkGN7iZT3koqwneM8gbAkjdJ2DexCybTE2xQfa5uqM1n-mLTgpnAAjf12iKR3lrCsbW3N_mbVspH17RC0lPzJ9R4cySnOOajc6m3_yMlBB8Na_SWyv2-pdM42-9gBhqMnOR0Gxm/w400-h225/310pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>HOW CRAZY IS THAT!?! I have a second story. I commemorated it with a sunset guest room view at 4pm, through a very dirty window.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ursHwO7iBGLC63ChoXkA0vcDorMj8mfw9dFmV4CaK_B-9KJrCWDk9nf7HvTMPly07sX8s6ABudyjISchhMyc8_xEHj_m6Jj8jxP8SXCEWUW18e-cqA80OtEiPvklKz4tn9UuNUUwVdvq/s864/4pm+guest+room+dirty+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ursHwO7iBGLC63ChoXkA0vcDorMj8mfw9dFmV4CaK_B-9KJrCWDk9nf7HvTMPly07sX8s6ABudyjISchhMyc8_xEHj_m6Jj8jxP8SXCEWUW18e-cqA80OtEiPvklKz4tn9UuNUUwVdvq/w400-h225/4pm+guest+room+dirty+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I'm going to be up and down that ladder quite a few times, just because I can. Here's what I posted on Instagram on Sunday, December 13th.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYguMiY9p58Cik0eKe-zH4fx83Mwr0WJKGGM0Sl1uxZd6IrF4jGFspUFOxRMhzww6hGTdY7wwtbt45NHhoObIzsoByGvZFbgYz131Z8_QCBYbNuIPmkk8dWot7YrbsCN3kSNaIv0RLRgx/s864/dec+13+3pm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYguMiY9p58Cik0eKe-zH4fx83Mwr0WJKGGM0Sl1uxZd6IrF4jGFspUFOxRMhzww6hGTdY7wwtbt45NHhoObIzsoByGvZFbgYz131Z8_QCBYbNuIPmkk8dWot7YrbsCN3kSNaIv0RLRgx/w400-h225/dec+13+3pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Sitting here in my new paint office at 3pm, still wearing my pajamas, soaking it all in (literally - it rained today and the floor is wet). The view will change next week because *walls* but that afternoon light will stay the same.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-58212043790444170172021-01-09T22:52:00.001-05:002021-02-05T21:20:06.661-05:00House to Home, Volume 13 - A Structure Emerges<p>My youngest nephew is sixteen. When he was a mere child, "structure" was a popular word in his vocabulary. Not a "house", not a "building" - it was a "structure". So funny coming from a four year old; I still hear it in my head the way he pronounced it.</p><p>And now we have a structure about to emerge outside my kitchen door! But first, I forgot to mention that on Troy's last day here with his excavator he placed three concrete piers to hold the supports for the covered walkway:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepKdGJ7IvmMebG61e2TLLUa2bqO1ozoqgxxpQGc2_iVWl7Pmt5_eI-8o5Qhv-UNVXQyZxOhpkqx83h7vUG8EI_5D-FIl15jwBeegB4I68W6GCNBbOTYLHqVfl07X2e3AcO4O0xA_HwKTZ/s864/piers+for+walkway+posts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepKdGJ7IvmMebG61e2TLLUa2bqO1ozoqgxxpQGc2_iVWl7Pmt5_eI-8o5Qhv-UNVXQyZxOhpkqx83h7vUG8EI_5D-FIl15jwBeegB4I68W6GCNBbOTYLHqVfl07X2e3AcO4O0xA_HwKTZ/w225-h400/piers+for+walkway+posts.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>Remarkably, the concrete truck did not run over any of them.</p><p>Also, on Sunday, November 29th we got a delivery of 2x12 scraps from another job site. I will happily recycle someone else's leftovers, especially when they represent a savings of several hundred dollars. StanLee gave the whole pile a thorough inspection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijP-BIpf1CdX-6_BEzqWo30euZ_yyD3xzy_76ZiR8OmPbr90TmV5vQrZt-G9SLKkFP3oK7Tl4OV67HVIqXyBxMqr7NOWpB1knILa2ty80Wl8lOErz1mPuLpyZ7njMz4lFkmz47ypoT6BIF/s864/sunday+nov+29+leftovers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="569" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijP-BIpf1CdX-6_BEzqWo30euZ_yyD3xzy_76ZiR8OmPbr90TmV5vQrZt-G9SLKkFP3oK7Tl4OV67HVIqXyBxMqr7NOWpB1knILa2ty80Wl8lOErz1mPuLpyZ7njMz4lFkmz47ypoT6BIF/w264-h400/sunday+nov+29+leftovers.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><p>At 7:20 Monday morning this was the view out my kitchen door:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpRlzTlltp5-qvAEM3SC3qnyT1AqsKBgIDeKOyCQOFSZlr_1Qo9shimVHuYZwAX6-3Lv6ToMPjZc_EHDvUnnVpPSIUwVkuqsqGLB18nT5I-ZnFTlmKVZsruXCV__jk6ZmUkx0oaWhVD13/s864/721+am+kitchen+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpRlzTlltp5-qvAEM3SC3qnyT1AqsKBgIDeKOyCQOFSZlr_1Qo9shimVHuYZwAX6-3Lv6ToMPjZc_EHDvUnnVpPSIUwVkuqsqGLB18nT5I-ZnFTlmKVZsruXCV__jk6ZmUkx0oaWhVD13/w225-h400/721+am+kitchen+door.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>You never know what you will find while living on a construction site. I think that's Mike, and I think he is removing some of the existing vinyl siding. The guest room window view was this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJJ6FrZeB1gXwg_0igBFJcw9CC_Yq7q-Z5PevycL1WGoAb5NPX21GLMM9XPwHl1NffJXA1D8a5X3A3zvs9u8RBFHhw11UsT-GI90lldVxQOwQhWWqRV14ZyTAZICxueDwsqp8YVR09_1A/s864/723+guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJJ6FrZeB1gXwg_0igBFJcw9CC_Yq7q-Z5PevycL1WGoAb5NPX21GLMM9XPwHl1NffJXA1D8a5X3A3zvs9u8RBFHhw11UsT-GI90lldVxQOwQhWWqRV14ZyTAZICxueDwsqp8YVR09_1A/w400-h225/723+guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>My driveway never used to be wide enough for two cars.</p><p>Mom was here for Thanksgiving weekend and she took a few more pictures before heading home. The first was at 8:20 when a load of material was delivered. I passed the truck on my way to work.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSBrDpC2c81h2moxvIQV5yLEwOOfn7xa_mYQL21vOkHHcuJr8jq8n8hG-uXytHr2lo5aWhZYtBhgIUUWBgV0j-yQSbrdU_ppv7rz3AqnwtkwRkEl9eIguNUwVWL1JsOgcsnRszGgHtZHC/s864/mom+821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSBrDpC2c81h2moxvIQV5yLEwOOfn7xa_mYQL21vOkHHcuJr8jq8n8hG-uXytHr2lo5aWhZYtBhgIUUWBgV0j-yQSbrdU_ppv7rz3AqnwtkwRkEl9eIguNUwVWL1JsOgcsnRszGgHtZHC/w400-h300/mom+821.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Bryan ordered pre-cut studs so we got two-fer savings: less measuring and cutting = less labor, and the material was less expensive by a dollar per stud. At 9:40 the kitchen view changed dramatically.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0g3uNEEfsq5fApWjyEdJTmPHWCtdECJb_aRk_CRTyL0BcMiJnI9ij7QUInwsm280rJBcyldT5b4nZvCe6l8shTh1ZPsxucRkv3yT4nlW4epBTTLCiMfbD-pFVPz9cavrEoS47Xcm2aCQ/s2048/mom2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0g3uNEEfsq5fApWjyEdJTmPHWCtdECJb_aRk_CRTyL0BcMiJnI9ij7QUInwsm280rJBcyldT5b4nZvCe6l8shTh1ZPsxucRkv3yT4nlW4epBTTLCiMfbD-pFVPz9cavrEoS47Xcm2aCQ/w400-h300/mom2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Woo hoo - the first wall! They started with the most questionable one; it's not quite obvious in the picture mom took from the road how tight the fit is going to be between the kitchen door and the small window, but I've been banking on there being *just* enough room to squeeze in the new exterior wall.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9UYmrCGdje9JYDB7OIr77WHerBzrXuwbcUUrjam51DK3C0CI4S1TH6PyY77GMmk5ItCva25x4kUQluWe7kLv2wCvwLYXQ6b3gDC07PC8vo-Rzbju9R1txVTB5VYldvnsxQ3vZarBBJGd/s2048/mom3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9UYmrCGdje9JYDB7OIr77WHerBzrXuwbcUUrjam51DK3C0CI4S1TH6PyY77GMmk5ItCva25x4kUQluWe7kLv2wCvwLYXQ6b3gDC07PC8vo-Rzbju9R1txVTB5VYldvnsxQ3vZarBBJGd/w400-h300/mom3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Here are pictures from the next morning so you can see the rest of the crazy progress that happened while I was at work on Monday.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfz3l1mt1_mxGc7Jcloa0a23OcPGL0VCiA2Q6fgQqFDcP5NBtEbZ0zXpawUQQkXiikl4WyENuT46UP0NT4mM_xvF30ZndnQKPKuQ9FhK9Dpnk1bGP2uhyphenhyphenwhEoot86DctLjluiuOHKOf6V/s864/7am+guest+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfz3l1mt1_mxGc7Jcloa0a23OcPGL0VCiA2Q6fgQqFDcP5NBtEbZ0zXpawUQQkXiikl4WyENuT46UP0NT4mM_xvF30ZndnQKPKuQ9FhK9Dpnk1bGP2uhyphenhyphenwhEoot86DctLjluiuOHKOf6V/w400-h225/7am+guest+room.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizPz75b-a-AGorJyfoeJLy296jQ1bBydV3OXzVdPRmuBGyEQ-O0UmWNzRhmRKfF9cehr6A8g6kdByjVdJvdEXzYOYcKsZgHYY_AJsDX8IP-YzmmgRt9GSgD9NjOXMvqZCD98pEq4s26v6/s864/7am+hall+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizPz75b-a-AGorJyfoeJLy296jQ1bBydV3OXzVdPRmuBGyEQ-O0UmWNzRhmRKfF9cehr6A8g6kdByjVdJvdEXzYOYcKsZgHYY_AJsDX8IP-YzmmgRt9GSgD9NjOXMvqZCD98pEq4s26v6/w400-h225/7am+hall+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That was guest room window view and hanging out the window above the kitchen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioT81U2AAXP3s6Mxk4wHonAo_F7cDKM_BxjbAWiQonmtThNItoJ1f1QWbaNjrm9fA1w8q_Pgr94IvF8ROPUrni-3YRKuZIHXOAiyLKVS4oIBTyJoxHgBiZc6SvyKgYpdXEX8p92s1mUgdI/s864/7am+outside1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioT81U2AAXP3s6Mxk4wHonAo_F7cDKM_BxjbAWiQonmtThNItoJ1f1QWbaNjrm9fA1w8q_Pgr94IvF8ROPUrni-3YRKuZIHXOAiyLKVS4oIBTyJoxHgBiZc6SvyKgYpdXEX8p92s1mUgdI/w400-h225/7am+outside1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9pe61Zj_yAHJJkVW9kG5sT9mq4Bd7USLVVwbux9XbwTyh5AD89Z9Iz38cGeGxsxJHIxwKcOTK2IdpqM9POJ7vx5bMY_62JiwF-kT9C76zZS3PhlRbdlXcRxPuVQi72RxYkvS8iAQkcve/w400-h225/7am+outside3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQc4x6qkoEnmpnqc2WsErJ5CNaErKmdCjrIV1HdW3ENoXnnc56e9SjLQ4WWggGACgP-KkOGPHPBoq53kz-NDDsJSkj3xhOjEWvoH3v3msezRgzb316Y_0oY4GgaLV20Xef6FfZmBZrgg6T/s864/7am+outside4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQc4x6qkoEnmpnqc2WsErJ5CNaErKmdCjrIV1HdW3ENoXnnc56e9SjLQ4WWggGACgP-KkOGPHPBoq53kz-NDDsJSkj3xhOjEWvoH3v3msezRgzb316Y_0oY4GgaLV20Xef6FfZmBZrgg6T/w400-h225/7am+outside4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>YOU get a wall, and YOU get a wall, and YOU get a wall! That last one is a little blurry because I was trying to take pictures of the super cool progress while staying out of everyone's way. But notice how the concrete is wet? Monday afternoon it started raining REALLY hard. Like major downpour. Which normally is no big deal but when I got home from work I found a puddle on my kitchen floor. Not gonna lie, at first I wondered if one of the dogs had an accident. I cleaned it up and ... it kept coming. And coming. From under the door. I texted Bryan to let him know and he realized that when the walls went up they essentially created a bathtub outside my door. And it was still pouring down rain. About an hour later, after mopping up several gallons of water (on my hands and knees, constantly wringing out a kitchen towel into the plastic laundry basket I use to hold my recycling) he showed up to rescue me with clear silicone. Turns out my kitchen door was never sealed, which does not surprise me in the least. Par for the course with this little crooked house. A whole bunch of silicone under the door sill solved the problem and my sore, raw hands were very thankful. So I went from a few days with zero water to a day with too much water! HA! This was definitely a time when I'm glad I was living on site during construction. Otherwise I'm positive my kitchen base cabinets would have suffered fatal water damage and the sheet linoleum on the floor might have as well. Never a dull moment.</div><div><br /></div><div>We had one more day of wall activity before everyone headed temporarily to a different job site. Here's a couple pictures from mid-day on December 1st - the guest room view and my thinking chair view.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG4AYu5YLYJBf0qgbT4VIewFWYNUVbudWw8im2a6kSyLB3QDNmK1yRLXXFmgRCFdF39667ClK1BgYQu1vpeopVK6FLJlJX2G4o3zi5RmiLPAluzTD46lonmbGkfVoOxqadKfyaMhlV5Rz/s864/1230+guest+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG4AYu5YLYJBf0qgbT4VIewFWYNUVbudWw8im2a6kSyLB3QDNmK1yRLXXFmgRCFdF39667ClK1BgYQu1vpeopVK6FLJlJX2G4o3zi5RmiLPAluzTD46lonmbGkfVoOxqadKfyaMhlV5Rz/w400-h225/1230+guest+room.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP7KmGMEvD18H1wHszbeSjy0gDio1rcWieZa1O79afd15ixKscIRveIzdJyTjZc_f1a6F6oKbAJagfZVAeAZKhcUs5j-m_w7RWWpC6LDZm7pAGSDPayc-E_vSvr3sXHW7mHdKw-G5-UrB/s864/1230+thinking+chair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP7KmGMEvD18H1wHszbeSjy0gDio1rcWieZa1O79afd15ixKscIRveIzdJyTjZc_f1a6F6oKbAJagfZVAeAZKhcUs5j-m_w7RWWpC6LDZm7pAGSDPayc-E_vSvr3sXHW7mHdKw-G5-UrB/w400-h225/1230+thinking+chair.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Sorry ski resorts, but I'm thankful this is not one of those winters that starts in October with several feet of snow. Here's the final progress on first walls - pictures taken at 7:45 on December 2nd:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJSCW-qCFQEc5r2UOWLrxb9z-OD_f3LPh5QIOyNDRWMAOSpwvv-7JxaHKKHAQXr00aD3qheYrBUjxqytipMhe_zAgHl6ZWUP4SqfDBwheW3ZY6LE4P8Zh2HRvgonZGWqR1oT3TqEpJig4/s864/745+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJSCW-qCFQEc5r2UOWLrxb9z-OD_f3LPh5QIOyNDRWMAOSpwvv-7JxaHKKHAQXr00aD3qheYrBUjxqytipMhe_zAgHl6ZWUP4SqfDBwheW3ZY6LE4P8Zh2HRvgonZGWqR1oT3TqEpJig4/w400-h225/745+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOruPuAmH5UAFDBviH-K56lWqG6uH_es6_p7uZRGTnPDp0aQNX4EddJolg9N0sxdEYDW-NLQLz0BCGJbWfFQB2OEliVz_0OoZObg_xkMSCjaE5BzoVEwuTeRwK2UM5furyIEot7hq8U8kL/s864/745+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOruPuAmH5UAFDBviH-K56lWqG6uH_es6_p7uZRGTnPDp0aQNX4EddJolg9N0sxdEYDW-NLQLz0BCGJbWfFQB2OEliVz_0OoZObg_xkMSCjaE5BzoVEwuTeRwK2UM5furyIEot7hq8U8kL/w400-h225/745+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I took that one standing where my new staircase will be, looking out toward the garage. The house wrap on the right is covering my new front door, then counter-clockwise is the door to the garage and the opening leading to the laundry room and a powder room. Crappy stuff at the very left is the wall outside my kitchen.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeY__58uWen_Zw6Tbrta5a9ZDqWktGh7MOtvCN_F5E-6QJgsevGpRy025IwgJEmKn2tJvNh7VjptQyKWgf1GqvRVUf3EYpQF-4dHokVWnRcM6ka873fM_K0-IwoFxIo_R4o3i-S-ggbRnt/s864/745+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeY__58uWen_Zw6Tbrta5a9ZDqWktGh7MOtvCN_F5E-6QJgsevGpRy025IwgJEmKn2tJvNh7VjptQyKWgf1GqvRVUf3EYpQF-4dHokVWnRcM6ka873fM_K0-IwoFxIo_R4o3i-S-ggbRnt/w400-h225/745+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlknMrTNJJkQtaf3ASfVpnvBlcwfiY_bRFHYCFIXjudOvw9gGt71RdfbjfuyKmacJzN5n1Twq7C3pmUJlfT95mKKxjc5F9GpIb6-83f0ZdjV25e37uf8plDV8vY16riKzRU-hUKYQL1hYn/s864/745+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlknMrTNJJkQtaf3ASfVpnvBlcwfiY_bRFHYCFIXjudOvw9gGt71RdfbjfuyKmacJzN5n1Twq7C3pmUJlfT95mKKxjc5F9GpIb6-83f0ZdjV25e37uf8plDV8vY16riKzRU-hUKYQL1hYn/w400-h225/745+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The garage looks ENORMOUS here but it's the exact same footprint as the little crooked house - 20x24.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjH6s6q0nSf7sQLl3dsbsBEqibUV5ixAAxPbQR_4h5UGxA_cmDpkRUnGTdatwaSn2CHgn-Es2_6c3zu2PTZxqxnthmjCEXjS_3N0DtQUynVoBtT76SdnzmreGDBcgWMRPcskPGvyEVlkvu/s864/745+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjH6s6q0nSf7sQLl3dsbsBEqibUV5ixAAxPbQR_4h5UGxA_cmDpkRUnGTdatwaSn2CHgn-Es2_6c3zu2PTZxqxnthmjCEXjS_3N0DtQUynVoBtT76SdnzmreGDBcgWMRPcskPGvyEVlkvu/w400-h225/745+5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOawOTTBiq1wFpsuAWRbPu5AAET3wqdMBKseXWxGTaPTnjAA5AudAx7MsMi6itqeh8Eh0lCw_-YtVXFeXYNarECmnH9hkHv3gPaikPT3wGSmKCnSA3F-MBvqtV62HOaWoJOtbWeH2TWDn/s864/745+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOawOTTBiq1wFpsuAWRbPu5AAET3wqdMBKseXWxGTaPTnjAA5AudAx7MsMi6itqeh8Eh0lCw_-YtVXFeXYNarECmnH9hkHv3gPaikPT3wGSmKCnSA3F-MBvqtV62HOaWoJOtbWeH2TWDn/w400-h225/745+6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Oh hello, garage. So happy to meet you.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7k7vF_oFuBNOj3m66xUvTS4odekClVXQITO0n74hTI086k-ct7ogDU75N8KzzDHjxELzQkf9i_1MIb1GQfs9eHN1uoiScifg9SRpcjOP6EYAAU9bHuvGryqX7zgRietwebqrg_EsCGN9/s864/745+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7k7vF_oFuBNOj3m66xUvTS4odekClVXQITO0n74hTI086k-ct7ogDU75N8KzzDHjxELzQkf9i_1MIb1GQfs9eHN1uoiScifg9SRpcjOP6EYAAU9bHuvGryqX7zgRietwebqrg_EsCGN9/w400-h225/745+7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2het_K-qOcoCRejOq3Ex-kbveGAuH0vxli4XBcBJKQV-OtaeWUcMQIicjMFs40NbSsd-KpMD8XSLVhoyACtHFjTHqa7pmYv8eqLyOTNLnHGK2Vr206HAnD-sH1H4s9AGTFCeN9zj8NkF/s864/745+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2het_K-qOcoCRejOq3Ex-kbveGAuH0vxli4XBcBJKQV-OtaeWUcMQIicjMFs40NbSsd-KpMD8XSLVhoyACtHFjTHqa7pmYv8eqLyOTNLnHGK2Vr206HAnD-sH1H4s9AGTFCeN9zj8NkF/w400-h225/745+8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>StanLee is going to LOVE that new giant window. From the outside it looks normal height, but from the inside it's about floor to ceiling. I foresee a lot of Windex in my future.</div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-19337150079859739532021-01-01T00:39:00.002-05:002021-02-05T21:19:54.924-05:00House to Home, Volume 12 - Pour the Floor<p>You guessed it - here's the guest room window view at 7:45 Tuesday morning, November 10th:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxyCyRnCGDPngYVmZIr8QEMU3Umby77U6H8cufkC8lS5_uszCZYQ8RqSIrbZJ-AfGkVUCgo3alOKUSoocYHFoM-weJKifg8aCQa5kC8wPtvMP-C7tYNytdf8CZxnKHqWrTAklUBPay1lW/s864/745+am.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxyCyRnCGDPngYVmZIr8QEMU3Umby77U6H8cufkC8lS5_uszCZYQ8RqSIrbZJ-AfGkVUCgo3alOKUSoocYHFoM-weJKifg8aCQa5kC8wPtvMP-C7tYNytdf8CZxnKHqWrTAklUBPay1lW/w400-h225/745+am.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> And here's what my second driveway looks like when a concrete crew arrives on the scene:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzuK1G242pO_YVgkcqRCd33ZnAuGuOBSAW0Ugh9WeNOhtIEtndJtREoCkaH08iN59IJaeRphzy7NyA_0nGVPIcDp8l3r4BT36rGuckAt_NtcQSOK4_tXqT3dgd1mCcDsYLjO3Ue5-EpHi/s864/2nd+driveway.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzuK1G242pO_YVgkcqRCd33ZnAuGuOBSAW0Ugh9WeNOhtIEtndJtREoCkaH08iN59IJaeRphzy7NyA_0nGVPIcDp8l3r4BT36rGuckAt_NtcQSOK4_tXqT3dgd1mCcDsYLjO3Ue5-EpHi/w400-h225/2nd+driveway.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>One car is mine and one belongs to mom, but still. It was crowded. We all stood around waiting for the concrete truck to arrive but once it did and they added a bag of what I'm assuming was the mesh fibers into the hopper, it was go time. All of these pictures were taken between 8:30 and 9:01.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPVIQtaNRb5348MxQ8N0AtfraCzB-84Vz9di-J37JBHC1XnMM9rLDm3lRkQTl75Mf_rxiTiE7eyQ5OoKg-gGiNXy2mZdt7vZpegxqcvFE9rT5L1Q0jvXZuov7MtpmrnUzg4ksxKc9oj5J/s864/830+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPVIQtaNRb5348MxQ8N0AtfraCzB-84Vz9di-J37JBHC1XnMM9rLDm3lRkQTl75Mf_rxiTiE7eyQ5OoKg-gGiNXy2mZdt7vZpegxqcvFE9rT5L1Q0jvXZuov7MtpmrnUzg4ksxKc9oj5J/w400-h225/830+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqanve_8bd3Z8GH_82UQLhpr9N6VpJwornlXcACnPXFlURa8rCOobjKrLrgGUvIxYBF6Uw71L3o5yNLJk2vLsPLQn2uvpRZ78-Mnn-AYmiS10hWJtpj7tdN2Cep_zMY6GS0A_4-Puk1zad/s864/830+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I don't understand how they are able to do it without disturbing the radiant tubing. All concentration was focused on the concrete and I'm not convinced the tubes all stayed where they were supposed to, but I need to have faith that these guys know what they are doing. The slab is my actual floor so I guess I will find out if there was a problem when I find cold spots while walking barefoot in my garage, right?<div><br /></div><div>While Bryan, my mom and I were watching them set up, mom told us about the concrete situation when she and my dad built their first house in Killington. I asked her to write down the details, so here's a little something something from today's guest blogger:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>In 1967, Maureen and Charlie and Ken and I (and baby Ann Marie) spent a week in Vermont, staying at Charlie's parents' house in Northfield to start building a chalet on a lot we bought in Killington. It was sometime in the summer.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><i>First, Truman (he was about 16 years old) dug nine holes for the Sonotubes, then we had to fill them with concrete. He got the backhoe stuck between two trees, and I don't remember how that was resolved.</i><br /><br /><i>So, to mix the concrete we emptied a bag of Sakrete mix on a sheet of plywood, poured on water that Maureen and I carried up from the stream (yes, the stream was DOWN the hill) in five gallon buckets, and mixed it with garden hoes, then shoveled it into each Sonotube. Nine of them!</i><br /><br /><i>I don't remember much after that. We had no power, and no ladder. Dad made a ladder out of 2x4's -- it was heavy! We also found out that Charlie was afraid of heights.</i><br /><br />FYI, "baby Ann Marie" is my older sister. My dad had never built a house before and was learning by reading a "How To" book. He would read a chapter, build that part, then read the next chapter. Must have worked because a couple years later they did it again, and my mom still lives in the second house.<br /><br />I'm glad I didn't have to haul water for my construction project - spoiler alert, we will have other issues with water soon enough. I left for work a little after 9am but the guy with the vibrating screed was there for a good part of the day. Interesting tidbit: they use these concrete crimp anchors to nail boards across all the door openings to contain the concrete while it cures:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_XrDPqYQz68Q2eV5niftCAmmxwZZyaK_cag9aPcduedtF7ehE1Wr2d8yz32D6kkKIkCGnTlU_vk9DIEEPEg6OdNjVHEkn1Dd3krzqz7Ca5E9ra4J-RazblycoIBt0R0OYDbBVWTtOhf2/s720/concrete+crimp+anchor.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_XrDPqYQz68Q2eV5niftCAmmxwZZyaK_cag9aPcduedtF7ehE1Wr2d8yz32D6kkKIkCGnTlU_vk9DIEEPEg6OdNjVHEkn1Dd3krzqz7Ca5E9ra4J-RazblycoIBt0R0OYDbBVWTtOhf2/w400-h400/concrete+crimp+anchor.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivONz5PeqAfYyg5OXs98MQRNIE0h6BUWzRlmFGJHDDnFaWFdPaamPaCyxl_SewHTnU0Dk7gE642rRYtePOb0XE0lq1aWItD1sMWaQXLv7H8y16wJpXDrS1EMa3zEJE0OW71WghKlQhIUde/s864/concrete+anchor.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivONz5PeqAfYyg5OXs98MQRNIE0h6BUWzRlmFGJHDDnFaWFdPaamPaCyxl_SewHTnU0Dk7gE642rRYtePOb0XE0lq1aWItD1sMWaQXLv7H8y16wJpXDrS1EMa3zEJE0OW71WghKlQhIUde/w400-h225/concrete+anchor.jpg" /></a></div><br />I didn't dare walk on it after work, but the next day StanLee tested it out. He and I were planning a trip down to Camp Killington for the weekend, leaving home on Saturday morning, but I woke up Friday to almost zero water pressure so we headed to Killington right from work that afternoon. Roxie came home with us on Sunday for a week of normalcy - I didn't want her to think I had abandoned her. This whole construction project is happening in fits and starts, and since the entire crew needed to be at a different job site for a week it was another "hurry up and wait" period. We got home on Sunday the 15th only to find even worse water pressure - a tiny trickle in the kitchen sink and zero upstairs in the bathroom - so that meant a trip to Big Lots for several gallons of water so I could at least flush the toilet, and my first experience with dry shampoo. On the plus side, November 15th was Roxie's debut on her new foyer floor:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvSGbQP4nYa9p0h8mPQ1Bhyphenhyphenrjg3xCEu24stfRadm5xvq-TIBJKX8IwCLB480PtLuxj_dx9nLqhCoC5MvXN8A6chMu3g6TB5Nv4l09H9uAR1TCwv1VMw4o2O5CjdZFY8_nVsGep6FDCVIg/s864/Nov+15+first+time+on+slab+sm.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvSGbQP4nYa9p0h8mPQ1Bhyphenhyphenrjg3xCEu24stfRadm5xvq-TIBJKX8IwCLB480PtLuxj_dx9nLqhCoC5MvXN8A6chMu3g6TB5Nv4l09H9uAR1TCwv1VMw4o2O5CjdZFY8_nVsGep6FDCVIg/w291-h400/Nov+15+first+time+on+slab+sm.jpg" /></a></div> I think she likes it.</div></div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-19794055744497198592020-12-26T23:09:00.001-05:002021-02-05T21:19:36.917-05:00House to Home, Volume 11 - It's Looking Radiant<p>There was a day last week (and by last week I mean sometime end of October) when Bryan called me from a different job site and said he was talking with Jason - the plumber, who was on that same job site - and Jason asked why we are not putting radiant heat in the garage. The original plan was for radiant in the new foyer/laundry area/powder room - all the other spaces that will have a concrete slab floor - but a Modine heater hanging in the garage. Turns out it would cost about the same if we bag the Modine and go with radiant, although having a heated garage floor seems terrifically decadent to me. Right? But Bryan said after a couple of years the Modine would start getting noisy and since my bedroom will be above the garage I would hear it kick on and off. A heated floor makes zero noise, and my car will be VERY happy in the winter when all the snow and ice will melt off the underside while parked overnight (hence the drain in the floor). If the price is the same, who am I to say no to that kind of luxury. Right? He also said something about it being more energy efficient but I stopped listening when I realized I could walk barefoot into the garage in the middle of winter. Why I would need to I don't know, but it is now an option.</p><p>Since we are racing against the impending arrival of Old Man Winter, which screws with the schedule of the concrete guys, Jason came over to rough in the plumbing on a Saturday. That was November 7th, and here's StanLee checking to see if there's any activity he needs to supervise at 8:30 am:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7ZLxvNemljfleMYdoxUDcIfMyHyVlXFZ4g0V43mUkhyRKl-8gXRzFvQq_9VEcrA0kJYVRkkzKBWfGkEtwwGCb2uX3jFukb347R9CSBn9ysqlYhl2JZOmFbtUdvHPtILWKjeBmpJmKRzt/s864/guest+room+window+830+am+stanlee+reflection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7ZLxvNemljfleMYdoxUDcIfMyHyVlXFZ4g0V43mUkhyRKl-8gXRzFvQq_9VEcrA0kJYVRkkzKBWfGkEtwwGCb2uX3jFukb347R9CSBn9ysqlYhl2JZOmFbtUdvHPtILWKjeBmpJmKRzt/w400-h225/guest+room+window+830+am+stanlee+reflection.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Luckily it was a beautiful day, which honestly was weird for the first week of November. I said it before but I will say it again - considering the late start we got on this project all the additional decent weather was a total gift. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROFshXPJWqSZ95GjD8Detr9Ks1d177A9hhOKr4FXVqDbEI5pZDBURDRqLpvf0YkAqp3bfYt_boebm5tLBjc-_Ou6thA-jRiU_u3hBpTBcuNKdHH4y2oY_9mHSfcwx3eIq0LNd_GZB_7YL/s864/jason+here+1015+am.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROFshXPJWqSZ95GjD8Detr9Ks1d177A9hhOKr4FXVqDbEI5pZDBURDRqLpvf0YkAqp3bfYt_boebm5tLBjc-_Ou6thA-jRiU_u3hBpTBcuNKdHH4y2oY_9mHSfcwx3eIq0LNd_GZB_7YL/w400-h225/jason+here+1015+am.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Before any trenches were dug I was able to make a last minute change to the size of the powder room. The door from the foyer to the garage, in front of where Bryan is standing in this picture, is about eight inches further to the right than where it is supposed to be and although that means reconfiguring a coat closet, it works out to my benefit. The powder room now gets to be about a foot longer, and I'm going to ditch a short length of interior wall right inside the front door (part of the original coat closet) in favor of keeping the space more open. Accidental win/win.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhauvUtvJZEjiyZOF0ZUmf94Y6i40XXJdabYh21NDL2m5aiqNVrCOgACF62UVgmHP3I7vdnhyzEDjOejq9p-H2fRxku-h8VK0tTQuzpeOWqjp8Em3ehty8iH7c0QqzmD5gwHQ-w9WnCsrYB/s864/fixtures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="554" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhauvUtvJZEjiyZOF0ZUmf94Y6i40XXJdabYh21NDL2m5aiqNVrCOgACF62UVgmHP3I7vdnhyzEDjOejq9p-H2fRxku-h8VK0tTQuzpeOWqjp8Em3ehty8iH7c0QqzmD5gwHQ-w9WnCsrYB/w256-h400/fixtures.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /> Now that the cement pond right outside my kitchen door is filled in, Bryan took down the Juliet balcony and Roxie was able to walk right out into her new foyer.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhAKpfEG9HLgfKq5JPHrYUxkvgHS1nx-NsL1pk_J3OI7Xh7dxt5MAGflW-kIW7-Bja3YwRlYmSCU2xu7zQJhuAHfhIJRBbOZUmmznc_xiZZTdLCKl_ioNs11r9YYU8iNTa7kOWpme0gMr/s864/her+new+foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="675" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhAKpfEG9HLgfKq5JPHrYUxkvgHS1nx-NsL1pk_J3OI7Xh7dxt5MAGflW-kIW7-Bja3YwRlYmSCU2xu7zQJhuAHfhIJRBbOZUmmznc_xiZZTdLCKl_ioNs11r9YYU8iNTa7kOWpme0gMr/w313-h400/her+new+foyer.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><p>I think she likes it, although if there's a pile of dirt anywhere, she will find it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrs4B52kaa6O4mnsmXwlUz3p8OP9m6qu0L6o10WFPm1geZqWsBv8GInIRTCe_HVIVZTQvL_53xzr1_6UArSBAwEOYVKUOGtrCbjZkD20qzlW5W51Us3AiphOGgagh5oTbJ7hScs_kLvkY/s864/she+will+find+any+pile+of+dirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrs4B52kaa6O4mnsmXwlUz3p8OP9m6qu0L6o10WFPm1geZqWsBv8GInIRTCe_HVIVZTQvL_53xzr1_6UArSBAwEOYVKUOGtrCbjZkD20qzlW5W51Us3AiphOGgagh5oTbJ7hScs_kLvkY/w400-h225/she+will+find+any+pile+of+dirt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Monday the 9th Bryan and Jake the bathtub guy came over to lay down the 2" rigid foam.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGH8NHAF0sWHDMOxlPD3j1LHwqf1IuBMLA0h4m1KHxxll-T-F099EamHoB_P7tpd-sbgZ7GMz7WCXP1ggw8JTuPOnb700licy1XwaVZEDwF7e2XMGlZx35iQvV5wpp4-7NW97PLJMGRzw5/s864/rigid+foam+730+am.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGH8NHAF0sWHDMOxlPD3j1LHwqf1IuBMLA0h4m1KHxxll-T-F099EamHoB_P7tpd-sbgZ7GMz7WCXP1ggw8JTuPOnb700licy1XwaVZEDwF7e2XMGlZx35iQvV5wpp4-7NW97PLJMGRzw5/w400-h225/rigid+foam+730+am.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Mom had a front row seat for radiant tube installation, and this is how it looked when I got home. Note this is just about the last day I will be able to take pictures with any daylight left at 4:30pm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98aZC6zegOBbxL9wZt9AZ3SJmgMg-igxUHbAdmGNs0yWUCsSK66XMbGvEPqh4lDuDji5Op9D0oHZCvLYFb4M6OV9Hu_-UL2aL_5oTs-5Aeib0TgQisJGh_x9Gd7fhbQkQ3WWF6hKh2iLm/s864/after+work1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98aZC6zegOBbxL9wZt9AZ3SJmgMg-igxUHbAdmGNs0yWUCsSK66XMbGvEPqh4lDuDji5Op9D0oHZCvLYFb4M6OV9Hu_-UL2aL_5oTs-5Aeib0TgQisJGh_x9Gd7fhbQkQ3WWF6hKh2iLm/w400-h225/after+work1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQcqe8WJ5bw13ziXDuLFul91PkxaRiqEqTmImH7d6qnnnolY5QXdmyEz-kz6MSUGAP3XdAu-dbNtQvAXhZTS8R7CHQbQUYv-mL6jBOSK7X0uKk-2pzYwXPM2E0yfwda-1Tv3K-Hys19NK/s864/after+work2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQcqe8WJ5bw13ziXDuLFul91PkxaRiqEqTmImH7d6qnnnolY5QXdmyEz-kz6MSUGAP3XdAu-dbNtQvAXhZTS8R7CHQbQUYv-mL6jBOSK7X0uKk-2pzYwXPM2E0yfwda-1Tv3K-Hys19NK/w225-h400/after+work2.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7ZpjzBH2D3vtdV-4kPhsAXNkRmK11gIpNoFksN5fpBgobHACi2k1ei6-a2ZdbqLo-fad_9jzgyqbf06YAxAdsxGHhpUpCwnnWgUF2WnmwSi1-o_ohBmwvRvr4xI6Q5cHgsX1GjfsLMS2/s864/after+work3+light+is+tough+at+430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7ZpjzBH2D3vtdV-4kPhsAXNkRmK11gIpNoFksN5fpBgobHACi2k1ei6-a2ZdbqLo-fad_9jzgyqbf06YAxAdsxGHhpUpCwnnWgUF2WnmwSi1-o_ohBmwvRvr4xI6Q5cHgsX1GjfsLMS2/w400-h225/after+work3+light+is+tough+at+430.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9wxafh7lUop-JBkspm8mAJovWCAUWcXS4fAbmPCLHXIsCSET90HVv82TGenqjZgfamV6SqD4Z7iF33oaloERiTV5gNmfkXj19Gb0zCgyB5fkoglYEkff-wrjWlfYY0-ToOm__XmfnPsz/s864/foamboard+staple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="864" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9wxafh7lUop-JBkspm8mAJovWCAUWcXS4fAbmPCLHXIsCSET90HVv82TGenqjZgfamV6SqD4Z7iF33oaloERiTV5gNmfkXj19Gb0zCgyB5fkoglYEkff-wrjWlfYY0-ToOm__XmfnPsz/w400-h316/foamboard+staple.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I picked up an awful lot of those blue foamboard staples so I'm gonna say Jason's accuracy was not 100% (sorry, Jason) but things are looking legit. The concrete guys know we are ready and now we cross our fingers, hoping they show up in the morning.<br /><p><br /></p>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-87633489086604943412020-12-20T20:46:00.001-05:002021-02-05T21:19:25.541-05:00House to Home, Volume 10 - Looking Like a Cement Pond<p>It's a new week, it's a new month, and it's a whole new situation outside. Good thing they can poor concrete walls in this kind of crappy weather. Monday morning, November 2nd, view from the guest room window:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZt9uxe90ZJ72YP6wecVZgWEgu533o33rQ3fB93LcUUk8DSTAAHtgYCAjf8XA6uXjqUh9FNnu7DL5mTvGZ5Kno1eK4vp9EFPSC08hKXtZ9jm_Uqfo8Oha-6QZxXIdUymRysrIzFb7BBv-U/s864/November+2+at+7am.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZt9uxe90ZJ72YP6wecVZgWEgu533o33rQ3fB93LcUUk8DSTAAHtgYCAjf8XA6uXjqUh9FNnu7DL5mTvGZ5Kno1eK4vp9EFPSC08hKXtZ9jm_Uqfo8Oha-6QZxXIdUymRysrIzFb7BBv-U/w400-h225/November+2+at+7am.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Exactly 24 hours later and the weather certainly hadn't gotten better:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qlA7_FXAqOd4w8XgZlY2OuZ_G3liQc43dSYxxvl6_2NRyR8jUdxbVS7Z4oetYVAdJTpGh-9fa_f9DQyD5v9QWnIA7lkcCDvvhewLAJ2NSk0WcDksQsAQtaYk5es0QUf70ZZFPUa8-WA_/s864/november+3+morning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qlA7_FXAqOd4w8XgZlY2OuZ_G3liQc43dSYxxvl6_2NRyR8jUdxbVS7Z4oetYVAdJTpGh-9fa_f9DQyD5v9QWnIA7lkcCDvvhewLAJ2NSk0WcDksQsAQtaYk5es0QUf70ZZFPUa8-WA_/w400-h225/november+3+morning.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>They pulled all the forms off during the day and this is what I found when I got home a little after 4pm:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye1F-MvI-CjEUqCObpe2d0SvIdB3cykUTleiq4WyZZAwjZxz84yMsef88SCbq9E1hR6C-C6b6KkFhmoAN1Hca0jpmYGW-q_pZy5p2ozAL0QFvk4yr8OjV03tC61u5YhrkAbzI0phf0kwZ/s864/wall+from+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye1F-MvI-CjEUqCObpe2d0SvIdB3cykUTleiq4WyZZAwjZxz84yMsef88SCbq9E1hR6C-C6b6KkFhmoAN1Hca0jpmYGW-q_pZy5p2ozAL0QFvk4yr8OjV03tC61u5YhrkAbzI0phf0kwZ/w400-h225/wall+from+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Woo hoo! Super exciting. There is a sleeve in the back wall for the water line (and maybe electrical? I can't remember) and this one on the west side facing the road was a last minute addition. It will connect to a drain in the garage floor.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8diuwsQ7ZbOhoUYM4j3gC8pQoUDEyoKYgK9zl9tovKsguTPDGEZPa09zxoyESTA3jOsQzEhWTeZn2OuJXMfbcD9D7yIetoTasdGuc7lOPh772VUBMgwDteS6j3VD8HBP1PQF0wCyBLXc9/s864/drain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8diuwsQ7ZbOhoUYM4j3gC8pQoUDEyoKYgK9zl9tovKsguTPDGEZPa09zxoyESTA3jOsQzEhWTeZn2OuJXMfbcD9D7yIetoTasdGuc7lOPh772VUBMgwDteS6j3VD8HBP1PQF0wCyBLXc9/w400-h225/drain.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIGSmzlh38h53U9SK-imRWExt9RzMyHEIvdXgydRSILiyN8K0JG-Oj8s3M9AiIS0rRq4PlXW5TJtoy62k2zyPRmk9Wp6syJeWC4aWAbMdAauz3uF5cWyLLMSl7XpLroAIXNHlwlb8wTQX/s864/wall+from+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIGSmzlh38h53U9SK-imRWExt9RzMyHEIvdXgydRSILiyN8K0JG-Oj8s3M9AiIS0rRq4PlXW5TJtoy62k2zyPRmk9Wp6syJeWC4aWAbMdAauz3uF5cWyLLMSl7XpLroAIXNHlwlb8wTQX/w400-h225/wall+from+back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here's the guest room window view, then looking out the kitchen door:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1xAbdHg1WQ0p61wNZbXwqI4epdYZsgxAnAxcmGVA7kMA60zFz0W0g8yEyqCQeXro0OXMxp4Tlhe2WD3U1WlkECTk6tNO0HocZ1hcHp0IW_13KVqSsBGSwWRI1Z-g02Di80A9uyopbHNZ/s2048/wall+from+guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1xAbdHg1WQ0p61wNZbXwqI4epdYZsgxAnAxcmGVA7kMA60zFz0W0g8yEyqCQeXro0OXMxp4Tlhe2WD3U1WlkECTk6tNO0HocZ1hcHp0IW_13KVqSsBGSwWRI1Z-g02Di80A9uyopbHNZ/w400-h225/wall+from+guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabJk9_6JtxLFIN1HmMuNkXhB79wh5EVW4IFsE6tZjOSBtrrGN1xzJ6TzpVjpmRVfwUtHjyAvb3DCIQRVU5k_S3gBbwArwX7-P0ruHabjI6c4kVxGnB-1kLylVFSIiYsKSVlzql1SQh7Ym/s864/wall+from+kitchen+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabJk9_6JtxLFIN1HmMuNkXhB79wh5EVW4IFsE6tZjOSBtrrGN1xzJ6TzpVjpmRVfwUtHjyAvb3DCIQRVU5k_S3gBbwArwX7-P0ruHabjI6c4kVxGnB-1kLylVFSIiYsKSVlzql1SQh7Ym/w400-h225/wall+from+kitchen+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>When I back up a little, you can see I almost have a Juliet balcony in my kitchen!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QZVTU_e_Z26JA6kZNBMdy1GbBj_AGueIdReWCVmR9Hhka6Ibh98Xk3McE14CSuOo34kLuP9yrQ7cvYXpbBAtrSDiesEjl4cLvLtqnYRIHu11GQaOtawpXxo3oe1PAE5VsCek9M2mkr2_/s864/wall+from+kitchen+door2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QZVTU_e_Z26JA6kZNBMdy1GbBj_AGueIdReWCVmR9Hhka6Ibh98Xk3McE14CSuOo34kLuP9yrQ7cvYXpbBAtrSDiesEjl4cLvLtqnYRIHu11GQaOtawpXxo3oe1PAE5VsCek9M2mkr2_/w225-h400/wall+from+kitchen+door2.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div>Those 2x4s might keep ME from falling in the cement pond, but StanLee would fit right under there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Troy was here again on Wednesday to start back-filling and compacting in the garage. It's getting to be the time of year when I'm driving home from work in the dark, so good thing I've been "working the early shift." My burglar alarm starts barking as soon as he senses activity outside, and these guys start their day a hell of a lot earlier than I do. When Bryan told me I could live here through the whole process, he also said they would have me getting up with the chickens before the end of it. No joke, people - no joke. So now I go to work an hour early and come home an hour early, which allows me to see the progress in relative daylight. Silver lining, I guess.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DR2wwAFXIinXuanIH2MgFE8c-wPioD-pskVeCsW1qC7qkplO9-zZ8J08lqbrxjjfZa4_ltnvsgoWylFAg83gdqW63qSMlRFFKg90pkSFLd50lkS9Tpr5wGXOtmqMO9QnBKu_DtyInmhU/s864/guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DR2wwAFXIinXuanIH2MgFE8c-wPioD-pskVeCsW1qC7qkplO9-zZ8J08lqbrxjjfZa4_ltnvsgoWylFAg83gdqW63qSMlRFFKg90pkSFLd50lkS9Tpr5wGXOtmqMO9QnBKu_DtyInmhU/w400-h225/guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBF0oUwsPGuDNk9JzvY5VURskvA9TQ9CKsbCLMKglrW0tuWAZEqtKevbyEAnIXmiTv2QfW2oU_xc6_uu-5nDFNwjQIupadVAQodwl0UZgdtRks-7OGXgwCgn6IFGhqPrw8xPrTH3n01cL/s864/from+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBF0oUwsPGuDNk9JzvY5VURskvA9TQ9CKsbCLMKglrW0tuWAZEqtKevbyEAnIXmiTv2QfW2oU_xc6_uu-5nDFNwjQIupadVAQodwl0UZgdtRks-7OGXgwCgn6IFGhqPrw8xPrTH3n01cL/w400-h225/from+back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEONtLzjDCJBSZYgJYTRKPnm5m4Hy4VVsvhPMTxU9qxiA_cYrnJIr01PY7WszX2hZlnD2ILvOyEy8dbFzEEWEo-azi46l-hcGX5oKXxs9g2RX7Y3V-69HSlB-687SmOrqXnhUiLTpTNHN/s864/from+garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEONtLzjDCJBSZYgJYTRKPnm5m4Hy4VVsvhPMTxU9qxiA_cYrnJIr01PY7WszX2hZlnD2ILvOyEy8dbFzEEWEo-azi46l-hcGX5oKXxs9g2RX7Y3V-69HSlB-687SmOrqXnhUiLTpTNHN/w400-h225/from+garage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYptD_vJaLrem5DEEAWpQuc4fJJMYr6kcgXMcyXTfN6-BRa0fkXBBae8QYa8ZsAtcmwJrSAKcEDmCveuWC0yVMWa1Wn5ucld0xlIPLuyLKBv042caNPrbyBhH5V5T__W8VhGI45Nh_aJOe/s864/by+front+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYptD_vJaLrem5DEEAWpQuc4fJJMYr6kcgXMcyXTfN6-BRa0fkXBBae8QYa8ZsAtcmwJrSAKcEDmCveuWC0yVMWa1Wn5ucld0xlIPLuyLKBv042caNPrbyBhH5V5T__W8VhGI45Nh_aJOe/w400-h225/by+front+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFFtNczjGgpjxhUP6XQj9C5vo5D5cKmZK9iWT29XKd0-KPA7zaeD7E3psZxfYfi4aG6ls7n6ayINiOv5Rw67RAtVPpeDUzh7yf9YfyKyf-B2j1Y0tl0v64Y1Y9yPi8vlqohNJUB1v-HgU/s864/with+excavator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFFtNczjGgpjxhUP6XQj9C5vo5D5cKmZK9iWT29XKd0-KPA7zaeD7E3psZxfYfi4aG6ls7n6ayINiOv5Rw67RAtVPpeDUzh7yf9YfyKyf-B2j1Y0tl0v64Y1Y9yPi8vlqohNJUB1v-HgU/w400-h225/with+excavator.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>More fill and more compacting and more pushing dirt and boulders around on the outside on Thursday the 5th and GUYS GUYS GUYS! I stood INSIDE my new front door!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTQIEsz-laaRSyvqyke_Py4EgXLXEkc8qly9jqP8rl0LYcmPTUE4MhemXW3cj2b82uFRT0DChxogpCnD80CpobtEBB4AyFGR3CNxQZatekyOCmcH2iZ8MkCjM6C0OvgGubHyzkDlhyoX1/s864/front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTQIEsz-laaRSyvqyke_Py4EgXLXEkc8qly9jqP8rl0LYcmPTUE4MhemXW3cj2b82uFRT0DChxogpCnD80CpobtEBB4AyFGR3CNxQZatekyOCmcH2iZ8MkCjM6C0OvgGubHyzkDlhyoX1/w225-h400/front.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWn0DU3qerwfqb0OP4UTkV9VkjM0GhR_oDzw7d2NZ5DOlJzeUIn9-5ZCJlcrdrG4d1hVMm6WMDRyqzs5C21jR6YdDd8xaf_slKbN0oln4n6cD7BCUmU1g6XQv12FmHpDhmGjLIzSum5dq/s864/from+driveway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWn0DU3qerwfqb0OP4UTkV9VkjM0GhR_oDzw7d2NZ5DOlJzeUIn9-5ZCJlcrdrG4d1hVMm6WMDRyqzs5C21jR6YdDd8xaf_slKbN0oln4n6cD7BCUmU1g6XQv12FmHpDhmGjLIzSum5dq/w225-h400/from+driveway.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6VhWT-2lECS0R-7-54MiWz9ypfeQDTQ_cJ6v7gqj8ncSF26QNGHJ2B0JV11VUM1Nvuyaproq8fa5dRKyRpGTTneEq4ofoFSF72E6aPCEd1QKycDqtjXO2ZlEU8YSsslaT32N3b04hEll/s864/from+inside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6VhWT-2lECS0R-7-54MiWz9ypfeQDTQ_cJ6v7gqj8ncSF26QNGHJ2B0JV11VUM1Nvuyaproq8fa5dRKyRpGTTneEq4ofoFSF72E6aPCEd1QKycDqtjXO2ZlEU8YSsslaT32N3b04hEll/w225-h400/from+inside.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div>Technically I did the day before also, but that was still quite a bit below grade. Now I can walk right out my kitchen door! Or more accurately, I can do a funky limbo move right out my kitchen door!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the view from above on Friday, November 6th at 6:47am:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudsOtvyxzDGnFugj3Kaqj5lkqKJ_FoCHoE2n9IOjCw3bYqzy_2adHPSVqP4DabMtPprklrwsRhKw2CryUqGFPmrrUDTPCB1GlZXm4drjxHFn00U_9aHb-E5_1rJMMV0DjF3L3oEaoL6i0/s864/guest+room+window+647+am.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudsOtvyxzDGnFugj3Kaqj5lkqKJ_FoCHoE2n9IOjCw3bYqzy_2adHPSVqP4DabMtPprklrwsRhKw2CryUqGFPmrrUDTPCB1GlZXm4drjxHFn00U_9aHb-E5_1rJMMV0DjF3L3oEaoL6i0/w400-h225/guest+room+window+647+am.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Mom and Roxie arrived to inspect the progress, and by the end of the day Troy had everything inside the cement pond buttoned up.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwkU58VIw-B2JAFSLf2Omf_vQ5AkI97syT9D9lgb1yxevPv5oB2Jpx54DJWPp-C0CwE2b6FnVX1YH5WPc5e1IhUzmCOOIzleZDyByQmJscoNdwHUkpq8Us9PrFAWqrGIjEC9rWE-cOmvf/s864/after+work1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwkU58VIw-B2JAFSLf2Omf_vQ5AkI97syT9D9lgb1yxevPv5oB2Jpx54DJWPp-C0CwE2b6FnVX1YH5WPc5e1IhUzmCOOIzleZDyByQmJscoNdwHUkpq8Us9PrFAWqrGIjEC9rWE-cOmvf/w400-h225/after+work1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAnnLXeU0cUMMBqNr_CwJ337yOMm1PtcCVgbgTYc4z_-5u6i8TLP_s270vuQmN34VpJoAUYI2VY9VA6lmkh8137Pq79gGhQy8OM85QRxY_b5yEae5QGovVYZxyPs83mBsAbxZ5EANBgNc/s864/after+work2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAnnLXeU0cUMMBqNr_CwJ337yOMm1PtcCVgbgTYc4z_-5u6i8TLP_s270vuQmN34VpJoAUYI2VY9VA6lmkh8137Pq79gGhQy8OM85QRxY_b5yEae5QGovVYZxyPs83mBsAbxZ5EANBgNc/w400-h225/after+work2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>We're feeling the time crunch now because of the weather. We got another reprieve (thank you, what a gift) but that means everyone on the planet who put their projects on hold is now hoping to jump start again. The concrete slab pour is weather dependent and there's a bit more work to be done first. That means Jason is up next.<br /><div><p><br /></p></div></div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-21741333459385544512020-12-12T00:37:00.002-05:002021-02-05T21:19:12.833-05:00House to Home, Volume 9 - The Start of Something New<p>It's amazing how we went from tearing it down to putting it back up, practically on the same day. Recap: Troy showed up with his excavator to start demo on Monday, October 19th. Two days later, on Wednesday the 21st, here is the only picture I have, which my mom took before heading home with Roxie:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnrRKMRAMA3K0FOA2bgGrroB6E9RJxpQEfa_XTKyqsaw6vMl3fIiSchdeXtB4zKAvMriIJ1-0ghU0L-dzZhq5IlyzxFM7M_KfuHADzq0O6Kg5sgR51Lht29IxSlRxk3ifU7ECtxRoMORC/s864/mom+10+17+am+small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnrRKMRAMA3K0FOA2bgGrroB6E9RJxpQEfa_XTKyqsaw6vMl3fIiSchdeXtB4zKAvMriIJ1-0ghU0L-dzZhq5IlyzxFM7M_KfuHADzq0O6Kg5sgR51Lht29IxSlRxk3ifU7ECtxRoMORC/w400-h300/mom+10+17+am+small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Troy is marking out where he needs to dig the trench for the footings. I was at my sister's house out of town all day so didn't see it in person again until the next day when I met Bryan to finalize the window package. So this is mid-day on the 22nd:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NI7lvHhW-jAwVNUzZPBrULzxm4YKCs87gqlHsGifjTcatoYrAeBpmfZlCStw7rYAUZ89TknSLLVt3zyQBgGkcji6mQshOiZekMlmsSOJTE3LmmPF9Gwxmgs2H07nWDy1h2UUtoXblEau/s864/mtg+to+finalize+window+package+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NI7lvHhW-jAwVNUzZPBrULzxm4YKCs87gqlHsGifjTcatoYrAeBpmfZlCStw7rYAUZ89TknSLLVt3zyQBgGkcji6mQshOiZekMlmsSOJTE3LmmPF9Gwxmgs2H07nWDy1h2UUtoXblEau/w400-h225/mtg+to+finalize+window+package+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5xzvCLiV6xEE2vYmZsas1WvaiucNF02SKr8uPkPNLDHobxGGbWSkEkTZ_aZbMz1rxFaLm4MN_TZYcLvEJRkQW4IGWfZRNp5zk7n5SrCD3wILRiWWhjv9qqTscjXbNbMsvOlr-G9g0chA/s864/mtg+to+finalize+window+package+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5xzvCLiV6xEE2vYmZsas1WvaiucNF02SKr8uPkPNLDHobxGGbWSkEkTZ_aZbMz1rxFaLm4MN_TZYcLvEJRkQW4IGWfZRNp5zk7n5SrCD3wILRiWWhjv9qqTscjXbNbMsvOlr-G9g0chA/w400-h225/mtg+to+finalize+window+package+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>There was a lot of measuring and leveling and checking right angles and probably a whole bunch of swearing about the amount of tree roots. And rocks. And more rocks. Did I mention the tree roots? The plumber was also there on Thursday installing a Rennai heater in the living room and I brought him a new kitchen faucet - the old one, which I loved dearly, was wrecked somehow when they worked on the water line switcheroo. I'm a little vague on what happened. The old pressure tank that I'm still using temporarily needed to be relocated because it was in the trailer, and the water line may have been replaced/re-routed/whatevered, but somewhere in the whole on/off, pressure/no pressure process the faucet suffered an internal explosion. Or something. A sediment issue? I don't know, but it was fatal.</p><p>My next view of the progress was Friday the 23rd, after work. I thought StanLee and I were just home for the weekend, but we ended up staying. It was the beginning of the Hurry Up and Wait period. Here's the guest room window view:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8YYM2WGtwpceHqxxN2YHv3wnSqNKOBnfCtITMHIiCGM8u-bBxZfAm5DKl1uetdr1vDkeThkya5WqPdJGa7W84Ai5wt8goLPZBq19C02PmpEnC1FOrT80QUga5f4fqvRN-Lmixvmponzu/s864/guest+room+window+5pm+horizontal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8YYM2WGtwpceHqxxN2YHv3wnSqNKOBnfCtITMHIiCGM8u-bBxZfAm5DKl1uetdr1vDkeThkya5WqPdJGa7W84Ai5wt8goLPZBq19C02PmpEnC1FOrT80QUga5f4fqvRN-Lmixvmponzu/w400-h225/guest+room+window+5pm+horizontal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaXeLK4Q7p8wKKoi40XHG239eHB-9FMGY5Eh-MBVlz0UeRhgEIn5L-g_BJ7mjMul8qhynIXEqzUr-inUHAZCVtX03dMP8o7MuY89QiFJhK3HiJp8c4X1qecKHnm9jlP6OgXm_oRTOx1qh/s864/guest+room+window+5pm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaXeLK4Q7p8wKKoi40XHG239eHB-9FMGY5Eh-MBVlz0UeRhgEIn5L-g_BJ7mjMul8qhynIXEqzUr-inUHAZCVtX03dMP8o7MuY89QiFJhK3HiJp8c4X1qecKHnm9jlP6OgXm_oRTOx1qh/w225-h400/guest+room+window+5pm.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>And here's the reverse of that view:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-zLrA3PGA8hXkx3ovrtr7RATPm9i5mAMMwMnWU17jIsyO6Mxv7kDCQ55Q1afZ_-Sch17wMGGLYj-8WBbPKcx3QvsxyYiEAJiPk4EM34IvQm2kL0koLBviiM0GIxry78tDJTk_asV8P1g/s864/metal+pile.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-zLrA3PGA8hXkx3ovrtr7RATPm9i5mAMMwMnWU17jIsyO6Mxv7kDCQ55Q1afZ_-Sch17wMGGLYj-8WBbPKcx3QvsxyYiEAJiPk4EM34IvQm2kL0koLBviiM0GIxry78tDJTk_asV8P1g/w225-h400/metal+pile.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SLfKkrveXM3YfwW9fRNN5dBp4o3ZFdMH-scajZ9KGM4uz6ly3BLb636nvUMEGReFMvFUgvn3P5hx-EgdFs3fcQTtq0T6fJdBrRJ9pOLcZnsXddfVvZM32eDHhPsQPWHTImmZBUNraUrh/s864/after+work.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SLfKkrveXM3YfwW9fRNN5dBp4o3ZFdMH-scajZ9KGM4uz6ly3BLb636nvUMEGReFMvFUgvn3P5hx-EgdFs3fcQTtq0T6fJdBrRJ9pOLcZnsXddfVvZM32eDHhPsQPWHTImmZBUNraUrh/w400-h225/after+work.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>It's crazy how much this landscape changed over the course of a mere five days.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1qbAoiEC4X905ubCbT5EORQ7s2lGaMjID2idQlfdsKDMz84Su_nB3a6M6729_hWGJozoJHQ_ggNQt6Q1lBEiWrqbdHdIg_bRxoobF3_I8AepcLGSy43aKaayZhFqwT56FcHY7seXf8P3/s864/from+road+noonish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1qbAoiEC4X905ubCbT5EORQ7s2lGaMjID2idQlfdsKDMz84Su_nB3a6M6729_hWGJozoJHQ_ggNQt6Q1lBEiWrqbdHdIg_bRxoobF3_I8AepcLGSy43aKaayZhFqwT56FcHY7seXf8P3/w400-h225/from+road+noonish.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I had about a week to get used to all the open space (that last picture was taken from the road on Sunday the 25th) - there was no more activity until the following Thursday when concrete guys showed up to pour the footings. Here are the obligatory guest room window views from 8:30 in the morning and again after work:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJaB8cWGRUpBFuSgoozTq76uQyqp0-RVK9r0ooCACmjpYqsPYJkB6Dy-siFd5HZyEDg3Y_wFh02b0JpP9bENN9hr7jexuXeJNjzlBqJk6Qm5GnW9hYLwZPmnmQfwalLwLRfba6wdP6ShH/s864/guest+room+window+822+am.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJaB8cWGRUpBFuSgoozTq76uQyqp0-RVK9r0ooCACmjpYqsPYJkB6Dy-siFd5HZyEDg3Y_wFh02b0JpP9bENN9hr7jexuXeJNjzlBqJk6Qm5GnW9hYLwZPmnmQfwalLwLRfba6wdP6ShH/w400-h225/guest+room+window+822+am.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NAPuXgn9Yfy6shx7JtnpkNo32BmPB1nSS1E0SLWJbCoE9KMnC5NeJfaWmH1h4ulToCXdyU-d8yGQlj5WETo5upUBWooxTNwsHXUoKIygUhIyw66gu01ykn7Ny5zi3A2u2eA6_6YS4nu9/s864/guest+room+window+5pm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NAPuXgn9Yfy6shx7JtnpkNo32BmPB1nSS1E0SLWJbCoE9KMnC5NeJfaWmH1h4ulToCXdyU-d8yGQlj5WETo5upUBWooxTNwsHXUoKIygUhIyw66gu01ykn7Ny5zi3A2u2eA6_6YS4nu9/w400-h225/guest+room+window+5pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIeesp4lJC8iUIcsyJqSl7sIbO3wvVM2jxSMiqnbrrJn6Z4-cz99TOMbPzrbvpcNOMT9Y4xrR70nRU0Hu-g5MPIZ_marpZ4G8rg99JQT4L1YErPVicjqRfhkAEKtZpyawZht7h0YqHkMQ/s864/footings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIeesp4lJC8iUIcsyJqSl7sIbO3wvVM2jxSMiqnbrrJn6Z4-cz99TOMbPzrbvpcNOMT9Y4xrR70nRU0Hu-g5MPIZ_marpZ4G8rg99JQT4L1YErPVicjqRfhkAEKtZpyawZht7h0YqHkMQ/w225-h400/footings.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>They were back again the next morning:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZSuNSO71aeo5-tGF7tvTDECVvMqVwE4f8e4VNVi5TJ68rITyyiLK5e4fdAuslDXkbWICcf2guuuwj2lhSiIDTBOCsY-NrBI6B_Dbs6jkdznLtjL_v0ab2WnFIZgJwhp8YreE0x5-_cjo/s864/guest+room+window+morning.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZSuNSO71aeo5-tGF7tvTDECVvMqVwE4f8e4VNVi5TJ68rITyyiLK5e4fdAuslDXkbWICcf2guuuwj2lhSiIDTBOCsY-NrBI6B_Dbs6jkdznLtjL_v0ab2WnFIZgJwhp8YreE0x5-_cjo/w400-h225/guest+room+window+morning.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Time to put up the forms for the walls! This is what I found when I got home from work on Friday the 30th:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGDXk-qQD3nkj5Cub3zwGvO7Ga-tAau4EeqMjxR4YMPhXSv__bovkT7kof2tliOMMaWsk8Fj9hPuIarka6SbRIuRGvG6zyBl8GCSA4iWmHyoBC6NVezEiOriDLGvnMQli4USIBZ0USbVQ/s864/after+work+guest+room+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGDXk-qQD3nkj5Cub3zwGvO7Ga-tAau4EeqMjxR4YMPhXSv__bovkT7kof2tliOMMaWsk8Fj9hPuIarka6SbRIuRGvG6zyBl8GCSA4iWmHyoBC6NVezEiOriDLGvnMQli4USIBZ0USbVQ/w400-h225/after+work+guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Oz19TIX5F3vs1pIUagd9YAC-nF8Ku1Qg1XLpVufnGqJfrR-I4W8IkrVsIw2a9nlFGijRiHB6Iqmz0FYFPRWmK3KVM0ZSrlaQv9vP4itmK1h01iidG8wj0ykHWCXLiUHRqaOotWPSMwH0/s864/after+work+from+hallway+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Oz19TIX5F3vs1pIUagd9YAC-nF8Ku1Qg1XLpVufnGqJfrR-I4W8IkrVsIw2a9nlFGijRiHB6Iqmz0FYFPRWmK3KVM0ZSrlaQv9vP4itmK1h01iidG8wj0ykHWCXLiUHRqaOotWPSMwH0/w225-h400/after+work+from+hallway+window.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>(That one was taken hanging out the window at the top of my stairs - sort of above my kitchen door. The window in this next picture.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvBWrodZVteM1Igzw53rVkjiTWt8zwlV78kHNx0zYr7HFje6ZKVVclkVIsbVQQ6CCtEv0GJqtywXeGfygNXzmulWTQn7kNbYDjHwrM2gFqJWbktdTUWv8oKxXSZ7_ZQO2B6BWbxJJEk8J/s864/after+work5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvBWrodZVteM1Igzw53rVkjiTWt8zwlV78kHNx0zYr7HFje6ZKVVclkVIsbVQQ6CCtEv0GJqtywXeGfygNXzmulWTQn7kNbYDjHwrM2gFqJWbktdTUWv8oKxXSZ7_ZQO2B6BWbxJJEk8J/w225-h400/after+work5.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Y271qDnoIBGxbxBCsmMTtcWO7FVQS3J1e7mfXTqPXJswmDg6f6QShmywFWfR2LzAmsG-auU3EKW01f8BVOjIW7ygfp1D4YpyPoMSwz1XP3TBrHRdvQoWZDS7sXTPQ4WZn9TgYHHlUPPZ/s864/after+work1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Y271qDnoIBGxbxBCsmMTtcWO7FVQS3J1e7mfXTqPXJswmDg6f6QShmywFWfR2LzAmsG-auU3EKW01f8BVOjIW7ygfp1D4YpyPoMSwz1XP3TBrHRdvQoWZDS7sXTPQ4WZn9TgYHHlUPPZ/w400-h225/after+work1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsq-D9yCby2FAdqfTIUs0TiDV5y_zfyduI7hwg7WdDQ70bG2wpGTn_3yDcMRHFC27Gl6Gx7t-2TdBJVQLG8KOcszLoHJJ8SUWwRhzdNtt7nQTisncwlqlylZYhLpMgKiuk50tqdZoOUBKq/s864/after+work2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsq-D9yCby2FAdqfTIUs0TiDV5y_zfyduI7hwg7WdDQ70bG2wpGTn_3yDcMRHFC27Gl6Gx7t-2TdBJVQLG8KOcszLoHJJ8SUWwRhzdNtt7nQTisncwlqlylZYhLpMgKiuk50tqdZoOUBKq/w225-h400/after+work2.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNXQI2erPe9gM_pW2Y9SOXdmpsCED-dT09vKAIUb6tDbuqJHFXjtRLIoBvsirDvSE4NNQVlkr_bv_EklVuJ-aZn69Zbi5hyphenhyphenTjXcROG-wesXVVQmE82a9E_exc9NCkerlWhFIeW18sg04y/s864/after+work3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNXQI2erPe9gM_pW2Y9SOXdmpsCED-dT09vKAIUb6tDbuqJHFXjtRLIoBvsirDvSE4NNQVlkr_bv_EklVuJ-aZn69Zbi5hyphenhyphenTjXcROG-wesXVVQmE82a9E_exc9NCkerlWhFIeW18sg04y/w225-h400/after+work3.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumvUSpnRx7LXNBMf38pBmpbXJdYZb0vEAm4NUIijq0NRHwbIvNTMenCs0O9MWFR1aX3hLkZiNRl5zMwxpGTUU7dY9m6AA5gJWxqvZSzLEKYnEBjeeFtXLnvY8SAu9sR7AoVn9MSGLbuNl/s864/after+work4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumvUSpnRx7LXNBMf38pBmpbXJdYZb0vEAm4NUIijq0NRHwbIvNTMenCs0O9MWFR1aX3hLkZiNRl5zMwxpGTUU7dY9m6AA5gJWxqvZSzLEKYnEBjeeFtXLnvY8SAu9sR7AoVn9MSGLbuNl/w400-h225/after+work4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Subtle changes to the view from my thinking chair.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1xnM5j0pTYVf5exURM99HuiNADaSJGzy_VDpeOuADkp4mQlFrxRSeC8XeExsG3TZlHXS8Hw8VCEeSTZiMTRg9VeHHeuuSBB0sYZtvdh7JFr7sTt_fUw-jz1Y91J9BohUGAt33aLepqKy/s864/after+work+from+thinking+chair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1xnM5j0pTYVf5exURM99HuiNADaSJGzy_VDpeOuADkp4mQlFrxRSeC8XeExsG3TZlHXS8Hw8VCEeSTZiMTRg9VeHHeuuSBB0sYZtvdh7JFr7sTt_fUw-jz1Y91J9BohUGAt33aLepqKy/w400-h225/after+work+from+thinking+chair.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It took me a little while to notice that my garden fence was destroyed. See those red metal things a few pictures back? That's what they use to cart around all the wood forms, and someone dropped a full one on my fence. Smashed it.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvDN7N2jaYipU6zWWJZoRfKZnOvhbc1dgC9r3Xox3gQKE_mMpgPml2ncgqUwcbACdOJpPGRB9WP2EEhWcjotNJu_5vJg32coPR7ZlbJEGD296qqr_Gm3MrhssHrM_ElZ_-ByOcZt5Nc2N/s864/fence1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvDN7N2jaYipU6zWWJZoRfKZnOvhbc1dgC9r3Xox3gQKE_mMpgPml2ncgqUwcbACdOJpPGRB9WP2EEhWcjotNJu_5vJg32coPR7ZlbJEGD296qqr_Gm3MrhssHrM_ElZ_-ByOcZt5Nc2N/w400-h225/fence1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaTZ90R2ZzSKudzFFFBpnZ7j1auHKGOJ6GMxp9lUQsyMJSvvhyphenhyphenPChbUnCogxJlqSLEfOX62CnU3OooBoziDNPjq3sp8NO3CDbUbqlRc0plW-d_NPBKdoJlrhdhVX0jQPVuDwg1e7m6u4R/s864/fence2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaTZ90R2ZzSKudzFFFBpnZ7j1auHKGOJ6GMxp9lUQsyMJSvvhyphenhyphenPChbUnCogxJlqSLEfOX62CnU3OooBoziDNPjq3sp8NO3CDbUbqlRc0plW-d_NPBKdoJlrhdhVX0jQPVuDwg1e7m6u4R/w400-h225/fence2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>So far there have been a few things that have unwittingly been sacrificed, and this fence is not going to be one of them. I don't particularly care for it, but it serves a purpose - all my daylilies are in that garden, and just a couple of weeks ago I spent half an afternoon planting 75 daffodil bulbs in there. Without the fence as a visual barrier I'm 100% sure construction vehicles will drive right over the whole bed. I'm leaving the bits and pieces there as a reminder and yes, the concrete guy is going to fix it later.</div><div><br /></div><div>We ended October with this portrait of my house on Halloween. I call it "Still Life With Buckets."</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOIt0tS4ZKNyXuwxLVCME8wkuIeQ-O97Kk8RE9gpvpEgrRn2M5uWp8i1xGF-aKqK33peyGo-J3JzWtUgstZ-IKydk_t_e_7GUFd9GWyptTERCzgXCOHg6w3dorzwuMKNeekRpLAz9oYr7/s864/still+life+with+buckets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOIt0tS4ZKNyXuwxLVCME8wkuIeQ-O97Kk8RE9gpvpEgrRn2M5uWp8i1xGF-aKqK33peyGo-J3JzWtUgstZ-IKydk_t_e_7GUFd9GWyptTERCzgXCOHg6w3dorzwuMKNeekRpLAz9oYr7/w400-h225/still+life+with+buckets.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-46619427909400885572020-12-06T01:22:00.002-05:002021-02-05T21:19:03.122-05:00House to Home, Volume 8 - The Game Plan<p>Before we get too far, let's talk about the end goal. A few years ago (early 2017), when I started seriously thinking about replacing the trouse, I knew I wanted to add a second structure that mirrors the 20' x 24' stick-built house, the part I actually live in. Same size, same shape, same roof line because I want the old and new to be cohesive. It would be an oversized single-car garage on the main floor and a master bed/bath above. I needed a way to connect the two rectangles and one day I suddenly knew I wanted to achieve that using a grain silo. Well. Didn't THAT send me down a Google rabbit hole. I saved *so many* images of grain silo houses:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcE30bKA3nV5m0YazjkI1FGfUbrrtD66RuAZaynjaqdEzFutRbaMjp-HliWmoVieON7v2aq0g_FThiQ67iOp6_3FQaIwX587psiW4hYZE_BRyEvb6TuC7P5vHCN32lFbzxnUg4aw5oT9nS/s1280/silo+house1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcE30bKA3nV5m0YazjkI1FGfUbrrtD66RuAZaynjaqdEzFutRbaMjp-HliWmoVieON7v2aq0g_FThiQ67iOp6_3FQaIwX587psiW4hYZE_BRyEvb6TuC7P5vHCN32lFbzxnUg4aw5oT9nS/w400-h225/silo+house1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDT-N-ZmeOVlQpFjuPj5dw7-D-8u962vYQ1BihsfGXOyTbjFa3Fxhk7nhyzlHu5n7LAuX8FL887BaLgx9-EGpWnqOabCfD6WzVrjM10-yPDLkYxSS_xL5dIoEipcJ8RDiEcYza6GuZhmnK/s900/silo+house2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="900" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDT-N-ZmeOVlQpFjuPj5dw7-D-8u962vYQ1BihsfGXOyTbjFa3Fxhk7nhyzlHu5n7LAuX8FL887BaLgx9-EGpWnqOabCfD6WzVrjM10-yPDLkYxSS_xL5dIoEipcJ8RDiEcYza6GuZhmnK/w400-h334/silo+house2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVD055wQ9S4Sy8FInOdYGkPHn9nVsBaGSgeu9A2SWNIFgRbykn7jJ0foJpFW9ry-28Bcp9m-unYoOdaioJpg7pni7pI_2PDmqpuvqnAZi5PGmO939UQWBqunhFFzgP0mGn3GR4w0lAtSG/s600/covered+entry+-+nice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVD055wQ9S4Sy8FInOdYGkPHn9nVsBaGSgeu9A2SWNIFgRbykn7jJ0foJpFW9ry-28Bcp9m-unYoOdaioJpg7pni7pI_2PDmqpuvqnAZi5PGmO939UQWBqunhFFzgP0mGn3GR4w0lAtSG/w400-h400/covered+entry+-+nice.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>My sister whipped up some images with her Punch home design software and she came up with the idea of using the silo as the entryway on the main floor and art studio up above. It was going to be weird, but oh so cool. Here's her rough design from the backyard:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrTDi1foUmE24Xt2uACxp4e_64ObDwHh2fie5iTu6RTDlSBVS_u_oraqGZPqrIliOkM222J2g5U_M6OMqJoWFHaiVSBplXxnEVwffx3jnKAUXTH-A4c9L-T2gVq4TR6_h3E3WfqUmOcox/s1280/silo+picture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1280" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrTDi1foUmE24Xt2uACxp4e_64ObDwHh2fie5iTu6RTDlSBVS_u_oraqGZPqrIliOkM222J2g5U_M6OMqJoWFHaiVSBplXxnEVwffx3jnKAUXTH-A4c9L-T2gVq4TR6_h3E3WfqUmOcox/w400-h231/silo+picture.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I wanted to keep the cedar shake detail I already have and carry it around to the other sides, plus swap out my white vinyl for barn red board & batten. Here's the silo interior, main level and art loft:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9T_E9did5pHCMCq2lKq21RIcfaaWZC1DWpQB8Q_VvuV9P_0tdBm-6nTfQG3aEPldPoevW-dMandD9e5_7Du9iTCAYHkGNVlqxFXBZZps2RGmnJ9LrQDCTig5iG0vT7UyOTv9pH6Ir0BRs/s1280/silo+entry1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1280" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9T_E9did5pHCMCq2lKq21RIcfaaWZC1DWpQB8Q_VvuV9P_0tdBm-6nTfQG3aEPldPoevW-dMandD9e5_7Du9iTCAYHkGNVlqxFXBZZps2RGmnJ9LrQDCTig5iG0vT7UyOTv9pH6Ir0BRs/w400-h248/silo+entry1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkIFSo4WQFC3RAI0mgq1z3aNvehAgIZkfrrwml51kYi02kfB0TzcYzcR4Yvn-6GLINP0A8NV8mkNu0m_x3_QvZgh4ejQcmFEG-hBrxiUAAYX5gUsvG7FNyHSDvym8dulPVYUG-hOacIq9/s1280/silo+entry2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1280" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkIFSo4WQFC3RAI0mgq1z3aNvehAgIZkfrrwml51kYi02kfB0TzcYzcR4Yvn-6GLINP0A8NV8mkNu0m_x3_QvZgh4ejQcmFEG-hBrxiUAAYX5gUsvG7FNyHSDvym8dulPVYUG-hOacIq9/w400-h265/silo+entry2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvceP5fP8IbjgW2kg2pONYtDwPOYc7038Vk8_hjzwBGgbCMAIc4ttd6m6QJi6LNI4bI-ZUupyhWNMd0OUKflbHFgFePppqn8CNKGpAeStHAGB0IVN_b7kDdaKWqzNpm5Lwti45gO2gqsnJ/s1280/silo+art+room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1280" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvceP5fP8IbjgW2kg2pONYtDwPOYc7038Vk8_hjzwBGgbCMAIc4ttd6m6QJi6LNI4bI-ZUupyhWNMd0OUKflbHFgFePppqn8CNKGpAeStHAGB0IVN_b7kDdaKWqzNpm5Lwti45gO2gqsnJ/w400-h244/silo+art+room.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The elevation of the lot made me think any new addition would be several feet lower than the kitchen door, hence the quarter landing. At the time I was also convinced the existing house was 20' x 20', which is ridiculous since it is very obviously rectangular. I should know this. I live here.</p><p>Turns out grain silos are not easy to come by in my neck of the woods. Which ends up being fine, because building out a round metal structure would probably cost big bucks. So back to the drawing board (PIVOT!) and one day I noticed a building downtown from a different angle, like in this older picture stolen from the interwebs, and I thought huh. That's got grain bin vibes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhfwUX9noDzPfiDOJirG15Ld0pkg2DjeXkZ8-4nsS6_dKsRZoBteIYW2SgRQ7fsud86ssYfi7emLFTMezeYvfSjvlHwaBEN_S4f77EJR3O74Ge2bYnK90o_ztSDiDlCq1bsQPXskvPDg0/s700/guys+farm+and+yard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhfwUX9noDzPfiDOJirG15Ld0pkg2DjeXkZ8-4nsS6_dKsRZoBteIYW2SgRQ7fsud86ssYfi7emLFTMezeYvfSjvlHwaBEN_S4f77EJR3O74Ge2bYnK90o_ztSDiDlCq1bsQPXskvPDg0/w400-h300/guys+farm+and+yard.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Probably because it WAS a grain bin - the Charles R. Page Feed Store was built in 1872 at this location right along the soon-to-be-arriving railroad tracks. Now I'm thinking I could get sort of the look I wanted with a square "tower", but clad it in corrugated metal like a grain bin. And squares are hella cheaper to build than circles.</p><p>In the interest of being self-sufficient, I bought the same Punch software my sister has and Could. Not. Figure. It. Out. That's hours of my life I will never get back so (PIVOT!) I found the free version of RoomSketcher and here's what I came up with:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4370CtHL9r-A1l5wu983pzk2OM7Ew7Ob038EbFSoosYLzNv3kPt31IiOEQQXLuCtZFsXpVdn22ZajpEjl4ePq9V4Kf0GhBnpRKI_Zat0qGdtQPysNhONbHljoluFaDGGFX2ZdNbX6_-4s/s1463/first+floor+sept+19+2019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1463" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4370CtHL9r-A1l5wu983pzk2OM7Ew7Ob038EbFSoosYLzNv3kPt31IiOEQQXLuCtZFsXpVdn22ZajpEjl4ePq9V4Kf0GhBnpRKI_Zat0qGdtQPysNhONbHljoluFaDGGFX2ZdNbX6_-4s/w400-h276/first+floor+sept+19+2019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's my current stick-built house on the left (the part with the nice wood floor) and everything else is new build. Note my classy landscaping. And that I gave myself a Vespa. I am making a couple of changes to the existing space - demo of a tiny closet and the addition of a sliding door, both in the dining room. Here's the second floor of the new build - I didn't bother adding my current house since that space will have no changes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7Rv9H2xpM87aw5Nx3xrGtCFbP9ZRYvVDaC6M9whx1TC9XeH8ox86E5Pz0IPf8KAnpa9-4uGe3No5I3-epo3a7cVxX69KiY-cR_OouawVRr4YmSK6OnrlMQhJQaYoDfcYmkPlpUO_15e1/s1538/second+floor+sept+19+2019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1538" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7Rv9H2xpM87aw5Nx3xrGtCFbP9ZRYvVDaC6M9whx1TC9XeH8ox86E5Pz0IPf8KAnpa9-4uGe3No5I3-epo3a7cVxX69KiY-cR_OouawVRr4YmSK6OnrlMQhJQaYoDfcYmkPlpUO_15e1/w400-h309/second+floor+sept+19+2019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These jpegs are dated September 19, 2019, and I'm guessing they are what I gave the architect at our first meeting. Along with seven hundred thousand notes about what I do and do not want. This was a photographic reminder for him that there is ZERO wiggle room where the new build needs to attach to the old - right here between my kitchen door and the window:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGceUl1UdVbZOlxwu1odsdB2E59HGHynOOVDhiktZ8J2odNGAQ5s7A2TOew66TomTdulRsdGWefNzgA963AkCBqprzpQDobu9m7oaVwgsgATGdIf8cTFJihTYXFwXFxiI-IuER_AN38-Z/s864/space+btwn+kitchen+door+and+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="571" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGceUl1UdVbZOlxwu1odsdB2E59HGHynOOVDhiktZ8J2odNGAQ5s7A2TOew66TomTdulRsdGWefNzgA963AkCBqprzpQDobu9m7oaVwgsgATGdIf8cTFJihTYXFwXFxiI-IuER_AN38-Z/w264-h400/space+btwn+kitchen+door+and+window.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also gave him this photo of a house down the road that I was using for window inspo (you may have seen it on my vision board):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsUlqMW69xyYEXAgfLEz1zK8UCvX4VK3Rle71eodG-Qti_mRiX6Pk4o6hgaRNGJ4hlllsxgasMO1NNPHIx1pB7A72Pkh37IvH7-nnjffYNPWA4whLJ0j5FNh3pbxUVxd3l9XWsgiWD1eh/s1052/Stacked+windows.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="879" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsUlqMW69xyYEXAgfLEz1zK8UCvX4VK3Rle71eodG-Qti_mRiX6Pk4o6hgaRNGJ4hlllsxgasMO1NNPHIx1pB7A72Pkh37IvH7-nnjffYNPWA4whLJ0j5FNh3pbxUVxd3l9XWsgiWD1eh/w334-h400/Stacked+windows.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's the photo I found online for siding inspo:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyvVorFwlxWqLkgIK-hAknG5JxWJU170Q5D-w6WMXFrMjwZJODxaheaPNdrMm4csXy_uTtcrrCQQXESTLy-MeeFKmhQ-fl6K6U8zCfolD18o136tzJycfFW_ZOPDHsWdsXFm3ASqimf2F/s835/house+siding+idea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="554" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyvVorFwlxWqLkgIK-hAknG5JxWJU170Q5D-w6WMXFrMjwZJODxaheaPNdrMm4csXy_uTtcrrCQQXESTLy-MeeFKmhQ-fl6K6U8zCfolD18o136tzJycfFW_ZOPDHsWdsXFm3ASqimf2F/w265-h400/house+siding+idea.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've had my heart set on barn red board & batten with corrugated metal from the get go. At some point late last fall, tho, I switched to possibly a sage green T1-11 and maybe a dark metal, then back to lighter metal and semi-transparent dark brown stain, and now we have settled back on board & batten. But not red. PIVOT! PIVOT! PIVOT!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I won't bore you with all the architect nonsense because I'm still pissed about it. He's a very nice guy, but I wouldn't say I'm a satisfied customer. Here are the "plans" I got from him in January:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46LELB3pHs7KiXVdEZKvQRFGCDOE8yaX4LNI3Ouz6cZnxvvaL15Pq9Ixg1M-kq1ZgBAzfvPM8dwaSb5r8l7XwH4Ch4da_R9LoLGA4yJKgfBpBZuqVuX1G4g-vETFXrTvEBqi3_GniJQtY/s1800/plan+first+floor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1800" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46LELB3pHs7KiXVdEZKvQRFGCDOE8yaX4LNI3Ouz6cZnxvvaL15Pq9Ixg1M-kq1ZgBAzfvPM8dwaSb5r8l7XwH4Ch4da_R9LoLGA4yJKgfBpBZuqVuX1G4g-vETFXrTvEBqi3_GniJQtY/w400-h258/plan+first+floor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyIaHU6f1qnmwqmuml3Mz-OmoF5Ni4_4k4TWfYzaE8l8E4SerAmWNnthocozFz5tuINzHDcg9VYgyuY4DohKEzedQ2s0RZQerknlUhCZJuFiopAvw-qpV9wMcJEITl_MmvsRQvsGnk7Mz/s1800/plan+second+floor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1800" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyIaHU6f1qnmwqmuml3Mz-OmoF5Ni4_4k4TWfYzaE8l8E4SerAmWNnthocozFz5tuINzHDcg9VYgyuY4DohKEzedQ2s0RZQerknlUhCZJuFiopAvw-qpV9wMcJEITl_MmvsRQvsGnk7Mz/w400-h258/plan+second+floor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not a lot of difference from my original design, but the elevation drawings take it to another level. Suddenly this project is legit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GqcNY1F5jVn2mELJuTJ3kuS0XvbRoHTCqOI1qYXJEwb07iNyTdjuMcnwCNqA-O3H1jWt-I0SG6Foj842j84hVvUnGqUp10CgpKoN5ikhFvt3X4pvDnsOMktfZNfYKjt6qMsm05E1o2TV/s1626/south+elevation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1626" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GqcNY1F5jVn2mELJuTJ3kuS0XvbRoHTCqOI1qYXJEwb07iNyTdjuMcnwCNqA-O3H1jWt-I0SG6Foj842j84hVvUnGqUp10CgpKoN5ikhFvt3X4pvDnsOMktfZNfYKjt6qMsm05E1o2TV/w400-h320/south+elevation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSND6Ve6eH5vUh3x4t9Z_Cz9vGHUMnJS37wJ0ZOS9CMleEOTytO_tI8PVAMLGXo_TKAdsmOeXfXWoqYHq4_EO7-IOdEfP3jP8Yogc9hx_jOvy-qImp6pNIEmUqY6i9D8_f9RuNomHagtSD/s1800/east+elevation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSND6Ve6eH5vUh3x4t9Z_Cz9vGHUMnJS37wJ0ZOS9CMleEOTytO_tI8PVAMLGXo_TKAdsmOeXfXWoqYHq4_EO7-IOdEfP3jP8Yogc9hx_jOvy-qImp6pNIEmUqY6i9D8_f9RuNomHagtSD/w400-h213/east+elevation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwMAz7YNKTorewto4UyXhm-zCtY-kmYkgKWx5OUaIr70PN077KY0D8QoftOUipymMY_cko-74bG6QZBpWrDFagWhW_9xDQrCnA1wWzzXd0YTTJyo99DTr_peQkNOZ78YRQnVrK2i0ZKMh/s1800/north+elevation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1800" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwMAz7YNKTorewto4UyXhm-zCtY-kmYkgKWx5OUaIr70PN077KY0D8QoftOUipymMY_cko-74bG6QZBpWrDFagWhW_9xDQrCnA1wWzzXd0YTTJyo99DTr_peQkNOZ78YRQnVrK2i0ZKMh/w400-h264/north+elevation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJSeDoQ8o7hOqzke3IuIG7rJF_gtvrlCc21xdFVXGbwaX9U6bq0i4yTMIPCAT4v2hTb5q0lVlwszVkBEWFucgv8T-7Gc_AtJILN8lmxckRQJQCfxoxTjOMz6Nhb2MFHl8nLTAqqGm1df3/s1800/west+elevation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1800" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJSeDoQ8o7hOqzke3IuIG7rJF_gtvrlCc21xdFVXGbwaX9U6bq0i4yTMIPCAT4v2hTb5q0lVlwszVkBEWFucgv8T-7Gc_AtJILN8lmxckRQJQCfxoxTjOMz6Nhb2MFHl8nLTAqqGm1df3/w400-h226/west+elevation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Remember it is important to me that the entire final building look cohesive. I'm limited by what I have to start with so some things won't match (example: the windows in the original house have black trim and all the new ones will be white, but I did make sure the size of the new windows relate back to the old). We re-oriented the stairs from my original design, and Greg added a couple of good features. I'll give him that much. Plus he's a nice guy. But I didn't even realize these aren't "final" plans until my contractor told me a couple months ago. I shall be eternally grateful that he can probably build from a sketch on the back of a paper napkin; we've been making changes on the fly and so far so good, no napkin required.</div><br />ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-35988877064263391342020-11-28T22:31:00.002-05:002021-02-05T21:18:53.433-05:00House to Home, Volume 7 - No Turning Back Now<p>Buckle up kids, here comes a very long photo essay.</p><p>Preamble: the excavator showed up on Monday, October 19th and he went to TOWN. I did momentarily chain myself to the beautiful azalea right next to my garage but Troy offered to dig it out and replant it for me so Greenpeace stood down. Our plan was for StanLee to go to work with me on Monday so mom wouldn't have to deal with two dogs on leashes at home (Stan is a little excitable and there is broken glass EVERYWHERE). Then we all were going to vacate the premises on Tuesday in case the house decided to fall over - me and Stan heading to my sister's basement right from work, mom and Roxie down to Camp Killington - but Mom decided to live dangerously and she stayed until Wednesday. The demo was too exciting to miss. We have this photographic record because she stayed - I was too nervous to watch and only caught live action at the very beginning. Mom did have a couple minor heart attacks, one on Monday and one on Tuesday morning, when the house shook so hard she thought she and Roxie (and the electrician the first time it happened) were goners.</p><p>Here are two full days of destruction, with date stamps in the corner so you can see how quickly it happened. The first few are the ones I took before my nerves got the best of me and I went to work:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBWfADiLKO0YPwK7t4KCMVXMOtOMQh-sdSGKTjfFheDC_Of3IfI917t9DLDbGC7KnSVPTgUtrIStQU3CBuSViygvfBSQpjFym2Q7xk_0DYG8fJzPVJkbZ8t00oUY8mgWJPdJl3RsD-DrB/s864/me+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBWfADiLKO0YPwK7t4KCMVXMOtOMQh-sdSGKTjfFheDC_Of3IfI917t9DLDbGC7KnSVPTgUtrIStQU3CBuSViygvfBSQpjFym2Q7xk_0DYG8fJzPVJkbZ8t00oUY8mgWJPdJl3RsD-DrB/w400-h225/me+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That's Troy in the blue hoodie and Bryan in the blue plaid.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2fAUZqArmH20hDK9P_sc_WqJOgvJPjz3ItaTjhyphenhyphenW3gcYK_28WRnl7lXn3prI0Y6jZOlSFiZQtg_RESb4YFSlk4LpGO8Vxj3kRRAekmUMADczBjlhjiNCRjTt_3im7UEFl_RG3Icdfueg/s864/me+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2fAUZqArmH20hDK9P_sc_WqJOgvJPjz3ItaTjhyphenhyphenW3gcYK_28WRnl7lXn3prI0Y6jZOlSFiZQtg_RESb4YFSlk4LpGO8Vxj3kRRAekmUMADczBjlhjiNCRjTt_3im7UEFl_RG3Icdfueg/w400-h225/me+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RVWMU2hEFgDsTlFZeJl547cjnHziC17aFPSLWIc9_NSyHN1rH9x_QWUlkuC5v5idoAYXCClzm5zRe5wOaf0bR2uk66AGIVENS6fVWlerZBd7cfgJxzNeD4ziFDtEmposk_J8yfcoy3h9/s864/me+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9RVWMU2hEFgDsTlFZeJl547cjnHziC17aFPSLWIc9_NSyHN1rH9x_QWUlkuC5v5idoAYXCClzm5zRe5wOaf0bR2uk66AGIVENS6fVWlerZBd7cfgJxzNeD4ziFDtEmposk_J8yfcoy3h9/w400-h225/me+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQx7jgB-OdpiIbocphyunaA_y0yw0vyTTt__euIhkhLVv5TZowGgT50z2z6i_cCBxsOJDUoWxjRDJkSrMkscCYR3vcAb1UZmoGszpz3FrPXjX55Nywpkk1ijKMn5hdXOmOQPwrjftpY6D/s864/me+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQx7jgB-OdpiIbocphyunaA_y0yw0vyTTt__euIhkhLVv5TZowGgT50z2z6i_cCBxsOJDUoWxjRDJkSrMkscCYR3vcAb1UZmoGszpz3FrPXjX55Nywpkk1ijKMn5hdXOmOQPwrjftpY6D/w400-h225/me+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_SxOlinzc2lJTXGqrS5ud3HVbD3zVlHg0AIxYCwwasX9LAP_l_gzg99VsOvkrKY5yBNn_DWItwICyOQBnrUjvo8UWghvDA7yLCyiFSs-6WqWRrXRNzbwtYTuMSSLQ4XCEIYoPTob98QR/s864/me+5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_SxOlinzc2lJTXGqrS5ud3HVbD3zVlHg0AIxYCwwasX9LAP_l_gzg99VsOvkrKY5yBNn_DWItwICyOQBnrUjvo8UWghvDA7yLCyiFSs-6WqWRrXRNzbwtYTuMSSLQ4XCEIYoPTob98QR/w400-h225/me+5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTepIwI4tKKy9mRHgFdvTJILWvbpkv3mE6uwTehxGhyH4-hQ499LmO8F7G71Soh7T1FPxAY9cXh90Kor_SHf2Y-yMUKxsBQLWFcB6etMAxB5YtFnnBLIcKLckABSPvpDP9FV-zAQ1cb72/s864/me+6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTepIwI4tKKy9mRHgFdvTJILWvbpkv3mE6uwTehxGhyH4-hQ499LmO8F7G71Soh7T1FPxAY9cXh90Kor_SHf2Y-yMUKxsBQLWFcB6etMAxB5YtFnnBLIcKLckABSPvpDP9FV-zAQ1cb72/w400-h225/me+6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Adios, garage. That was all I could handle - the next batch of pictures is from mom. She spent almost all day standing outside in the rain, watching and documenting.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHW8oK0zYNDGtj2jJJar_d1kluBnuqRRUyPm0tbgOz-MQrenTGnPY6FvXPPvyqmaz-RjSWVY8iEctHuUFZBGC64elZ18ZB4cQVBYPCl4ymAyBjIOUWmpB5wVjQFvE8ZeEdzgRalRmSDGj/s864/mom+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHW8oK0zYNDGtj2jJJar_d1kluBnuqRRUyPm0tbgOz-MQrenTGnPY6FvXPPvyqmaz-RjSWVY8iEctHuUFZBGC64elZ18ZB4cQVBYPCl4ymAyBjIOUWmpB5wVjQFvE8ZeEdzgRalRmSDGj/w400-h300/mom+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hMfkXnKYZ0Wf_B1PV2RAVDZ7LcFyYH9sLxIu6w3xRTKRRjhqAjvy0_JdKd72teIf7GvJvR5LjMNmSgL8bPr8pZIvjTLnD7V_rAdp6W-TTC5RGWIfBiAK6vRoTIqLDGBAeW9N-zWkRsCx/s864/mom+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5TnuwHqwYQLsjol6MYEfxE538eVt6fydvbny0XRzjLI7JclgC66cueDI-tcKZAOT3VztTtVe03t-183Fj9PeusZ6WoK3V4aJz_6fOp6ZCL9BGaHTu4rI76tmE4aohzIF1wOsmKewIBK0/s864/mom+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5TnuwHqwYQLsjol6MYEfxE538eVt6fydvbny0XRzjLI7JclgC66cueDI-tcKZAOT3VztTtVe03t-183Fj9PeusZ6WoK3V4aJz_6fOp6ZCL9BGaHTu4rI76tmE4aohzIF1wOsmKewIBK0/w400-h300/mom+10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>This is the picture I posted on Facebook, with a caption that said, "It might be a Monday if you come home from work to find your house torn down and all that's left is a rusty old bicycle...."</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2EWIDNQ_xMF6AQkzBr7Q7NMqjJDNsTHzm6h5z4LUkv3f1hfy7Axe3RXyTk-j110L1wnfPvqfYmAyLUAyRtljr0ARfFlG2EsT6ySt23CBphuZd2XLltsGRJKPJ3YAwE0YJnng6e2KZboB/s864/me+after+work+1+bike.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib2EWIDNQ_xMF6AQkzBr7Q7NMqjJDNsTHzm6h5z4LUkv3f1hfy7Axe3RXyTk-j110L1wnfPvqfYmAyLUAyRtljr0ARfFlG2EsT6ySt23CBphuZd2XLltsGRJKPJ3YAwE0YJnng6e2KZboB/w400-h225/me+after+work+1+bike.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>They found it under the house. With a telephone pole. Having only seen a couple of mom's pictures over the course of the day, seeing it in person was a bit startling:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWHi8Czt6ocUnhtwRftYxsBdLVZpftlNxeJf0XeO6zE3IIcuJmGa7T8sU7QWo_x85bDZo8pblmYmsdzDdM5t0bPzSV5ayAjizo-q8O-_YWDXOmYGYh18R87fJFXEHT5nSzJ4b1NcTQ27V/s864/me+after+work+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWHi8Czt6ocUnhtwRftYxsBdLVZpftlNxeJf0XeO6zE3IIcuJmGa7T8sU7QWo_x85bDZo8pblmYmsdzDdM5t0bPzSV5ayAjizo-q8O-_YWDXOmYGYh18R87fJFXEHT5nSzJ4b1NcTQ27V/w400-h225/me+after+work+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUfg1SV1217zUDKaWZV9hhAnKXIs0-TSVCPqMh1VkRi8mChpxUuRZTIg4Odaydjx4Qp_BJns2b2FTyW_BwOXh5_x5dshZJO8d116GbNSNeJ698ugYI0OjXvM-irclGngF2njYUwERomNk/s864/me+after+work+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUfg1SV1217zUDKaWZV9hhAnKXIs0-TSVCPqMh1VkRi8mChpxUuRZTIg4Odaydjx4Qp_BJns2b2FTyW_BwOXh5_x5dshZJO8d116GbNSNeJ698ugYI0OjXvM-irclGngF2njYUwERomNk/w400-h225/me+after+work+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyGLN61lOOR0ZX1qsgeSQozgrLaToYRALpZ9BovcptMbgJn0JnE5dysiU3vNIQstu0VWVZnufs_6Gb6Gn73H-loI_AQIf9c6puWm5EWvj5iIT5grM9bes_gIUibnYVucOrTdQ3BXi3QF2/s864/me+after+work+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyGLN61lOOR0ZX1qsgeSQozgrLaToYRALpZ9BovcptMbgJn0JnE5dysiU3vNIQstu0VWVZnufs_6Gb6Gn73H-loI_AQIf9c6puWm5EWvj5iIT5grM9bes_gIUibnYVucOrTdQ3BXi3QF2/w400-h225/me+after+work+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I have so many thoughts about that last picture -- so many.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the view from the guest room window at the end of the day:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXG9YXdkqSMUSbb2i-RVy5g95fLYPfUuzO79cBMJus5Nn_l2l1jybBSk_-wwfN7RTG-CJs0v1rpgdjzP-l6GziZu9Jt-VZfuoDdC9WosX-9mG-qiaU97mNDvMoOfSZRIootPcLiRSFb5t/s864/me+after+work+5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXG9YXdkqSMUSbb2i-RVy5g95fLYPfUuzO79cBMJus5Nn_l2l1jybBSk_-wwfN7RTG-CJs0v1rpgdjzP-l6GziZu9Jt-VZfuoDdC9WosX-9mG-qiaU97mNDvMoOfSZRIootPcLiRSFb5t/w400-h225/me+after+work+5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>So Monday was total shock and awe, but Tuesday requires a little bit of commentary. StanLee and I went to work and mom took a million pictures between 9am and noon-ish. I whittled them down to these:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmDmGqL6DVWwU2LE4X9e7r7FrzN_5Zv6KW-ZZJQvroVfK13zbwJNYpPJg5cjsEGR6U9iRBaqg2m8WrpWZBJ2toGs7XLWevY1_idINJm-qKb1Puc-eGh1ItRo7m9Ckah8LOXIaQW3zuI2s/s864/mom+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmDmGqL6DVWwU2LE4X9e7r7FrzN_5Zv6KW-ZZJQvroVfK13zbwJNYpPJg5cjsEGR6U9iRBaqg2m8WrpWZBJ2toGs7XLWevY1_idINJm-qKb1Puc-eGh1ItRo7m9Ckah8LOXIaQW3zuI2s/w400-h300/mom+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>That's Troy underneath the trailer and Mike up above trying to figure out how the damn thing is attached to the house. Note the lovely green walls of what used to be Studio B, a/k/a the trouse bathroom. Hello corner shower.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSbKF54uSgWmmepw13RurJ-tW2qoo_Dg9Dj9G4C2riesp0ncdkOn5iEtAIA2o_h5v6EyPWCNqngUwUOsgxt-pa_OaliMjV6mdWivxYa9w7OxJQb0_kEJ8uip6s0VaZJLlGzQ5ctC9GA5Q/s864/mom+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSbKF54uSgWmmepw13RurJ-tW2qoo_Dg9Dj9G4C2riesp0ncdkOn5iEtAIA2o_h5v6EyPWCNqngUwUOsgxt-pa_OaliMjV6mdWivxYa9w7OxJQb0_kEJ8uip6s0VaZJLlGzQ5ctC9GA5Q/w400-h300/mom+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>That next picture is Troy cutting the steel trailer frame into pieces so he could pick them up with the excavator. Here's a quick video with a surprise ending:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyJ5LAl33SPn0H5kgtUKKHF1E9Jbgk8bj5L3Xca1qWwYg4xZHMQRvUidTHhc5DOILCNLypJLG2Mq1LQ3oldLA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div><div>I'm so glad mom got that footage - it's the excavator running over a fire extinguisher!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJu2slRCCo4Aqs4cc-JMrlwjRdDB2RWIvYO10fqnip0TBeYG4DFHzfyqQJthNgiXLeYgefdkAEpf2ktSm4DMWByurx4nfdCtvB2iN7ouTr0QUWf_eEJamvUi8Gf3L9HmjrpAGJ-BQrZS8/s864/mom+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJu2slRCCo4Aqs4cc-JMrlwjRdDB2RWIvYO10fqnip0TBeYG4DFHzfyqQJthNgiXLeYgefdkAEpf2ktSm4DMWByurx4nfdCtvB2iN7ouTr0QUWf_eEJamvUi8Gf3L9HmjrpAGJ-BQrZS8/w400-h300/mom+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And we have full separation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpvYNy1pfKNMJOh_Gez91Wklq8irRB55bxFc_e4MgQ-b_1VsTou4G3glEBKAL_ke0uTiObnKPBXx-6RkomO-FAG3gdlxDYCvDLdhuuFWU54T6rjmqm8UxRmoog23zIgmqm_-W9R614JhS/s864/mom+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpvYNy1pfKNMJOh_Gez91Wklq8irRB55bxFc_e4MgQ-b_1VsTou4G3glEBKAL_ke0uTiObnKPBXx-6RkomO-FAG3gdlxDYCvDLdhuuFWU54T6rjmqm8UxRmoog23zIgmqm_-W9R614JhS/w400-h300/mom+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFa1slga8XeCvA0Ba5oEKlP0x-rMWZlGA0Zqzr9WDNAxjHaqo8KFYWp5MW2y4n_PWEAP0rrE_H9wDG-FUJFS3FZE3TmdNKS1qX1zL7egoKCecr-GVfk7mntP0w077gggyhdZI1gIqF6u2/s864/mom+5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFa1slga8XeCvA0Ba5oEKlP0x-rMWZlGA0Zqzr9WDNAxjHaqo8KFYWp5MW2y4n_PWEAP0rrE_H9wDG-FUJFS3FZE3TmdNKS1qX1zL7egoKCecr-GVfk7mntP0w077gggyhdZI1gIqF6u2/w400-h300/mom+5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I came home mid-afternoon to see the progress since I wouldn't be back in town until Thursday afternoon. Here's the guest room window view:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgayvltV-vByFjFfaoGY8nGKbs70cnsM19UFU_oomMP-gzXDoBFjqn1G0CYcV4-F9vCUfrwfUZeHDZY3S0JRx9LS-0dwCj9F3D9XyFbtW6MU2Xo4OJN9xOCbIjfAI0AmpCiYovwJOTul5E/s864/me+mid+afternoon+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgayvltV-vByFjFfaoGY8nGKbs70cnsM19UFU_oomMP-gzXDoBFjqn1G0CYcV4-F9vCUfrwfUZeHDZY3S0JRx9LS-0dwCj9F3D9XyFbtW6MU2Xo4OJN9xOCbIjfAI0AmpCiYovwJOTul5E/w400-h225/me+mid+afternoon+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And here's the circumnavigation:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukv1-NO_hTPg0SbIVz41T8gM_uKUYlEPuX6EmymvZQWDci6tjzMqD9YuShfiFH_HcBytFGsmVRfC_yzexBFAbt4jK3RqidZfRirkJIgdPlKSSB74mRh-HwqLHp-ENG4d8OLUcfIK6J86q/s864/me+mid+afternoon+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQQbNAsYTOw03AxzWmg7yxZOFPuGJKF0BFu8uSDWOLmCwFpUMpzNUOjPnmfypWOjYruIUnaRbxQnC-iXZLeNa06nNyKevmC1SMHLA7bOMQJPGy210VUFXb-bBvVb5RsFji6OZ9nTkLouk/s864/me+mid+afternoon+6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQQbNAsYTOw03AxzWmg7yxZOFPuGJKF0BFu8uSDWOLmCwFpUMpzNUOjPnmfypWOjYruIUnaRbxQnC-iXZLeNa06nNyKevmC1SMHLA7bOMQJPGy210VUFXb-bBvVb5RsFji6OZ9nTkLouk/w400-h225/me+mid+afternoon+6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And here goes the last piece of the puzzle:<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-6WRfFlpVO2W4tS2ml53xu7KaHEIKqbWPir06qOvx3EEzoKQJ9qOboA6m7sWgtT8FcHjI8MtlasSDaqidPuCDw0zgYD2jcrjwQfYt704Dd6oY6U1sQUh7zSy9jYny2i6bHLwaXj5qSdK/s864/me+mid+afternoon+7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-6WRfFlpVO2W4tS2ml53xu7KaHEIKqbWPir06qOvx3EEzoKQJ9qOboA6m7sWgtT8FcHjI8MtlasSDaqidPuCDw0zgYD2jcrjwQfYt704Dd6oY6U1sQUh7zSy9jYny2i6bHLwaXj5qSdK/w225-h400/me+mid+afternoon+7.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div>I will be picking random bits of that old shitty insulation off of the ground for the rest of my days. With broken glass. And pieces of plastic Christmas ornaments that we somehow missed (I swear all those cabinets were empty!). What a crazy two days. Aside from the pile of metal that is still in my yard, the "removal" part of the project is done and it's time to start putting it back together.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology."</div><div><br /></div><div>Wow, I'm seriously dating myself with that one.</div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-393849125064761272020-11-25T19:34:00.002-05:002021-02-05T21:18:42.566-05:00House to Home, Volume 6 - The Bathtub Guy<p>The day was September 3, 2019. The location was my local Jeep dealership, 40 minutes away from my house. I was trading in my rescue green Jeep Wrangler for a rescue green Jeep Compass and while making small talk with the sales kid I found out he lives not far from me. So I asked if he knew any contractors and he said yes, his friend's dad owns Baker Builders. Cool cool, I wrote down the name.</p><p>Jump ahead to THE VERY NEXT DAY and I'm sitting at my desk at work. My office is on the second story and normally my view out the window is blue skies above and parking lot down below. Something caught my eye and there -- PRACTICALLY PRESSED AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW -- was a guy on scaffolding and the back of his shirt said Baker Builders. What are the freakin' odds? I went downstairs, saw someone who looked like he was in charge, and that's how I met Bryan Baker.</p><p>On October 16, over a year later, most of his crew showed up at my house at the crack of dawn for the first day of official demo! Actually that's not true, someone came over the day before and started removing the metal roof which I'm going to reuse (reduce, recycle) because it looks brand new. I've been taking pictures out the guest room window and later I will post all of them together, but here's how it looked when I got home from work on October 15th.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8MQEei7YmjRjV9C4Xgu5RPg6UFkrLvLIvZJdF7qHHkBUNB5pFJMPKGwh3Cxd2dubRSLviIQfaZMz9VqsqmFEm0z2U3BJj5y5DA1JDdPlojzCpRFTPEzytzT_f0YYNHbxvu6aPEQ5cx4y/s864/October+15+roof.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8MQEei7YmjRjV9C4Xgu5RPg6UFkrLvLIvZJdF7qHHkBUNB5pFJMPKGwh3Cxd2dubRSLviIQfaZMz9VqsqmFEm0z2U3BJj5y5DA1JDdPlojzCpRFTPEzytzT_f0YYNHbxvu6aPEQ5cx4y/w400-h225/October+15+roof.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The objective on the 16th was to save the roof, remove the appliances, make things easier for the excavator, and cut the trouse additions away from my house. (At this point I was still pretty damn nervous that the house would fall right over when it no longer had the trailer to lean against - the trailer was there first, and the house sits on piers. A lot of sleep was lost worrying about this scenario.) And remember my clawfoot tub? I asked if they could please haul it out for me and this is the text I got from Bryan middle of the day, checking to see if I liked my new bathroom fixture:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJu-i0RCKYesPqChEHzXPco9GSAFAye1lCHNtrGAYR58i8NyPHc3E0Fvd6oj_gLVlFEJsUox5jjWORKaE6fyfOBD9cp0_6zVTIXs2dFSICyXavpffEg9CoOUlI9GkubYQG2iEgkLsrw5k/s640/jake+in+the+bathtub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJu-i0RCKYesPqChEHzXPco9GSAFAye1lCHNtrGAYR58i8NyPHc3E0Fvd6oj_gLVlFEJsUox5jjWORKaE6fyfOBD9cp0_6zVTIXs2dFSICyXavpffEg9CoOUlI9GkubYQG2iEgkLsrw5k/w300-h400/jake+in+the+bathtub.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">HAHAHA! That's Jake. We just call him the bathtub guy now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Roxie and StanLee supervised out the guest room window and when I got home from work, this was the view from up there:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sOm5FxfMmX6jDw6ZeZ7L5FQCzSLQQT76ps72IhPgHVKIgWGZ-BuU4up48jAGoKDeR5wJxcZgS_UW4qBOaR6uLElvr3BsX_sQbvh6uWvov9XDSbMSKHaF9CPViEDoNbjbrl-CvHQKVebL/s864/from+guest+room+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sOm5FxfMmX6jDw6ZeZ7L5FQCzSLQQT76ps72IhPgHVKIgWGZ-BuU4up48jAGoKDeR5wJxcZgS_UW4qBOaR6uLElvr3BsX_sQbvh6uWvov9XDSbMSKHaF9CPViEDoNbjbrl-CvHQKVebL/w400-h225/from+guest+room+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's that pile up close and personal:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheO_Zine-RI_nVcVfPemTHb8VnEpZ1RA__ziyIrd-9YZiybDQVRUoKmwhZQKUHvD_DlkyJcers_WXI8nQl9psnO5sSH_9j22qxagRLAwbR4fg1-T8nLb6ViMhjjChzeRs4NZMG_AIsSnQX/s864/close+up+of+garage+pile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheO_Zine-RI_nVcVfPemTHb8VnEpZ1RA__ziyIrd-9YZiybDQVRUoKmwhZQKUHvD_DlkyJcers_WXI8nQl9psnO5sSH_9j22qxagRLAwbR4fg1-T8nLb6ViMhjjChzeRs4NZMG_AIsSnQX/w400-h225/close+up+of+garage+pile.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The view out the window at the top of my stairs changed dramatically, as did the view from my kitchen door:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFoya7JmVzTtTCEC-uNM4aIUfw9zPGN1osZoxKm3AdYjY_a_boFiO_VAy8QpdBtM80i6pk0WRqqHlXVCobRWD_e6FvvDXiDYGevvTKxZ5JJvOOlqVqCZQRCooXgeZ2dGsUi_ete7M0Ixa/s864/side+no+breezeway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFoya7JmVzTtTCEC-uNM4aIUfw9zPGN1osZoxKm3AdYjY_a_boFiO_VAy8QpdBtM80i6pk0WRqqHlXVCobRWD_e6FvvDXiDYGevvTKxZ5JJvOOlqVqCZQRCooXgeZ2dGsUi_ete7M0Ixa/w400-h225/side+no+breezeway.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had a porch! And it was weird! Walking around the trouse, here's the front with no metal roof:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGI6xE53J_-PIIYGB3dOSeIArx_UJarTzOZkXfYCgCH7rJM4lG1G_8eBDM_OyNOsEKCv9F-Uyhg1uTg1nAtvDupz3lUfXEjxOQB79zk_uY342cwJLypED2cl8c_quMq0DpHJ_-kolvq4J/s864/front+no+roof.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGI6xE53J_-PIIYGB3dOSeIArx_UJarTzOZkXfYCgCH7rJM4lG1G_8eBDM_OyNOsEKCv9F-Uyhg1uTg1nAtvDupz3lUfXEjxOQB79zk_uY342cwJLypED2cl8c_quMq0DpHJ_-kolvq4J/w400-h225/front+no+roof.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's the metal pile - the giant antenna, appliances, and the crappy stuff from the front roof. Spoiler alert: they found two more layers of roof underneath this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1evmkyKMsh6Mhi8J9IBsu6rcttKXMUBvTCHUyT0jX0w4uDrw-zCPhQzvzhbOayFCdbZqR5j8I2qE1UnEJM_-JZ6BzApfSQ73BaDDNTBIpSQuufX5TM2DLez7d-8PVX4r8KHpe5go1VAZ/s864/metal+pile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1evmkyKMsh6Mhi8J9IBsu6rcttKXMUBvTCHUyT0jX0w4uDrw-zCPhQzvzhbOayFCdbZqR5j8I2qE1UnEJM_-JZ6BzApfSQ73BaDDNTBIpSQuufX5TM2DLez7d-8PVX4r8KHpe5go1VAZ/w400-h225/metal+pile.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Around back, here's where the large window shattered and left broken glass all over the place. I've been fighting the broken glass battle here for seven years and it appears the battle is not over. Don't worry, though, it will get worse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnoUa6sI8YeuUeoitaBj3A3tFl0O1mnWveakgpjPVGD-fSieuLxGrweSXFQYwKA4KPXgDQh6BSZvqvxeyA_hOY-w7p3hrv1fu12yLMeYwj93N1mdzhS9Co-CYt60sc6de95dmrO_hLXft/s864/back+no+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnoUa6sI8YeuUeoitaBj3A3tFl0O1mnWveakgpjPVGD-fSieuLxGrweSXFQYwKA4KPXgDQh6BSZvqvxeyA_hOY-w7p3hrv1fu12yLMeYwj93N1mdzhS9Co-CYt60sc6de95dmrO_hLXft/w400-h225/back+no+window.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you look really close you can see where they cut the wall to the right of the window closest to the house. Sliced it from bottom to top, through the floor and the roof, until they got to the original trailer. For reference, that big window was my library gym and the two smaller windows were in the trailer bathroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's the picture I mentioned in my last post showing the trailer kitchen post-pre-demo:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9usp82RAKc8xMafDYEDSGcc2kVGADxHGyanrguPe560jkDQoMSVazWYZdpvqlun1aamSrhciJKHpeLtmRFWGl53mWnPH759kZK5qcN8n7lkAIQzZQ5DeyxWe6iBdBMC0x-cIJmsc9Trc/s864/trailer+kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9usp82RAKc8xMafDYEDSGcc2kVGADxHGyanrguPe560jkDQoMSVazWYZdpvqlun1aamSrhciJKHpeLtmRFWGl53mWnPH759kZK5qcN8n7lkAIQzZQ5DeyxWe6iBdBMC0x-cIJmsc9Trc/w400-h225/trailer+kitchen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lookin' good. All this happened on a Friday so I had the weekend to freak out about it and pack my bags. Roxie was heading to Camp Killington (a/k/a my mom's house) and StanLee and I were temporarily moving to my sister's basement, because the excavator was coming on Monday....</div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-70869300675927899302020-11-14T22:15:00.002-05:002021-02-05T21:18:28.763-05:00House to Home, Volume 5 - Step Inside<p>I don't even know where to start with this one but I just read something interesting. Over the last year I must have measured the inside of the trouse a million times while trying to visualize the layout of my soon-to-be new paint office, but for the life of me I cannot recall what size it is. A couple of my neighbors have said they remember when the original trailer was placed in 1964 or 1965 so I googled "what size is a 1960s mobile home" and man, that was a rabbit hole. Here's a <a href="https://mobilehomeliving.org/the-history-of-mobile-homes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link</a> to a fun article that makes me think it was 10' wide - Wikipedia says they were called a "ten-wide" - and if I had the copy of my town lister's card here with me I could make an educated guess on the length. Suffice it to say, trousification turned it into something else entirely with the addition of a "sunken living room" (as my sister likes to call it), two bedrooms, an office nook and an abnormally large bathroom. I have very little photographic evidence of the interior so to spice things up I'm going to supplement with more of the pictures I took when I first looked at this property in May of 2013.</p><p>Let's jump right in with the kitchen since that room was probably the most startling. Feast your eyes:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZaxKAFYBfvUvndGDr0xGxfcptoMq5rO72mI0keq2Y8sL3R0Jm5tfD5Qqly-5TckS6T9Yctjdijc_t6x2xh9ED3jhgVVrokYOmN6Tod5xJyfLzJhpTQ_brh2GUa9chldTaTnVXCp3hQrC/s864/kitchen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZaxKAFYBfvUvndGDr0xGxfcptoMq5rO72mI0keq2Y8sL3R0Jm5tfD5Qqly-5TckS6T9Yctjdijc_t6x2xh9ED3jhgVVrokYOmN6Tod5xJyfLzJhpTQ_brh2GUa9chldTaTnVXCp3hQrC/w400-h266/kitchen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It was a marvel, and you can bet I absolutely kept the color of the cabinets. Later on in this journey you will see what this space looked like after my contractor's crew spent a day on preliminary demo.<div><br /></div><div>The original dining room space, to the right of the front door (kitchen is to the left) is what I used as my main art space - Studio A. If you've been following my blog for a while you may recognize these next pictures - they are from February of 2018.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyaYv_ApusNpPzHGgjrEdC-8WB2nvZhSgx_eXh2vhhHdKon4LSWhDtk6yACh-Z8GSFQzIdrvyfg2C5Sh2ck_VvXFvQoN5pHCFKxqQsEGsRtuM-wzfnBYPFR88Ki_ZjMpoGDxfCwWhAwDpJ/s400/original+art+table.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyaYv_ApusNpPzHGgjrEdC-8WB2nvZhSgx_eXh2vhhHdKon4LSWhDtk6yACh-Z8GSFQzIdrvyfg2C5Sh2ck_VvXFvQoN5pHCFKxqQsEGsRtuM-wzfnBYPFR88Ki_ZjMpoGDxfCwWhAwDpJ/w400-h300/original+art+table.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQinlPCMvyGplaUBlTup9ThZpJJMB8ybvon4PtxmTGP8TYGRZYLZmhW9KItjQPqz_-vKiVCgfd86crGzrf772See5zmYkQzgOhoi3XnbXpfT_7zDQ0moMAP5RWXRbJ1CZ8P0AV9Rxl402A/s400/paint+shelves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQinlPCMvyGplaUBlTup9ThZpJJMB8ybvon4PtxmTGP8TYGRZYLZmhW9KItjQPqz_-vKiVCgfd86crGzrf772See5zmYkQzgOhoi3XnbXpfT_7zDQ0moMAP5RWXRbJ1CZ8P0AV9Rxl402A/w300-h400/paint+shelves.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Again, that yellow is original but stepping down into the living room, I DID paint the purple wall.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAwmSYRGYPy_3lD4s_xERi4YC80dztDQ_InM-rEghDmAXrcvlCKpgAZGDknl43U0PQSmhqoFLe3jS0OT5aGr_hGShzAGdl_EeKfEShqgb3dKkdcIWa2jxmJRNScUjMugdpBFzZ3BjvQHS/s864/purple+wall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAwmSYRGYPy_3lD4s_xERi4YC80dztDQ_InM-rEghDmAXrcvlCKpgAZGDknl43U0PQSmhqoFLe3jS0OT5aGr_hGShzAGdl_EeKfEShqgb3dKkdcIWa2jxmJRNScUjMugdpBFzZ3BjvQHS/w400-h225/purple+wall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I also painted everything hanging on that purple wall. Fun fact: the gold couch was one of the first pieces of furniture my grandparents bought when they moved back to the States from Colombia in 1960.</div><div><br /></div><div>For reference, here is that same wall in May 2013.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyYHDam4wHdUP98YwO5eGyqetkA_xjzMCi4cGrgeWq83hZPFL1qaMHVGBlQp6Xj4-Eh6g7HMdks_ly7Gq93-CduvxMGWTYkzaWBnJbHlkuwy3JaJyDXDpmYAiP6ytxmjvqgJ4zFwzTAqg/s864/living2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyYHDam4wHdUP98YwO5eGyqetkA_xjzMCi4cGrgeWq83hZPFL1qaMHVGBlQp6Xj4-Eh6g7HMdks_ly7Gq93-CduvxMGWTYkzaWBnJbHlkuwy3JaJyDXDpmYAiP6ytxmjvqgJ4zFwzTAqg/w400-h300/living2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Turning around and looking at the other side of the living room:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOlrJmGVxZgB17GkEUzoaE2dGWxCtSj0c8ptSgVElT74lHqZjbHorqpupeDLuvlphgiX1WR5Ge9CxE6hSamxwTo9VaDxWJb-CVSxsjtDAuQTWw8QXxleNdop1LiZBv6MLqQmkdWPH2-In/s864/living1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOlrJmGVxZgB17GkEUzoaE2dGWxCtSj0c8ptSgVElT74lHqZjbHorqpupeDLuvlphgiX1WR5Ge9CxE6hSamxwTo9VaDxWJb-CVSxsjtDAuQTWw8QXxleNdop1LiZBv6MLqQmkdWPH2-In/w400-h266/living1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Yowza. This is what became Studio C, the area where I had my alcohol inks and later my oil and cold wax. This summer all the art supplies got relegated elsewhere because it became my quarantine home office.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaqRrifDNalmFHpPcWCWLpovOnrV_XllOvnIiYHy9Y_rrmVGlkRuxCukRoLWgxWyY-5eYtuJ-6iLoyKDBBICjl-YaIJH8k1L1bJ0iQ0-gjMOIwX_hT76JEe0FBFAi6sQhXumh0Sz30bpW/s2048/new+office.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaqRrifDNalmFHpPcWCWLpovOnrV_XllOvnIiYHy9Y_rrmVGlkRuxCukRoLWgxWyY-5eYtuJ-6iLoyKDBBICjl-YaIJH8k1L1bJ0iQ0-gjMOIwX_hT76JEe0FBFAi6sQhXumh0Sz30bpW/w400-h225/new+office.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Another fun fact: this table is one of the first things <i><u>I</u></i> bought when I moved to Montana a hundred years ago.<div><br /></div><div>Moving on to the lighter purple area you can see in the background, that was another trouse add-on. The original owners had bookshelves built in and used it as an office.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVHvtaPikOU_sJTV0vZxREYXpHWqVo5Fi3Wm1uEWq_xndeMCSzsSbunnoD7VW6jlgCToHdgEIU_D1obmoKVtUTHCWyHjq6phra40GSzPD44HYzbIpjl_p-cNmjJXr8fR7ro8TkLyfGD3a/s864/bookshelves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVHvtaPikOU_sJTV0vZxREYXpHWqVo5Fi3Wm1uEWq_xndeMCSzsSbunnoD7VW6jlgCToHdgEIU_D1obmoKVtUTHCWyHjq6phra40GSzPD44HYzbIpjl_p-cNmjJXr8fR7ro8TkLyfGD3a/w400-h300/bookshelves.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I had a small desk there also, but at the near end of the bookshelves. It became my library gym (picture taken in December 2018).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rz62kx0SVzDQ3pS_zS-KO8rPLKuZkoRayhPo9I6febhjXVNhzbiqZJhiutK-zb-K0mHgjGft6ERVOjd1owLodKHdy21_Mw6SzYXKznnjiPcGiNIZ_aQ3cyWm2QJKLIhXo2TNGZHkp61-/s864/december+1+2018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rz62kx0SVzDQ3pS_zS-KO8rPLKuZkoRayhPo9I6febhjXVNhzbiqZJhiutK-zb-K0mHgjGft6ERVOjd1owLodKHdy21_Mw6SzYXKznnjiPcGiNIZ_aQ3cyWm2QJKLIhXo2TNGZHkp61-/w225-h400/december+1+2018.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div>Directly behind where I stood to take that picture was the first of two bedrooms. Here's the original and yes, an 80+ year old couple had a bright orange bedroom, bless their little hearts.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQpiyNKEjzwb9Lj01NDRRQF-6Vd-no2xOT8ZmYbpafsOBagM0jqlagRSioX2haOEoHwuGAYqCoabd2Yqr7IWS2bPcH_g4r9rN6N6wKfiymg-_rW1CGEzL9tFrcPt__LHPfI7ybVdIm7G1/s864/orange+room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQpiyNKEjzwb9Lj01NDRRQF-6Vd-no2xOT8ZmYbpafsOBagM0jqlagRSioX2haOEoHwuGAYqCoabd2Yqr7IWS2bPcH_g4r9rN6N6wKfiymg-_rW1CGEzL9tFrcPt__LHPfI7ybVdIm7G1/w400-h266/orange+room.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>(Did they also have glow in the dark stars on the ceiling? The VERY low ceiling? Yes they did.) Thru that not-so-cleverly disguised door is the second bedroom. I took the door down and that's what I use as my painting table.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't have a picture of the laundry area (nothing to see here) but I saved the extra large bathroom for last. The only picture I have at hand of the original room is not great quality because it's from the listing, but I will post it anyway because it's worth it:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa2K22IJmgWOm5rTJuGMmaWpD7LscevuBzSk2tDiTP0dwZKreiyfn0mN_MyA6jl8DvSfu8v3mqfDgYB66Rt4Cozp1oRSqA8Lr4jHR2abE-_TCR4dn5yWd-GgU7DfjEJ7LmqkAGZUv4rJb/s432/bathroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="432" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa2K22IJmgWOm5rTJuGMmaWpD7LscevuBzSk2tDiTP0dwZKreiyfn0mN_MyA6jl8DvSfu8v3mqfDgYB66Rt4Cozp1oRSqA8Lr4jHR2abE-_TCR4dn5yWd-GgU7DfjEJ7LmqkAGZUv4rJb/w400-h301/bathroom.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>To borrow a phrase from some Youtubers I watch, LORDY DAY! You can't see from this one picture but the room is big enough to have its own foyer. When I started messing around with fluid art I turned the bathroom into Studio B - I needed a space where I wasn't worried about paint flying around. Here are some more repeat pictures from February 2018:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvwjFnGL7Phep5qPakrsMU29NZxvRGJ9fbjqbJ42oqFud1XcV5Miivc-2DD8SlaKLk5ECTb6FUuwevIcoKzMgXHMoN8bJ0FF3u3dTu6OJZKTKb4bRHt9M5DuF-subyXnOcL_vZWEplEnU/s864/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvwjFnGL7Phep5qPakrsMU29NZxvRGJ9fbjqbJ42oqFud1XcV5Miivc-2DD8SlaKLk5ECTb6FUuwevIcoKzMgXHMoN8bJ0FF3u3dTu6OJZKTKb4bRHt9M5DuF-subyXnOcL_vZWEplEnU/w400-h300/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ669vddIKv3wDqZrzIK36bm6JLrfUOE4xYTcw1XXJY8v5Uabp1SPZj0-LkrrnZS6QmhsXYmS112T77EkJZxw_Sd0zu2C71XUKPpujyawHr18ntrvoKx0EAvPo4Vkmbdx2XuaXixVzQCj/s864/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ669vddIKv3wDqZrzIK36bm6JLrfUOE4xYTcw1XXJY8v5Uabp1SPZj0-LkrrnZS6QmhsXYmS112T77EkJZxw_Sd0zu2C71XUKPpujyawHr18ntrvoKx0EAvPo4Vkmbdx2XuaXixVzQCj/w400-h300/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cLxKSzCTh7pH_Qj71Ddbr7a8pCr8lDqWDsl574-vIrBSz3jvEF99dKfbh2S0XnMrEyRFRXxI6vJOUDhyphenhyphenzsCoZbKDP5aIMKVBBqqELSZR0XElrZ4jyvqQ0RbMuSDkmt6ECrO0cv6u-lob/s864/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cLxKSzCTh7pH_Qj71Ddbr7a8pCr8lDqWDsl574-vIrBSz3jvEF99dKfbh2S0XnMrEyRFRXxI6vJOUDhyphenhyphenzsCoZbKDP5aIMKVBBqqELSZR0XElrZ4jyvqQ0RbMuSDkmt6ECrO0cv6u-lob/w300-h400/3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Side note: the box on the floor has a small sculpting wheel inside and that's where the really messy paint action happened. Stuff like this:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6HbpP8joxFkLlE7CBct0ssCzXVsT861r0nuxyJWN3wmERhK7FfxefmqdaJoPA9JFZ-AyhVzeqmZiyRMYzBEvflcRoP3YCd2CmnY8la-LEYW9lWTdsUCCN9fmcFFD_3KMLHuxVi1O1Efr/s576/Amatrine+vortex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6HbpP8joxFkLlE7CBct0ssCzXVsT861r0nuxyJWN3wmERhK7FfxefmqdaJoPA9JFZ-AyhVzeqmZiyRMYzBEvflcRoP3YCd2CmnY8la-LEYW9lWTdsUCCN9fmcFFD_3KMLHuxVi1O1Efr/w400-h400/Amatrine+vortex.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>But I digress. Here are pictures my mom took on September 13th.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyVWj8ggN4g3wWZVqVEM74Cb5cal0herbzT4baNxE_TH55AlgkqoW7BlFR66DgcpStDCMZsKOGQLnkZ79ACc9EDy2jCrLjvJ0MDTdLNQmzrmlZKmaItNPdg9sHM_URB71FA9Cmq3tmgQp/s864/art+table+area.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyVWj8ggN4g3wWZVqVEM74Cb5cal0herbzT4baNxE_TH55AlgkqoW7BlFR66DgcpStDCMZsKOGQLnkZ79ACc9EDy2jCrLjvJ0MDTdLNQmzrmlZKmaItNPdg9sHM_URB71FA9Cmq3tmgQp/w400-h300/art+table+area.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh441hnJN6u6_RtY4CwfFAbNgQAVZMI_fI1lR3Jbppp7pdilxO40l4AOELJV2ZHZw27h2V7DukD2UaC1vp8TSO5i7hZGFGMXR-wV2quk0FtGnyAAyJi53NwIm_e0hM2EgOuZMDqEileA-GB/s864/living+room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh441hnJN6u6_RtY4CwfFAbNgQAVZMI_fI1lR3Jbppp7pdilxO40l4AOELJV2ZHZw27h2V7DukD2UaC1vp8TSO5i7hZGFGMXR-wV2quk0FtGnyAAyJi53NwIm_e0hM2EgOuZMDqEileA-GB/w400-h300/living+room.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUBREa58ATZ-tuhrMQtd1SMO3WcVwX7QYWwHIeMcs2LfSLTKhekrrnQhY23jw-UcgAfgpacDgiLCV2YNrBzoeeZfvwOEhQaxzCgMqTBCbOPqgAg2XKTdPqx4Wm-YouWFhbk09wP8nZbj2/s864/orange+room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUBREa58ATZ-tuhrMQtd1SMO3WcVwX7QYWwHIeMcs2LfSLTKhekrrnQhY23jw-UcgAfgpacDgiLCV2YNrBzoeeZfvwOEhQaxzCgMqTBCbOPqgAg2XKTdPqx4Wm-YouWFhbk09wP8nZbj2/w400-h300/orange+room.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFW3V1ENa1Qx-K38JOi3oVRWVJSAJNCE0Xz_IUEpQio6jwFqvhTynIvceCHF4j1r4tvxoTEnEK3VzQ1MourM0h_9sOeV9qc4_nIDa7BvXCIBnmYRABn5QQ9TgyKRZMh_8m92EMHqyTH-1/s864/all+the+balls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFW3V1ENa1Qx-K38JOi3oVRWVJSAJNCE0Xz_IUEpQio6jwFqvhTynIvceCHF4j1r4tvxoTEnEK3VzQ1MourM0h_9sOeV9qc4_nIDa7BvXCIBnmYRABn5QQ9TgyKRZMh_8m92EMHqyTH-1/w400-h300/all+the+balls.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Don't ask about all the Christmas ornaments - we can talk about that another time. Here's what my storage unit looked like on October 3rd:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzbk9ZOu2KFKYc4xwKl5w1dhz6oGkfmJfROYX_DRtYd-UxUhzc8cP4RFy4JVSGi64AZZPhd1MjsrbVdugj-Z34uHlp7rewe1T5r4PUhvXIDsj_p7kwLyUlmlnL4Dmu9JHhUUqxXuFSrTo/s2048/oct+3+storage+unit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzbk9ZOu2KFKYc4xwKl5w1dhz6oGkfmJfROYX_DRtYd-UxUhzc8cP4RFy4JVSGi64AZZPhd1MjsrbVdugj-Z34uHlp7rewe1T5r4PUhvXIDsj_p7kwLyUlmlnL4Dmu9JHhUUqxXuFSrTo/w400-h400/oct+3+storage+unit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I made one more trip so there's more junk in there now, and here are the contents of my garage:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTukUy1P_Wd7AfhyLsICn8VGbqK4ZAo4WU9wdK-WVEFpSZ2PfSgtsyZmXnMw3csTr7wKJXPe8xeyxKlMLcb5ddh3lwl4EzZIVCL4mXFr8ZUHhikodpzBsUse7HTN5ADl9t7Kg5N7tMPGji/s864/garage+pile+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTukUy1P_Wd7AfhyLsICn8VGbqK4ZAo4WU9wdK-WVEFpSZ2PfSgtsyZmXnMw3csTr7wKJXPe8xeyxKlMLcb5ddh3lwl4EzZIVCL4mXFr8ZUHhikodpzBsUse7HTN5ADl9t7Kg5N7tMPGji/s320/garage+pile+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Plus the bathtub - I took this picture after the crew pulled the clawfoot tub out for me. Quick tangent: my tub was born on May 2, 1949. Cool.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBMQQeZRjj1B772Am2xcXyZ0aQj-eyPhj2iAK2SvrEVd0dRlQiQG3C4ytbriAJvK9hE_FsklKsIjDbVR_O9MsmBlbq7dGxQxjiRM_q3OhC9iN5iGYpOwsSIX-eXWHvKYcj2Z8HUjm-yXg/s864/bottom+of+tub1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBMQQeZRjj1B772Am2xcXyZ0aQj-eyPhj2iAK2SvrEVd0dRlQiQG3C4ytbriAJvK9hE_FsklKsIjDbVR_O9MsmBlbq7dGxQxjiRM_q3OhC9iN5iGYpOwsSIX-eXWHvKYcj2Z8HUjm-yXg/w400-h225/bottom+of+tub1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38QfZ5LYNcUV-Rn6QVKI31QB-g-tVV4psFdiDPSiznscZX43aQ1S-RuAGd5RDzhg7sKhDcOtLkMnGk56yTVB5t32ngAVsOfdM5RcpJ8NTifiGGvfaMqij1LrTcGIqKb20KRUIjVBrQTXO/s864/tub+birthday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="864" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38QfZ5LYNcUV-Rn6QVKI31QB-g-tVV4psFdiDPSiznscZX43aQ1S-RuAGd5RDzhg7sKhDcOtLkMnGk56yTVB5t32ngAVsOfdM5RcpJ8NTifiGGvfaMqij1LrTcGIqKb20KRUIjVBrQTXO/w400-h276/tub+birthday.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>There you have it. I know that was a lot of awkward back and forth but hopefully you get an idea of how it all started, how it progressed, and how it ended. Emptying everything out was probably a hell of a lot easier for me than it was for the previous owners - they had a metric shit ton of stuff - but I still felt like the trouse had become one giant junk drawer, and I hate junk drawers. It's amazing how quickly things accumulate. Note to self: don't do that.</div><div><br /></div><div>We haven't caught up to present day yet (teaser: yesterday morning I woke up to no water pressure) but it's about to get exciting.</div><div><div><div><p><br /></p></div></div></div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-33489103931381047562020-11-09T22:22:00.001-05:002021-02-05T21:18:18.504-05:00House to Home, Volume 4 - First Things First<p>You could say I've been preparing for this massive remodel since the day I moved in. Almost. That was January of 2014, and I spent the first couple of months having my bathroom and kitchen rebuilt from the studs up. When the snow melted we started on outdoor projects: crappy fences, crappy little outbuildings - we tore it all down. Now here we are six years later and demo is officially going to start, but first things first - there's still a bunch of stuff that needs to move out of the way. Like the shit shed.</p><p>I went back through several years' worth of photos looking for a "before" image. No luck, so I went all the way back to the first day I came to see this property. Still no decent pictures of the front, but here's what it looked like from the side (May 2013) - this is from behind the garage, so not a view many people would see but it gives you an idea of what I started with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPS1PknBzmr2JNyYUev8LucNRsBdfpbC-_6GhENEuJzwwsocz9sK6VdjKIFRrjcECpS_mgWASBvOtu9GpWc0xgJP1pUmBEOILKgCV5aEqo2ThcowR81oLmU7pgs6LbdPmHeM-pz87kiyP/s864/May+2013+from+behind+garage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPS1PknBzmr2JNyYUev8LucNRsBdfpbC-_6GhENEuJzwwsocz9sK6VdjKIFRrjcECpS_mgWASBvOtu9GpWc0xgJP1pUmBEOILKgCV5aEqo2ThcowR81oLmU7pgs6LbdPmHeM-pz87kiyP/w400-h266/May+2013+from+behind+garage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Nice, right? The previous owners did clear out all the crap, and we pulled out the clothes drying rack, tore down the homemade storage box thing on the left that was attached to the back of the garage, and took down the fence between the garage and the shed. Again, that was in spring of 2014. A couple years later I wanted to minimize the obviousness (is that a word?) of all these white buildings so I painted everything that faced the back deck dark green, including the north side of the garage and the front of the shed. I don't have any great pictures post-paint, but this will give you an idea.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvWbte5KfG_iadInEA7iVLiPF1rMm-hQ3k3HC_L1Iu4-Uckrlek1__ERpIMI-CgQMtUgckQ-AtQD6hoLd6KcY2I1t_X5hWGIjkcxvKmFGQny9AiPsYySnEHBhgjgPfS-AdU4peWuzeUkg/s864/shit+shed+partial+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvWbte5KfG_iadInEA7iVLiPF1rMm-hQ3k3HC_L1Iu4-Uckrlek1__ERpIMI-CgQMtUgckQ-AtQD6hoLd6KcY2I1t_X5hWGIjkcxvKmFGQny9AiPsYySnEHBhgjgPfS-AdU4peWuzeUkg/w400-h300/shit+shed+partial+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I have photographed a lot of artwork hanging on the lower right half of that wall. Here's another picture from behind the garage that I think was taken in spring of 2017.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MU1C100nI5KPuExhR5S1wd3MSLhxk01PyilsQnRwZoNInz1Tg8c8SIFVyRN0yY0FDvDJHKxnVUYaw1Ml4jtf4O8dg3RgAk3pJ3_2-0o009BpzKa98OptOR3Dwb7RZ-dI_93oWg2ehwZH/s864/maybe+2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MU1C100nI5KPuExhR5S1wd3MSLhxk01PyilsQnRwZoNInz1Tg8c8SIFVyRN0yY0FDvDJHKxnVUYaw1Ml4jtf4O8dg3RgAk3pJ3_2-0o009BpzKa98OptOR3Dwb7RZ-dI_93oWg2ehwZH/w400-h225/maybe+2017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The green served its purpose but no amount of paint could disguise the crappiness of the shed, which was originally two buildings stuck together. My neighbor tore down one half about five years ago, and that's when the remaining building officially became the shit shed. I only used it as winter storage for some of my patio furniture - it was gross and musty and full of spiders. Knowing that demo was going to become a reality this year, I started taking bits of the building apart, and that's when it really began to live up to its name. This was the view from my hammock mid-June 2020:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqrhF6R5OGIGUe2zwluSPdehH0ORoMr2RS4wIX7yftxPr3lrjjo_M__Zi3awTi8ktrPicCVlXkAhBIvVwovunk6a-a2C56M3ovplQa_VVSYFTj6S1_Bb6J78Py-tYv_LZLLAKOEXvdUdD/s864/view+from+hammock+mid+June.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="696" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqrhF6R5OGIGUe2zwluSPdehH0ORoMr2RS4wIX7yftxPr3lrjjo_M__Zi3awTi8ktrPicCVlXkAhBIvVwovunk6a-a2C56M3ovplQa_VVSYFTj6S1_Bb6J78Py-tYv_LZLLAKOEXvdUdD/w323-h400/view+from+hammock+mid+June.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><p>Gross. A friend salvaged and repurposed the two window sashes but everything else is trash. Here's my progress on July 4th.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdabsosfd1LkXuWEylJuTeEhfHogstfdheYuQhWyZ02mzCBhZHGBOcSrjWWuJfjjQ2V2ngmO_apH0l0icLwVLHPemmLkOLi4STgvBVa4UGZInpBXFnIoqwR_Rs8DKzEWsq8GIl5b88168M/s864/shit+shed+july+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="864" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdabsosfd1LkXuWEylJuTeEhfHogstfdheYuQhWyZ02mzCBhZHGBOcSrjWWuJfjjQ2V2ngmO_apH0l0icLwVLHPemmLkOLi4STgvBVa4UGZInpBXFnIoqwR_Rs8DKzEWsq8GIl5b88168M/w400-h274/shit+shed+july+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Still gross. My mom came up on the 11th and although she doubted our ability, we turned that thing into a pile of rubble before the dumpster arrived on the 15th.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ojMtLNJXDv2cuAdn30GlG1gqeSKW-2zqTrzb-rUPN7eLVerEi2HAsnrCZyXSwPDKP3gjX1b8KSmoO2LkLmDfMArmg2QAtTVLlQj-SIVISj1uVHvVLaGwHR3Q2wdW8AN0rwkqAVn5-xlO/s864/shit+shed+july+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="864" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ojMtLNJXDv2cuAdn30GlG1gqeSKW-2zqTrzb-rUPN7eLVerEi2HAsnrCZyXSwPDKP3gjX1b8KSmoO2LkLmDfMArmg2QAtTVLlQj-SIVISj1uVHvVLaGwHR3Q2wdW8AN0rwkqAVn5-xlO/w400-h245/shit+shed+july+12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ffdsa7fLTJ8i6JE1K15nyjgzijOzEK0tDcrvenwsitVfPk7q0ioz1m9ypgf2v-pGV6VEyci2rTFnnsZukIen0hjpF2IEHibsaS9iWiooPffDKcqWILN64wprTiwZ9sLZH-Jt4gCUV9Zt/s864/shit+shed+july+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ffdsa7fLTJ8i6JE1K15nyjgzijOzEK0tDcrvenwsitVfPk7q0ioz1m9ypgf2v-pGV6VEyci2rTFnnsZukIen0hjpF2IEHibsaS9iWiooPffDKcqWILN64wprTiwZ9sLZH-Jt4gCUV9Zt/w400-h225/shit+shed+july+13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Adios, shit shed. All that remained was an 8' x 12' dance floor.</div><div><br /></div><div>Something else in the "first things first" category was the relocation of a LOT of perennials. I transplanted a bunch of these from in front of the house but won't know if it worked until next spring.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QzhWM8Lm95lt-xze825izgljfYtzbmgw55FbtUVoEhXQjNqZr5kHrgEKbSP-JhX2ztIXHjIjjasdhz5xPhwB85Kw2AQdL3ZpnEJWU6vWDzXvdoCXqwjmhv50xquPPvgn4Q17AM3dTYLL/s864/pink+flowers+in+front+of+trailer+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QzhWM8Lm95lt-xze825izgljfYtzbmgw55FbtUVoEhXQjNqZr5kHrgEKbSP-JhX2ztIXHjIjjasdhz5xPhwB85Kw2AQdL3ZpnEJWU6vWDzXvdoCXqwjmhv50xquPPvgn4Q17AM3dTYLL/w300-h400/pink+flowers+in+front+of+trailer+small.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>A nice couple came and dug out my strawberry dogwood tree hoping to give it a new life. Fingers crossed it is successful. All the rudbeckia along the driveway had to be sacrificed, which is a shame because it was so pretty when in bloom. Here are some before pictures from last summer:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnq4dSFOSUYJuqew9Nn33iMekvolSjMIQW7iYvWjgzz9hVlIgSy82N4gPHm7CY3ifltZSZoblpXD1a80c8-dpE0d_hIoCzf3GlHxPGQYh4WAzmSoMbiPih4cgvrrYt7BkJZKGu-CdsIWG/s864/strawberry+dogwood+maybe+last+year.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnq4dSFOSUYJuqew9Nn33iMekvolSjMIQW7iYvWjgzz9hVlIgSy82N4gPHm7CY3ifltZSZoblpXD1a80c8-dpE0d_hIoCzf3GlHxPGQYh4WAzmSoMbiPih4cgvrrYt7BkJZKGu-CdsIWG/w300-h400/strawberry+dogwood+maybe+last+year.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUahEKzyX_AFXYtAIDkv6cYWm55yhpVCmgEaQ8iDkPsCnpoZZCzrAQWZ02GGNB8kBEMRc2Y6rHDR2FxaoOspv0RKb9e12dwl5cuxlD26FNwWyToShHwfAX-KhGDBknUQvS6I4ny2CB8N0C/s864/along+driveway+last+summer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUahEKzyX_AFXYtAIDkv6cYWm55yhpVCmgEaQ8iDkPsCnpoZZCzrAQWZ02GGNB8kBEMRc2Y6rHDR2FxaoOspv0RKb9e12dwl5cuxlD26FNwWyToShHwfAX-KhGDBknUQvS6I4ny2CB8N0C/w400-h225/along+driveway+last+summer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And here is the after, on September 20th:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5GdwQDb7reQ7ci7UBGOwKXMmMQOh_BLKWvFpNhfhyDQZ_g6C5MqQbbiXWWbfFcbsdeMmrMChQ-2OOTo9RT-TpLq898idiQ5r0fa516478E0l48jq1JPDa1PO6Vc36q5kOLqnNSPu4Guy/s864/dogwood+gone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="580" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5GdwQDb7reQ7ci7UBGOwKXMmMQOh_BLKWvFpNhfhyDQZ_g6C5MqQbbiXWWbfFcbsdeMmrMChQ-2OOTo9RT-TpLq898idiQ5r0fa516478E0l48jq1JPDa1PO6Vc36q5kOLqnNSPu4Guy/w269-h400/dogwood+gone.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NNUwZpJGuMlOICylWCew3fdSlFsLJorSU9ba4JyaoTBh5gSIdHo0hAiOXWlu7FdpE-r0H4-8gPEyJP8ziZOsyLihCLtjbvwFpz53Hb6XHh9z1Os76iU3REGaaJ2_cn87d0emO1TKhLec/s864/sept+20+after+dogwood+gone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NNUwZpJGuMlOICylWCew3fdSlFsLJorSU9ba4JyaoTBh5gSIdHo0hAiOXWlu7FdpE-r0H4-8gPEyJP8ziZOsyLihCLtjbvwFpz53Hb6XHh9z1Os76iU3REGaaJ2_cn87d0emO1TKhLec/w225-h400/sept+20+after+dogwood+gone.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRM6LDvQiy8vKT9_vNVSonDmiSNvgfqgKOg6CCCJ5avcyoOeWGVdzZyTuLE0no8zc-_dVHS1Q4X69e6y6OXktW2p_ZeWovG5Smvc3FlIx7GhbEA0XaEpDuGJ9C7WuBYAvXpHqMcMZJUAk_/s864/sept+20+after+dogwood+gone2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRM6LDvQiy8vKT9_vNVSonDmiSNvgfqgKOg6CCCJ5avcyoOeWGVdzZyTuLE0no8zc-_dVHS1Q4X69e6y6OXktW2p_ZeWovG5Smvc3FlIx7GhbEA0XaEpDuGJ9C7WuBYAvXpHqMcMZJUAk_/w400-h225/sept+20+after+dogwood+gone2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The spot that had me questioning my life choices was all along the north side of the garage. It was FULL of hostas, day lilies, astilbe and ferns - a regular jungle. Roxie loved it there.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqXQc5YQpGNuNEszJOY6xovbQiUe3NnJDF8Ayhu_7qFrtcL6LNkLfZ6-fftdfj8ZUL8s6zSoLUFmd5R4qrPz7_NS-oCVrv69Tfvtr0ADCpnOty2j6O6TuHj71rdfmEripAxqCDsfR3b31/s864/next+to+garage+may+28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="547" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqXQc5YQpGNuNEszJOY6xovbQiUe3NnJDF8Ayhu_7qFrtcL6LNkLfZ6-fftdfj8ZUL8s6zSoLUFmd5R4qrPz7_NS-oCVrv69Tfvtr0ADCpnOty2j6O6TuHj71rdfmEripAxqCDsfR3b31/w254-h400/next+to+garage+may+28.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39QVIsnG7WdfizDoF-3T9PXFswRMYIoAoylNQKz8iwnSSCpcYR8vRjyJJHV4-2kQFBLUsW3TGRb8AZGXHctHloeTS8AkunAYlcBBJY4eyWPorUkHCaPfOGMz9aFyAEgi8E1Fb2bEnuk4W/s864/June+28+2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39QVIsnG7WdfizDoF-3T9PXFswRMYIoAoylNQKz8iwnSSCpcYR8vRjyJJHV4-2kQFBLUsW3TGRb8AZGXHctHloeTS8AkunAYlcBBJY4eyWPorUkHCaPfOGMz9aFyAEgi8E1Fb2bEnuk4W/w400-h300/June+28+2019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57-3WFDjXs3C2OW6_0Ex0etGW4weRO8rVtUnFB4M6sisUrA1k1W8zg1BxmdC__sqamaO1y-5bpNpT8FykWLQRP99DF5_YAVk4qAG-Z0cSwSV4o7zb4DFRzALzlcFcs5oULBTdXAM5Oyzv/s864/June+9+2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57-3WFDjXs3C2OW6_0Ex0etGW4weRO8rVtUnFB4M6sisUrA1k1W8zg1BxmdC__sqamaO1y-5bpNpT8FykWLQRP99DF5_YAVk4qAG-Z0cSwSV4o7zb4DFRzALzlcFcs5oULBTdXAM5Oyzv/w400-h300/June+9+2019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I decided to make a temporary flower bed for everything that needed to be moved but after days of digging and hauling a couple hundred pounds of rocks, that temporary bed is going to be permanent. Here's how it looked on August 1st, about half way done:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXSPFd0w3_GBbv7jAjJrwPNGrlWXHrku5ITGMP_xd3gNOZhm73DHT1PLC_I5kZZSFbVVrqz_V2XCGb1oW54dyxSZ6s3ob36wsU7M16xhEHupQXeMErT_J-He5DBkq0xtULU7lbFrnNfvo/s864/August+1st+new+hosta+bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="864" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXSPFd0w3_GBbv7jAjJrwPNGrlWXHrku5ITGMP_xd3gNOZhm73DHT1PLC_I5kZZSFbVVrqz_V2XCGb1oW54dyxSZ6s3ob36wsU7M16xhEHupQXeMErT_J-He5DBkq0xtULU7lbFrnNfvo/w400-h183/August+1st+new+hosta+bed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And this is how the side of my garage ended up:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJRLCk6aXi357F6IJ1bKqd_5rYvUhSoTTQUuamG04uDROWyKqGxDoWtPlUrEtnleOPR_a7kOGWTJnNxKGxy4UIuO3YJHj0Grzdlemv-tpQ-i9zo0aPLnGbymn2NXzrq4M-jThkw49BX5h/s864/next+to+garage+dug+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="579" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJRLCk6aXi357F6IJ1bKqd_5rYvUhSoTTQUuamG04uDROWyKqGxDoWtPlUrEtnleOPR_a7kOGWTJnNxKGxy4UIuO3YJHj0Grzdlemv-tpQ-i9zo0aPLnGbymn2NXzrq4M-jThkw49BX5h/w268-h400/next+to+garage+dug+up.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div><p>Speaking of the garage, I am VERY VERY VERY happy to see that thing go. Another pile of junk. It got so bad that in early August some part of the track broke and the door wouldn't roll up. But I needed to get in the garage, mostly because my lawn mower was in there. Let me tell you, the reciprocating saw I bought this year has been worth its weight in gold. Pretty yellow Dewalt gold. I removed two windows and cut myself a new door. Boom.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIuqYIK86DOTdM6VQD68RyBx4tQvgha_N83z8McY_CrDYp1YIs4hC6Gvio3ZHJ1NEnjKUT3kotNy-lZjgDBQqyoWPe6YRzvmFAKzaWas_hdbR8c1VDn2eXCcgbvwLlsdzke7flUguCaeg/s864/garage+door+august+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIuqYIK86DOTdM6VQD68RyBx4tQvgha_N83z8McY_CrDYp1YIs4hC6Gvio3ZHJ1NEnjKUT3kotNy-lZjgDBQqyoWPe6YRzvmFAKzaWas_hdbR8c1VDn2eXCcgbvwLlsdzke7flUguCaeg/w400-h225/garage+door+august+9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The same people who dug out my dogwood tree wanted to recycle the metal roof and a bunch of rafters from the garage. They came over a few times on salvage missions; this is what the garage looked like on October 10th, about a week before serious demo began:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OJcMfqlkL6hBnLFCvTlU58l3AbvRoWgsxX1JKHsOT_qJDEXoraMB4V7MMwj3gh26W6ii0a9cS4lwbFnHtRMVHCL263KcsF-mYO5cMz8A5VLp9QNOYlfcQybaYpOiLJjNp6NEaw1PhZ9b/s864/oct+10+garage+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OJcMfqlkL6hBnLFCvTlU58l3AbvRoWgsxX1JKHsOT_qJDEXoraMB4V7MMwj3gh26W6ii0a9cS4lwbFnHtRMVHCL263KcsF-mYO5cMz8A5VLp9QNOYlfcQybaYpOiLJjNp6NEaw1PhZ9b/w400-h225/oct+10+garage+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaja7N-wKmVzQcQrqQerW52FcoN99m5zQAtRKeRtg38N4ixWYuCWhCUTTt30f8P0w8ceuvrv0avils5p0TXaFzA_4f17wj5bGPu2-ubgVchvUkIn_mou3WwSJ3KJHY_BU4VY_Rk4X_q-SX/s864/oct+10+garage+back+corner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaja7N-wKmVzQcQrqQerW52FcoN99m5zQAtRKeRtg38N4ixWYuCWhCUTTt30f8P0w8ceuvrv0avils5p0TXaFzA_4f17wj5bGPu2-ubgVchvUkIn_mou3WwSJ3KJHY_BU4VY_Rk4X_q-SX/w400-h225/oct+10+garage+back+corner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4pr8eHfg3c9qavwEI_y0iMID8eB5OW0Wkd6o0VqwsyZfc3IoB3lj_cG5BGtdbRfDVQ82hU6zz480T8cl7F5LuDnSxuBLWw9goZIX5hJIkWJW1fEcgMA4-Kzs01HjT47XdGsMP7PSdntd/s864/oct+10+garage+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="864" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4pr8eHfg3c9qavwEI_y0iMID8eB5OW0Wkd6o0VqwsyZfc3IoB3lj_cG5BGtdbRfDVQ82hU6zz480T8cl7F5LuDnSxuBLWw9goZIX5hJIkWJW1fEcgMA4-Kzs01HjT47XdGsMP7PSdntd/w400-h225/oct+10+garage+back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>And that wraps up all the exterior prep work. Next we will take a look inside.</p><p><br /></p></div></div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-9811375181576662502020-11-01T16:19:00.001-05:002021-02-05T21:18:05.451-05:00House to Home, Volume 3 - Welcome to the Trouse<p style="text-align: left;">Trouse: Urban Dictionary defines trouse as "a term utilized in the real estate appraisal industry to describe a trailer which has been added onto and may or may not resemble a site built home." Trailer + House = Trouse. Welcome to Vermont.</p><p style="text-align: left;">My house is a combo platter of a trouse and a stick-built house, stuck together like a wonky duplex. The trouse was torn down last week but here are some pictures I took on October 10th for posterity. They start with the back of the house, which faces east, and go counter-clockwise.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYSHewj9ih3PvH2nyNwoUcAoQ1xdU5gUIu1VQCwRYgNZT7hKw5t0eimTbAT9TAdJlj-Qiqzv7LTbGz0DtXuFvoMnhUEydpvCjLZTb6j5_tLQIJyLw7setp1tJS79hMLGruI8sVgyz3hGv/s1296/back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYSHewj9ih3PvH2nyNwoUcAoQ1xdU5gUIu1VQCwRYgNZT7hKw5t0eimTbAT9TAdJlj-Qiqzv7LTbGz0DtXuFvoMnhUEydpvCjLZTb6j5_tLQIJyLw7setp1tJS79hMLGruI8sVgyz3hGv/w400-h225/back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">In the first picture you can see a black door resting against the back of the house. If you look past the blue chairs you can see what looks like a hole - that's where the door was and there was a REALLY old kerosene tank in there that fed the trailer furnace. My mom and I removed the door and used a reciprocating saw to cut the opening bigger so the fuel company could get in there to pump out and remove the tank. When the trailer was just a trailer the tank was outside. Trousification (I just made up that word) put the tank under cover and behind a door.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Fun fact: the guy who came to pump the tank discovered a screw in the bottom of it. He figures there must have been a pin hole in the tank so someone (Yankee ingenuity?) stuck a screw in it and siliconed the crap out of it to plug the hole. He said he's heard of it being done but never seen it, then he took a picture.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1zr76BlnRxAHe40LeOsHQfrIuRyyaKmINdfq94MtH8YypHlLn_zccAKqsZ2u-ZEZGS_Cwu63cQ4srCByBH9e0lAg0T8uq-auNoiX39Z2gKVB29O_oOUPqLzs82Ix4X38o6UBvwwKsXSr/s1296/from+thinking+chair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="813" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1zr76BlnRxAHe40LeOsHQfrIuRyyaKmINdfq94MtH8YypHlLn_zccAKqsZ2u-ZEZGS_Cwu63cQ4srCByBH9e0lAg0T8uq-auNoiX39Z2gKVB29O_oOUPqLzs82Ix4X38o6UBvwwKsXSr/w251-h400/from+thinking+chair.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>This one is taken from my thinking chair. I have a little fire pit and two chairs over in the back corner - my thinking chair and one extra for a thinking guest. The part of the house shown here is the stick-built part which dates to about the mid-1980s. That's a non-functioning chimney which I would like to have removed in Part Two of house renovations which is several years out. There was another kerosene tank outside here between those two back windows. It had a makeshift roof which almost blocked part of the dining room window. Not attractive at all. It looks so much better with that tank gone.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDmyGns5jm_tGWR1nbscAM0a-ofL1p2iLT0dswddEaFPwWId8vYh25_lgWQlQ9xikBlz5nSfJhWQHdrvGOpkK_PUx1GHuPIM6qDzqgcBfFNG-E74wmQW28Ps5OaK7r4Oz8LamVfhHfB1G/s1296/north+facing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDmyGns5jm_tGWR1nbscAM0a-ofL1p2iLT0dswddEaFPwWId8vYh25_lgWQlQ9xikBlz5nSfJhWQHdrvGOpkK_PUx1GHuPIM6qDzqgcBfFNG-E74wmQW28Ps5OaK7r4Oz8LamVfhHfB1G/w400-h225/north+facing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>This next one is the north side of the house. Yes, it totally needs a little stoop which may or may not happen with this reno. Usually I care a little more about cleaning the pollen or mildew or algae or whatever it is off the bottom of the siding but all that vinyl is coming off so I let it go. You will notice from this angle the abomination that is the trouse-to-house attachment. It's crazy.<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvz4GDlZgF4ADDn6F3bvYkbWr7QcjOOygtV4z1hkXfkQdlnHJxyiUCwhZI_NdZc6g5oRmnLrENNLCdkIh96PEkYfIj3RXJTWK5_6Ds7ek46k_6Tjdx6r7sfzXABx7rE5DX0Yd-DlKSmXL/s1296/north+west+corner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvz4GDlZgF4ADDn6F3bvYkbWr7QcjOOygtV4z1hkXfkQdlnHJxyiUCwhZI_NdZc6g5oRmnLrENNLCdkIh96PEkYfIj3RXJTWK5_6Ds7ek46k_6Tjdx6r7sfzXABx7rE5DX0Yd-DlKSmXL/w400-h225/north+west+corner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>I like to say the trouse was built from lattice and windows. And I'm not joking. The place where some siding is missing on the house is where the roof of a storage lean-to was attached. We demoed the barnwood walls of the storage space probably six years ago and my mom meticulously salvaged all the boards because I thought they were cool. I've been storing them in my garage and they will be repurposed in the new build. The roof and support posts came down a couple of years ago. Another fun fact: whenever snow slid off the metal roof and landed on the lean-to metal roof, which it did a LOT because welcome to Vermont, the whole house shook like crazy. Marginally scary. Actually, not gonna lie, majorly scary.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_okzIIQp35DtwMh680xq65Zsl8seXbjTXfjnAWh0vgjpcFjgLEl6J3maSTH34D04WmwSFBwu2NgY8i-ZgOXoWj8SoMUEgiW8nj1zVygZgjef9TdBqylcECj3udn1c98NC9UMhWSfjyBsa/s1296/front+left.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_okzIIQp35DtwMh680xq65Zsl8seXbjTXfjnAWh0vgjpcFjgLEl6J3maSTH34D04WmwSFBwu2NgY8i-ZgOXoWj8SoMUEgiW8nj1zVygZgjef9TdBqylcECj3udn1c98NC9UMhWSfjyBsa/w200-h113/front+left.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nzZyjwk_D9Ve2WQvGbXSrPdNky_6KZEfVN2yYAcf93a9h3ka77ufyT_qlUXHBw7tpxrEJ0v0Azuy4GSq87J_12nBj3gb6knmC2kFj8QjbJtBfq58ZoPet-8lasQHN8b08uROVBhgjq3W/s1296/front+right.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nzZyjwk_D9Ve2WQvGbXSrPdNky_6KZEfVN2yYAcf93a9h3ka77ufyT_qlUXHBw7tpxrEJ0v0Azuy4GSq87J_12nBj3gb6knmC2kFj8QjbJtBfq58ZoPet-8lasQHN8b08uROVBhgjq3W/w200-h113/front+right.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Here's the front of the trouse - it faces west. I painted the window trim a couple summers ago - everything in my house that's not nailed down is painted that turquoise color. And, apparently, some things that ARE nailed down. This was the first year I've been here that I did not plant any annuals. I was expecting the demolition to begin sometime in August so it didn't seem like a worthwhile way to spend money. Turns out demo was two months late and I got my "dirt under the fingernails" fix transplanting a crap ton of plants I wanted to save. More on that later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN6dIxM-B90O5edXr2CgNQGQKxoVYU0hTf9q4BjS7ACpV8rYC4nO8Cdu8sSOuaEb_C6213gUCcuzVAABuHfWvMhurVbbw6dbKKVX8PurMYBD3vib16TAHJcRI-SN-qYEshobz5vLjuUNl/s1296/south+west+corner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN6dIxM-B90O5edXr2CgNQGQKxoVYU0hTf9q4BjS7ACpV8rYC4nO8Cdu8sSOuaEb_C6213gUCcuzVAABuHfWvMhurVbbw6dbKKVX8PurMYBD3vib16TAHJcRI-SN-qYEshobz5vLjuUNl/w400-h225/south+west+corner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This picture is taken, obviously, from my driveway (oh hello loaner car) and you can really see the original trailer. They even left the hitch there so it would be taxed as a mobile home.</div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s5buvJXzQxTUcDJ1Hk_Hu-YCk-Eevt7z8Wdte2vdcr_DsWLV2WB5G2r2dWzzRtktvX63n3-fIqDZ7dlBXkkm12GGQj8jnS5SiRYK68qFR0Nj8SVRz0JcTFCIL7CMnkdaLtrpbMy-sPQO/s1296/south+facing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s5buvJXzQxTUcDJ1Hk_Hu-YCk-Eevt7z8Wdte2vdcr_DsWLV2WB5G2r2dWzzRtktvX63n3-fIqDZ7dlBXkkm12GGQj8jnS5SiRYK68qFR0Nj8SVRz0JcTFCIL7CMnkdaLtrpbMy-sPQO/w400-h225/south+facing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sooooo much added on to that little trailer, and all the space that looks like it could be a second story is ... nothing. Empty space. It took me until last summer to get up the nerve to look behind that white door. In fact I sent my nephew up a ladder to do it, just in case that's where all the dead bodies are stored. Or giant spiders. But it was totally empty.</div><br />I am happy to say the view from all of these angles is totally different now. A pile of rubble is SUCH an improvement and it only gets better from here.</div></div>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-72092682824770456032020-10-24T22:31:00.001-04:002020-10-24T22:31:09.993-04:00House to Home, Volume 2 - Prologue<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpKrC0IOCTcyrBB4t0RNCEKc3rkGJmRN-jJGI5YsSWa6lLWKqt6JXst9YX2R6OzLq8MiKu6Rvl4px4OLhgwYIpk0w9czDQLRBRQGIMethu4EwQnVLMqcc-wrDon0YsCe3QmuUbCvpN5L1/s864/1972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="864" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpKrC0IOCTcyrBB4t0RNCEKc3rkGJmRN-jJGI5YsSWa6lLWKqt6JXst9YX2R6OzLq8MiKu6Rvl4px4OLhgwYIpk0w9czDQLRBRQGIMethu4EwQnVLMqcc-wrDon0YsCe3QmuUbCvpN5L1/w400-h261/1972.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>When I was emptying out closets and filling boxes to get ready for demo, I found this letter. I haven't seen it in a long time but there's a reason why I found it now. This part:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>She hasn't as yet developed a self-identity of competence and worth . . . but she is so intelligent that although she doesn't consciously realize it yet, she is struggling with this very problem.</i></p><p style="text-align: left;">The date on the top of the letter? December, 1972. It was written by my pre-school teacher and 48 years later I'm still struggling with this very problem. Why is the letter timely? Because my House to Home project has been percolating for years and I'm just now convinced I deserve it. Mostly. But Christine, you may say - people remodel their houses all the time so what's the big deal? I don't know, but that little something in my self-conscious that has been telling me since I was four years old that I'm not good enough is powerful and persistent.</p><p style="text-align: left;">As a counter measure, I made myself a vision board to help manifest my home. I also made one back in Montana when I wanted to buy this house. Did it work? I don't know, but I've been living here for almost seven years so there you go. Here's my current vision board:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeRTlMyMAt7X7BUO4doCqfWtkBZjP8P9_mTMLSKwC_7MRwgfkELE9Fa8wZVbndSenKMjNmWvexz_A1xyghOdjaJfmNGlVFGlFyiimC8sx1coQlCIfNL_cNpctxZ1WhrYwTx_HHBBjYr-Y/s820/vision+board1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="661" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeRTlMyMAt7X7BUO4doCqfWtkBZjP8P9_mTMLSKwC_7MRwgfkELE9Fa8wZVbndSenKMjNmWvexz_A1xyghOdjaJfmNGlVFGlFyiimC8sx1coQlCIfNL_cNpctxZ1WhrYwTx_HHBBjYr-Y/w323-h400/vision+board1.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkm3g27yK5mcIz-jbiN312ux6upk1KkFpjrl-CzAHPB2G0IyPKxj2BvihkVfLkrM3eGk8Sto7U6Y-4WCPkKIjXzL4XAdPz5encmy1KByJpPHr7KjUp4OcPmU39eJv00tQDH1Go7uN2fBc/s864/vision+board2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="864" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkm3g27yK5mcIz-jbiN312ux6upk1KkFpjrl-CzAHPB2G0IyPKxj2BvihkVfLkrM3eGk8Sto7U6Y-4WCPkKIjXzL4XAdPz5encmy1KByJpPHr7KjUp4OcPmU39eJv00tQDH1Go7uN2fBc/w400-h191/vision+board2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV7ecS8cno39tjPw4zWwTvi2qk0Kd07A4GX8KSYtpjata01vwdb2U7EAzAXblKAtEf5QLS6ilSGvg7TzpK1wZWcxDl_SkeHR33f3Hacc7pZm2cDK70jIJVkb5dcbd62pnePOFKcXZeHHk/s720/vision+board3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="720" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV7ecS8cno39tjPw4zWwTvi2qk0Kd07A4GX8KSYtpjata01vwdb2U7EAzAXblKAtEf5QLS6ilSGvg7TzpK1wZWcxDl_SkeHR33f3Hacc7pZm2cDK70jIJVkb5dcbd62pnePOFKcXZeHHk/w400-h376/vision+board3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I'm going to say this one worked - you should see the giant hole outside where the crappy half of my house used to be.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Build it. Don't just dream it.</p>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-67389537985114142162020-10-12T21:06:00.001-04:002020-10-24T22:32:22.888-04:00House to Home, Volume 1 - It's Getting Real<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qC5aXdiB7wdUMBCQhpIdFJ4GF_an82CHXuHgC4VUKipUZOG5zwFaSgcPsKIm6mtf_VXuvswBQFzeynqrVO6qx3bUggCjPb0W23jtqCapnEbskE0UXiP_J2zlAs138SsBRRf4H0vRnmWH/s1440/thinking+chair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qC5aXdiB7wdUMBCQhpIdFJ4GF_an82CHXuHgC4VUKipUZOG5zwFaSgcPsKIm6mtf_VXuvswBQFzeynqrVO6qx3bUggCjPb0W23jtqCapnEbskE0UXiP_J2zlAs138SsBRRf4H0vRnmWH/w400-h225/thinking+chair.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>Guys. It's been a long time coming but the view from my thinking chair is about to change in a big way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqRy0jqI_dRa0lVIOtKrWUkcXX1pyXsC7T26f4symjdfhyphenhyphenU1vnUVyoY5qkFbyylR6zpbO3f1iSnumjeN7lEjsrQSb8SnbleOsPhr8Ksk-6xqAClGQPe0ip-iDlflwPmsuSshHnwUicYKZ/s1440/zoning+permit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1440" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqRy0jqI_dRa0lVIOtKrWUkcXX1pyXsC7T26f4symjdfhyphenhyphenU1vnUVyoY5qkFbyylR6zpbO3f1iSnumjeN7lEjsrQSb8SnbleOsPhr8Ksk-6xqAClGQPe0ip-iDlflwPmsuSshHnwUicYKZ/w400-h303/zoning+permit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>This is going to be one hell of a ride and I'm going to tell you all about it as we go, so buckle up. I have about a week to get you caught up to where we are now, and then it's going to get serious. I'm terrified. And super excited. But mostly terrified.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stay tuned....</p>ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-81978290152915485942020-05-08T22:09:00.000-04:002020-05-08T22:09:50.897-04:00Happy DaffsIf April showers bring May flowers, what does May snow bring? We're due for a bit of a storm tomorrow so I ran outside today to get pictures of the five variations of daffodils currently blooming. I have a bumper crop this year - twenty-one! Woo hoo!<br />
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There is a group of three of these between my house and my driveway. Remarkably, they all bloomed even though Roxie sat on them more than once.<br />
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This is another group of three right around the corner on the front of the house. I love the soft yellow center - soooo pretty.<br />
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This single volunteer is a total surprise. The yellow center is darker than the others but it's still pretty.<br />
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I wouldn't choose to plant a bunch of the stereotypical bright yellow daffodils - this one is another surprise volunteer but I've got a group of three that have bloomed almost every year I've lived here. I didn't take their picture because *someone* flattened them.<br />
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These are the only ones I planted. There were five bulbs in a mixed bag of tulips, daffs and wee tiny crocuses. Last year all five bloomed and this year they have multiplied into ten! The color is a softer, paler yellow than the bright ones.<br />
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I've never considered myself a real daffodil fan but having the color so early in the season is like a shot in the arm. My day lily flowerbed is about 25 square feet and I've decided to fill all the empty spaces with white daffodil bulbs this fall. At least a hundred of them. I can't wait to see two seasons of color in that one space.<br />
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Now we wait for all the tulips to bloom....ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-60344196968913092372020-04-18T22:47:00.000-04:002020-04-18T22:47:01.265-04:00Love Comes ThroughI had an idea one day and it was so good. Elements from past paintings came together - stripes, a template made from sketchbook paper, my super secret art tools - and the end result was exactly how I pictured it would be except better. That does not always happen for me (see experiment with brushes from earlier this year) but this one -- man. I impressed myself.<br />
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I loved this so much I did it eleven more times.<br />
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Love Comes Through, In Blue</div>
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Love Comes Through, With Grace</div>
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Love Comes Through, Darkly</div>
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Love Comes Through, With Coffee</div>
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Love Comes Through, In Waves</div>
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Love Comes Through, Always</div>
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Love Comes Through, Under the Pink Moon</div>
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Love Comes Through, With Spring Blooms</div>
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Love Comes Through, In Unexpected Ways</div>
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Love Comes Through, In Full Color</div>
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Love Comes Through, With Verve</div>
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I could paint these all day everyday and not run out of color combos. In fact, the next one is on my painting table right now.</div>
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ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-34900697313138784562020-03-21T22:56:00.000-04:002020-03-25T19:57:25.407-04:00An Uncluttered MindJane Goodall was a guest on Science Friday yesterday, and she said something that spoke to my heart:<br />
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"Louis Leakey deliberately chose me because he said he wanted somebody whose mind was uncluttered by the, in his opinion, sometimes not good scientific thinking."<br />
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The benefits of an uncluttered mind. That's exactly how I feel about my lack of formal art training - a mind uncluttered by the "rules" does not make me less of an artist, rather it allows me the freedom to explore *all the things* on my own terms. After my Jo Sonja post, my cousin emailed me and said she loves my range, to which I replied it's less a matter of having a large range and more a matter of not being afraid to try. That, to me, is the benefit of no formal training - I can try whatever and however I want without fear of doing it wrong. There is no right or wrong.<br />
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Now. That being said, I still make a lot of crappy art. HA! Remember at the end of my Jo Sonja post I said I was going to try that color palette on mixed media paper? Well, I did. Two things about this experiment were new and different for me - painting on paper and using a vertical surface. I paint flat on a table, not on an easel, and I don't currently have clear table space big enough for a 16" x 20" paper that needed to be taped down. (I had a hard enough time cutting this piece - the roll of paper is 42" across by eight yards and it is very tightly rolled.) So I taped it onto my bathroom wall. That space is Studio B, and it's where all the messy fluid art happens. Plus a lot of art storage. Here's what it looked like with my painting on the wall:<br />
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Seating for one, right there. Maybe I shouldn't have said it's the room for "messy" and "fluid" and then showed a picture of a toilet....<br />
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But I digress. This first vertical painting experience was not a total success - I probably should have used a larger palette knife to begin with, and I shouldn't have been so frenetic. Maybe then I wouldn't have ended up with a face covered in paint. It was a mess. Here's the end result (of the painting, not my face):<br />
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Obviously my paper-cutting skills are poor, and if you could see it up close you would notice my tape peeling skills are just as poor. We can't argue about whether the painting is good or bad because that's subjective (I would say it's not great and the composition is terrible) yet we also can't argue about whether it is right or wrong. To this uncluttered mind it's art, therefore it's always going to be right.ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-38220188450460352522020-03-18T23:16:00.001-04:002020-03-18T23:17:14.868-04:00PainterlyMany, many years ago we had a painting of a pear hanging in the gallery that was about three feet wide and six or seven feet high. It was glorious. Another artist poo-poohed it saying that it wasn't "painterly" because it was so much larger than life, and that always bothered me. Hogwash, I said. Hogwash. I haven't thought about the giant pear in ages but it popped into my head last week so I googled the definition of painterly. Here's a screenshot from Merriam-Webster:<br />
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And here's what Dictionary.com says:<br />
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Mmm-hmm. I don't see anything about "larger than life rendering = not painterly." But just to be on the safe side, I checked Tate.org because surely they would know.<br />
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Just as I suspected. Hogwash. (Side note, I also Googled "hogwash" because that's a weird one, and <a href="https://grammarist.com/compound-words/hogwash/" target="_blank">click here</a> if you are interested in word origins.)<br />
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So anywho, feeling a little vindicated I painted this:<br />
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Although at 18" x 24" it's not nearly as big as Genise's pear, I named it Painterly Pear as an homage. And this is what happens when you have over eager helpers:<br />
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Continuity note: the colors in the pear are the same Jo Sonja paints referenced in my last post, again with the addition of Naples yellow. And a lot more rose gold. StanLee approves.ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-17832807154915659842020-03-14T22:37:00.000-04:002020-03-14T22:37:07.069-04:00Jo SonjaRemember that striped painting I did with Jo Sonja acrylics? I originally bought about five colors in January of last year and here's the first thing I painted with them, which I posted on Instagram a couple of weeks later:<br />
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I have no idea how this happened, but I love love love it. Mixed in with the Jo Sonja paints there is also a Naples yellow, a green gold and something like a red iron oxide. The background had a real vintage feel so I added a few other colors that worked with that vibe. It reminds me of something my great-aunt Peg painted back in the '60s. Those iridescent green bits at the bottom look out of place in the picture, but in real life they work.<br />
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At 16" x 12" this is a big piece for me so I painted it three smaller friends. The first is only 5" x 7":<br />
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The next is 10" x 8":<br />
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And the third is 8" x 8":<br />
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That last picture is particularly bad, but you get the idea. After all was said and done, I like the first, largest one best - maybe because it was the first and it surprised the hell out of me. But the last one has the best vintage feel - it almost looks like fabric. There's something about those transparent colors on top of the grey-green. The first three paintings are on canvas panels and the fourth is stretched canvas, but I just got a roll of mixed media paper and I think I will try this color palette again to see if it looks any different on paper. I shall report back with my results.ckvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363160151969851161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621428914626303182.post-19384474894817844402020-03-08T21:00:00.000-04:002020-03-08T21:00:14.098-04:00Forever In My Heart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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