Slow progress

Since my last post I haven't done a lot of actual work, mostly just research and continuing to collect items I'll need as the un-renovation progresses. I brought some pork pies over to Frank and Cookie, the cul-de-sac's longest residents, who have been in their house for 40 years. They raised 3 kids in their…

What Lies Beneath

Removing the carpet was only part of the job of exposing the hardwoods. As it turns out there were not one but two tack strips along all the edges. Ugh. I've slowly been prying them all up, which has taken a long time. What I've discovered after spending many hours getting up close and personal…

First Steps

I've gotten a little overwhelmed thinking about everything that I want to do and everything that I need to do. It's tough to know where to start but I've decided to get the gross stuff out of the way first as it's not nice to live in a gross home. Top of that list is:…

The New Old House

I just moved into my very own house, built in 1954. I searched a long time for a house with good bones that hadn't been totally remodeled at some point and still had a bunch of the original features. This was pretty hard where I live because we're in a tough sellers' market with very…