PRIMER!

It's finally looking like something! What a difference a little primer makes.. This is the rear stairs landing...


Another view of the rear stairs landing ... facing the laundry room.


3rd bedroom with a coat of primer..


2nd bedroom with a coat of primer!


Main bath with primer!

The Hallway with primer!


Well, all that priming took 5 gallons of primer... still have a lot to go.. but what I didn't show is all the rooms are sanded vacuumed and washed down.. so it's paint paint paint time! My girls are still trying to decide what colors they want in their rooms, I have to hustle on that a bit they keep changing their minds.

Garbage work

I had a dumpster delivered.. almost filled it clearing all the construction debris that was stored in the garage/carriage house. But just look how neat it is!


Now this circle thing.. made by the Altlanta stove works co. We have no clue what it is.... do you? The only thing we can even imagine it can be used for, is hung upside down, to hang pots and utensils from... good imagination? Could be.

Other than that, little clean-up in the house, got rid of the vinyl runner in the upstairs hallway, and the sheet of linoleum in the master bedroom.. not a very productive weekend as far as construction, but for a one man job, not too bad, he worked hard.

A change in plans

Due to the on coming winter, we decided to change course on what what was being done.. but first, the windows were replaced.. after a stripping, and re glazing, and a painting, they were put back up before the weekend was over. IT's an old huge photo, but here is a before pic


Here is the before and after of the stair case to the cellar. We decided to get some insulation in the wall, so we removed the pantry cabinets that were there, which will be replaced.. to insulate, in the second half of that photo, you can see the mouse nest..on one of the beams.

This is the upper wall area.. first the pantry cabinets, then removed, and the bead board wall boards.. to the bare sheathing behind...



ANd so while it was all open, the door sill, was in need of repair also..the cellar has it's own entry door, as well as a door to the mud room. It's a little messy looking, it was all caulked up, but it all gets a coat of paint one day soon, I hope.


As long as the Van was going up.. I decided it needed to be filled a little, so I had my glider and cafe table set sent up to make a place to sit on the back porch.. I LOVE the way my glider fits there.. that was a Mother's day present for me two years ago.. I bought the plans, and my husband made it for me!


There is only one area left with out insulation, and that is the rear stairway to the second floor.. it also has bead board walls, maybe next trip that can be removed, and insulated, and replaced.. so it looks original, yet is energy efficent.

Upstairs sanding 99.9 % complete!

I'll just post these pics to show the process.. the sanding is just about finished upstairs two ceilings left to work on.. they needed touch ups. The walls need a quick washdown inorder to paint now.. omg, I can't believe it... getting there! ( All pics are clickable to be made larger)

Before Pictures

I don't really recall if I posted them here yet, but to refresh my memory, I loaded some before pictures of the house in my photo album there were just too many to list them here.

getting done slowly

Well, it seems so simple, yet everything takes time. This is the bathroom that was in working order, in order to Spackle and paint, the toilet and sink had to come out, which in itself took some time. He then remembered to cover the tub and wall surround so they could stay fairly clean.


Now, this is what used to be the fourth bedroom, which is now the new laundry room, (far right) and sitting room. ( or may be still a fourth bedroom) He took pictures, to show me he had replaced the wood work around the windows! They really look nice, it now seems more like a room. In the ceiling in the center of the room, is the pull down stairs for the attic.

This photo is just showing the detail in the wood work. It isn't fancy, but it also isn't plain.. I am real happy it was all saved, stripped and reused. ( any photos can be clicked on to make larger)

Looking outside the window, you can see my carriage house.. I tried to avoid letting the outside be shown, it's in such poor shape, it needs a lot of siding repair, and paint!



I can't wait till it's all sanded, and painted, I bought all new ceiling fans, for most of the rooms, and I have some original ceiling lights and wall sconces I have been repairing, rewiring, to reuse in certain places, I can't wait to seee them installed!

Should I keep?

Look at this Swag Lamp:

The left was before being washed, and the right is after. It's a two lamp set, they are wired together..I planned on using it in the kitchen over the pull out table I have.. I thought it would be perfect. The contractor on the other hand says trash it... but I love the colors.. if you click on it, it should be larger.