Tag Archive | "ceiling"
Make Your Own Tin Ceiling
This house was built in 1855, and it has seen very little renovation since then (except for a horrifying kitchen redo in 1970 and a tsunami of wall paneling from the 1960s). I like to open up the walls and ceilings, here and there, to see what’s behind. (Any excuse to ditch that lousy wall [...]
Continue reading...Rolling Right Along
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Things are really starting to roll now. Thursday, the electrical inspector said that everything looks very good, and that day I installed fiberglass batt insulation and the vapor barrier. The next day, we rented a sheetrock lift and installed the ceiling drywall. My husband did most of the work– and what a job that was! [...]
Continue reading...Half Wall, Before and After
Saturday, July 14, 2007
What a difference open space makes. I described this half wall in an earlier post. I took down the plaster, lathe, and plethora of wood pieces that made up this ugly thing that hung from the ceiling. Here’s BEFORE: Here’s AFTER: I have been wanting to remove this thing for years. It is like breathing [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
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