Category Archives: Renovation

During the reroofing project, we had something new installed that would not have been seen on a 1930′s house. We had a Solatube installed. Originally we saw a booth for one at the Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show … Continue reading →

When we were having our roof redone we decided to redo the back porch roof line as well. This is what the original porch roof line looked like in the below picture. It’s not a very good picture of it … Continue reading →

While the roof was getting replaced the existing corbels all got destroyed in the process. Lee decided that he wanted fancier corbels then the originals so he made up his own. To get started, he built three for the dormer … Continue reading →

We got our first new window for the house. We will be doing a few windows at a time as we work on particular rooms. The next two windows we order will probably be for the two rooms upstairs and … Continue reading →

Lee started laying down the underlayment flooring in one of the upstairs bedrooms. We are using 1/2″ CDX plywood. We plan on having wood floors so we needed to use plywood instead of OSB because of its superior nail holding … Continue reading →

We picked up a vanity for the future upstairs bathroom. Since the new bathroom is going to have space constraints we were looking for something that was small. We almost went with a pedestal sink so the room would look … Continue reading →

The new roof has been finished for over a week but we had trouble finding the camera charger after moving back. We found it now, and will hopefully start posting more frequently again. We re-roofed because the existing roof was … Continue reading →

Last year we moved into the house on Sept 22nd. One year later (roughly) we’ve moved back in after the remodeling is complete (roughly). It all feels very … familiar. It’s still bare studs (although significantly stronger). It’s still cold … Continue reading →

Tonight’s accomplishment is two indoor outlets.  I haven’t done it sooner because I was concerned about it interfering with the first stage in county electrical inspections.  Ever since we moved in, there have been two extension cords dangling from our … Continue reading →

What’s been holding up the wood stove install was two things: stovepipe and hearth.  At my brother’s suggestion, we decided to forgo a pretty hearth and just temp in something that would be safe and quick.  With all the jacking … Continue reading →