For almost a year now (since we started construction and put in the new windows and doors in the kitchen) we've had big gray areas on the walls of the house where everything was patched up. We've gotten so used to them we started to think it might look strange if they...
Smashing glass is hard work
Yesterday we posted about our recent success while working on the exterior base wall of the main house. Today we planned to plug a few holes where some of the bird housing used to be...and since we'd have plenty of mortar left over from those places, Stefan planned to...
A final day of doors…for a while anyway
I'm nearly uninspired to write about these doors and the trim but I figure at least I'm nearly done for now and perhaps writing about it will help me to forget it happened. It's not that the results are not worth it - they completely are. Although you may not be able...
Cool showers aren’t fun
We had a heater repairman come out this morning because our water heater has slowly been getting colder and colder. When we bought the house almost a year ago, the water from the tap was warm enough t make a cup of instant cappuccino. We could easily shower for 30...
Now it’s getting somewhere good
This weekend we worked ourselves hard again and managed to paint the entire chicken coop, brick out a hole in the wall leading to the outhouse and dungheap (which the dog loved to use when we first got this house and Ayla smelled just lovely after romping around in...
A new woodworking project coming up
If you read our houseblog, you probably saw that we were working on the chicken coop last weekend and made some progress is re-plastering the wall which was destroyed after years of exposure to chicken nitrates. This weekend we'll be putting in a wooden tile floor and...
Adventures in stained concrete
After reading my post about us planning to put down wood tiles in the chicken coop, my mom recommended we think about doing an acid stain on the concrete instead. Just the name alone sounds intimidating but it would likely turn out to be a must more economical option...
Mommy’s little helper
Over the past few days I've been painting the doors inside our house and Ayla decided yesterday that she needed to help. I don't think it was really her main intention but she came in the house, leaned up against a door jam, froze in place when I told her to move,...
The chicken coop gets a new wall
Some are probably wondering where we disappeared to this weekend although we usually go pretty silent over the weekends and that's usually because we're working so hard. This weekend we decided to throw ourselves back into some work and started the to convert the...
Every project has a practice project
It seems that around here there is a practice project for every one of our major renovation projects. For example, the lower wall by the front door is in dire need of new plaster. It's a major project and of course very visible to everyone entering our house so we...
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