Another weekend

Well...I haven't any photos to actually share, he took pictures of the walls, after he removed all the bricks...yup..all the bricks are finally gone!

It was a hard decision of what to do this weekend, but we agreed, in order to move forward, we had to stop going back..and that meant, get rid of all the brick left in the walls..so a final clean-up can be done...and start putting back!

So..they busted their butts this weekend, and removed the remainder of brick..the dumpster is only half full..but at least I can get rid of it all.

Now hubby can start working on the plumbing..and some wall reconstruction! For the walls, he wanted to try to reuse the 2 x 4's that he removed. He can use some..but I convinced him, for the actual wall studs, he should use new. why? (you may ask)? The original 2x4's...well..let's just say, back way back then, when they made them...they weren't made...hmmm...to today's standards? I don'tknow how else to word that. The old 2 x 4's..maybe that size on one end..but they aren't at the other!

We noticed the change in sizes when we were trying to cut some to make the supports for the new walls...that size difference can be made up (or covered over) by floor moldings..but to use them for the walls...it would make it very hard to put new sheetrock up..the walls would be wavy...and inconsistent.

Some graduate larger than 4" and some decrease in size.

So anyway...another weekend..July 4th weekend, at least will be a longer one, and then a couple short weekends, then Hubby will be up there for another whole week. He is hoping to get a lot accomplished in that week. We shall see!

Not much new yet

The weekend hasn't arrived..but the cabinet was primed yesterday...it was a battle against the weather.

Since the garage is small..there wasn't much room to take the cabinet apart, and lay everything around to paint..so he first painted the smaller items, drawers/doors...etc. Then removed them to the outside on saw-horses to let them dry, while he painted the larger base of the cabinet.

Well..after getting three quarters done with the base..I heard thunder-boomers. Knowing he was making noise in the garage, both with the ventilation fan, and the sprayer...I went to inform him of the pending storm..we had a race to get the stuff back in the garage before the skies opened.

We won..just barely!

Two photos today!

We had a slow start at the house this last weekend..got some things done, but it seemed like we wouldn't get to anything! Anyway, here is the photo of the roof :




And here is a photo of the next cabinet, before priming! Complete with the hardware! Hubby and I had a small disagreement today, so to make things nice, he assembled the cabinet completely, so I could have a photo to show off.

Cabinet progress

First looks at the second cabinet. It still needs drawer fronts, and doors..but I like it! What do you think??

By the way

While Hubby was at the house, it was confirmed..we have Rhubarb growing! I personally haven't grown it before, but I have eaten it..so this was a new one for me!

Dh brought some stalks home, and asked me to make a sauce with it. SO That's what I did this morning.

Some more work...

Well, after this weekend, the roofers did show up! Actually, the roof isn't on yet, but the sheathing was repaired, renailed down..I was told there were alot of boards, with loose nails...so that was taken care of, and an underlayment was applied!

Here ia a photo of the porch roofing underlayment..



Here is a pic of the stuff on the remainder of the house:



And this one, is the side view of the house:



As I look at the house, more and more, all the rust that developed since the winter....well it made a huge mess on the siding. It slowly turned areas of the siding a beautiful "rust" color. I am hoping, with a washing..maybe a tad of a sanding, and maybe a painting..we can make it look nice again. There were only three areas that were so affected...so maybe it's salvageable.

Anyway, the Hubby, managed to repair the kitchen floor beams..he needed to pour some concrete to make a footing..and next week, he should be able to remove the supports!

I thought you may like to see

Here is a photo of Hubby's workshop...well..our garage...



Anyway, here he is very busy working on the second cabinet..this one, has two doors, and two drawers inside, for my pots! It also has a top drawer on each side..I will finally have a place for everything...I hope.