Life before 2008 10 Oct 2007 09:20 am
The Extreme Home Makeover Becomes This Old House
The pace has changed around here a bit! This makeover will not emcompass so much of the house after all and we are confronting the age of this house in many ways. It is, after all, over 110 years old, and has had many makovers in that time, some of them with very, very shoddy workmanship and materials. It’s never good taking apart anyone’s work; one always find the zits and pimples and corners they cut and thought they could hide. We’ve made a few of those ourselves and in 10 or so years, someone else may uncover what we’ve done.
So yesterday’s work:
It was all yellow…. this is the color we chose for the hallway walls:
I was wondering how we were going to get that spot….
Starting Celia’s floors:
Which made her ecstatic!
“Break Time” is a frequent refrain.
and in the rain, we got a second coat on the baseboards:
Lots of Father-Son time; Andrew using the nail gun:
David showing W how the saw works:
Today is more floor installation, floor painting, plaster re-coats, and shopping for mattresses, bedding, and quilt fabric.
on 10 Oct 2007 at 10:50 am 1.Sarah said …
I absolutely love anything related to fathers and sons working together. And Celia looks so excited about her floors. Looks like you guys are moving right along.
on 10 Oct 2007 at 12:32 pm 2.Queenofthehill said …
How beautiful!
on 10 Oct 2007 at 8:42 pm 3.mumsgather said …
What fun! Getting everyone involved makes it twice, three times, four times the fun!
on 11 Oct 2007 at 10:31 pm 4.Cathy said …
Can I hire your dad to teach my boys how to be carpenters? Or at least, how to handle a saw without needing stitches - ha!
on 12 Oct 2007 at 9:27 am 5.marsha said …
I’m just stopping by for a visit. I love the construction photos of the family. I can’t wait to get into a house of my own that I know I don’t have to move out of….8 months and counting until my husband retires from the military. Thanks for sharing you life.