Category Archives: Renovation

Drywall adventures

Drywalling at Farm Folly has officially started! I am so happy it is hard to contain myself. The second floor ceilings were finished tonight. I still need to install the final (third) layer of insulation in the walls. Hopefully by … Continue reading

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Craftsman garden shed

The garden shed is finally finished! Almost. We finished building the last shelving unit in it this past week. It’s too cold and rainy to paint, so the corbels will have to wait until next year to be painted dark … Continue reading

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Front of our 1937 farm house is finished

Three years ago when we bought our house it was seriously lacking in the curb-appeal department. After the initial “cute!” impression wore off, you quickly realized that the deck was out of level, the front window was broken, there was … Continue reading

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Last minute painting frenzy

This past May we hired out some work on our house. The original estimate was that it would take about one week to finish. Well, October rolled around and the project still wasn’t finished. Lee and I have been rather … Continue reading

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Garden shed update

The garden shed finally has all it’s shingles on. WOOHOO. Now, all we need to do is build the door and get the shed primed and painted. I think Lee’s old tractor is going to look pretty cute under it’s … Continue reading

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Building more corbels

I needed to build 7 corbels for the construction work we are having done. Three large corbels go on the front gable of the house. Four smaller corbels go on the new garden shed. The garden shed was built with … Continue reading

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House renovations at snail speed

House renovations have been going somewhat slowly over here. For about two weeks were were walking on this lovely pieces of OSB plank. I was very proud of myself for not falling through it and breaking both of my legs. … Continue reading

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Three new windows and a roof

The three windows in the front of our house were installed today. Lee is happy because he felt like our living room turned into a depressing bat cave with the OSB over the window openings. The garden shed was roofed … Continue reading

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Windows are overrated

For the last two days our house has looked like this: Don’t worry. We aren’t going to leave it like that! This front wall had foam insulation and new sheathing applied to the outside (because the front door position precludes … Continue reading

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House face lift

There was a second reason we were trying to get the little chicken fatties out of our house, besides all the racket they were making. We needed the space they were in so we could start staining and spar varnishing … Continue reading

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