This is the front of our house (photo taken from the inside).
You’ll notice that there isn’t much actual “house” to be seen in this photo.
That’s because we’re finally getting around to moving the sliding-glass-door from the front of the house to the back of the house (where we have a view – which right now we can barely see). I took this photo shortly after removing the door and the surrounding plasterboard.
Here’s what it looked like a few hours later.
Also this week, we removed the (ancient and disgusting) carpet from two of the bedrooms and then sanded and sealed the hardwood floors.
Needless to say, the house has been a chaotic mess.
By (as usual) conserving energy.
I prefer to call it creative chaos. It’s fun, ain’t it? And the animals help a lot, bringing you those moments of zen.
My goodness Albert is a large bunny, I had no idea. He looks like one of my 40-lb dogs there.
Albert has been anything but zen. He loves it when we move things around, and especially when we create “bunny forts”. I think it’s been his best week ever.
Albert is only about 6lbs, but he “pools” on the floor when he’s over-heated. He’s probably a bit bigger than he should be (like the rest of the household).
Also, the wood stove is tiny.
Love that.
by which I mean, of course, not your efforts but Luna’s. 🙂
Luna supervises. Albert inspects.
the never-empty water dish.
Or is it the perpetual wading pool? Wish we had one of those.
Since our creeks are usually dry in summer, the dogs are probably glad they have a nearby lake (we share a property line with an 800-acre kids camp) for their wading pool.
With shiny wood floors.
Lovely wood floor, and great view!
It’s more of that same view that spurred the de-walling and re-walling projects.
We need to take the clapboards off the north-side of the house in order to put them on the south-side (which at the moment is covered with plywood to keep the rain and the critters in/out). After the clapboards are moved, I’ll install insulation between the new studs and cover the inside with drywall.
Once off the wall-to-be, the plywood can then cover the hole the sliding-glass-door will fill until I get that wall properly framed. The fun never ceases.
And when you’re through with that, maybe you’d like to swing by the states and replace our windows. We’ve gotten too old, too creaky, and too lazy to do it ourselves.
Since I have two sets of fused vertebrae, I suppose we’ll have to call the “creaking competition” a draw.
If we ever get back to the good ol’ U S of A, your charming abode will no doubt be high on our list.
Yes, post and beam buildings are inflexible – which is why you build floating frames for the windows. You’ll notice that our glass bricks are floating within a frame within another frame. Which is where the shims and expando-foam comes in.
Of course a large rotary sander is a necessary piece of equipment, as is every other tool you can justify buying for every house repair project.
Of course, we still have to move the bed in.
We had a light rain last night, so Luna slept inside.