Comments on: Closing in the house http://farmfolly.com/2009/12/closing-in-the-house/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=closing-in-the-house Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:03:51 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lee http://farmfolly.com/2009/12/closing-in-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-4858 lee Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:28:46 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=2996#comment-4858 Lynn - I'm not sure houses ever get done. Our house in Phoenix was done a month or two before we sold it. If it does get finished, there's always the land to work on, or a shop to build ... Benita - Yes, it's a big projects. Bigger than we planned for originally, but we have a "vision" for how things are going to be now and a general plan of attack. Despite my mother-in-law's continuing complaints, we plan to fill the attic spaces only with blown-in insulation. In three places, there will be built-in cabinets that jut out into the attic areas (the two book cases described above and a flush media cabinet), but otherwise they will be sealed off. My theory is this: low headroom areas built under the eaves require just as much work to insulate and finish for considerably less value, and accessible storage areas will be hard to get to and be filled with things we probably shouldn't keep anyway. Besides, we have plenty of outdoor storage in the barn and the to-be-rebuilt woodshed, if we need it. Lynn – I’m not sure houses ever get done. Our house in Phoenix was done a month or two before we sold it. If it does get finished, there’s always the land to work on, or a shop to build …

Benita – Yes, it’s a big projects. Bigger than we planned for originally, but we have a “vision” for how things are going to be now and a general plan of attack.

Despite my mother-in-law’s continuing complaints, we plan to fill the attic spaces only with blown-in insulation. In three places, there will be built-in cabinets that jut out into the attic areas (the two book cases described above and a flush media cabinet), but otherwise they will be sealed off. My theory is this: low headroom areas built under the eaves require just as much work to insulate and finish for considerably less value, and accessible storage areas will be hard to get to and be filled with things we probably shouldn’t keep anyway. Besides, we have plenty of outdoor storage in the barn and the to-be-rebuilt woodshed, if we need it.

]]> By: Benita http://farmfolly.com/2009/12/closing-in-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-4857 Benita Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=2996#comment-4857 Well this explains the frozen olive oil. Wow! You guys are really redoing the whole place, aren't you? I sure don't envy you the job. Are you going to make the attics usable for storage or anything? Well this explains the frozen olive oil. Wow! You guys are really redoing the whole place, aren’t you? I sure don’t envy you the job.

Are you going to make the attics usable for storage or anything?

]]> By: Lynn http://farmfolly.com/2009/12/closing-in-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-4851 Lynn Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:10:28 +0000 http://farmfolly.com/?p=2996#comment-4851 I like the idea of the backs of the bookcases that will have concealed access panels to get into the attic space - pretty neat idea! Your house will be so nice when you are done. And when you are done working on your house, you probably will not know what to do with your free time -you wont be used to not working on the house! Have a nice warm weekend! I like the idea of the backs of the bookcases that will have concealed access panels to get into the attic space – pretty neat idea! Your house will be so nice when you are done. And when you are done working on your house, you probably will not know what to do with your free time -you wont be used to not working on the house! Have a nice warm weekend!

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