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A Day Off Today
Today is our Sabbath rest day from work. We chugged along for nine days, packing up the kitchen and dining room, setting up a temporary kitchen in the garage, and demolishing the kitchen and dining room. What a wild ride! It’s like life just STOPPED during that time. I even forgot to water my baby [...]
Continue reading...Demolition is DONE! *thud*
Monday, May 24, 2010
Our dumpster is absolutely overflowing. Overflowing is actually an understatement, lol. BUT THE DEMOLITION is DONE!!! How I have waited for this day! It took us six full days, working 6-8 hours every day. I am SO sore, lol! But I am thankful it’s done. After we demolished the kitchen, we progressed into the Dining [...]
Continue reading...DONE!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Kitchen and Laundry Room are gutted! Glory to God! Yay! This is what is was like two days ago: We worked 6 hours today with one break. I called it quits early. We are totally beat. Wow. Thank God for coffee, which is perking right now. And to the brilliant dudes who invented sheetrock? ILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOU. [...]
Continue reading...Demolition for The Kitchen Renovation of All Time, Day 3
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
We are officially halfway through the demolition. wow. I’m beat. We have a total of 2,200 square feet of plaster and lathe to remove, and we’ve removed 1,248 of it so far. Only 952 square feet more to go! Today we did a big blitz and forced ourselves to get the entire ceiling of the [...]
Continue reading...Kitchen Renovation Day 1
Monday, May 17, 2010
I can barely muster the energy to write this post, I am so exhausted! LOL. But I figured you all might be curious as to how Day 1 went in the Kitchen Renovation Of All Time. It went well. We got a lot done, and we are officially exhausted. After setting up our Temp Kitchen [...]
Continue reading...The Olfactory Sense
Friday, June 6, 2008
It’s kind of weird, how memories are associated with smells. It’s FINALLY warmed up here in Upstate New York. I think we may hit a record here, over 90 degrees F today. This old house, customarily cold even when the temperature outside is warm, is steamy and very uncomfortable today. There is a pungent smell [...]
Continue reading...Plaster Blaster
Saturday, July 21, 2007
In two days, we completely demolished the Living Room. What a dirty, tiresome job. One 15 x 17 foot room shed enough plaster to fill 10 32-gallon trash cans, with some to spare. What a mess, but well worth it. I am relieved to be rid of the junk. There IS a reason why someone [...]
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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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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