Tag Archive | "walls"
Light and Laminate
I haven’t posted in so long because I’ve been hopping. The room is painted now! The ceiling is white, walls are beige. This new color scheme is a bit drab for me. I am usually painting walls and ceilings vibrant colors (my Dining Room is a brilliant ruby red, and the ceiling is wallpapered pink!). [...]
Continue reading...Spackle, Spackle Little Star
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The spackling of the Living Room is finally complete! The room is beginning to look like a “real” room now. I have to sand it and perhaps do a few touchups. The primer/sealer and the paint (interior flat! something you could never use on old plaster walls!) is purchased. I am very, very eager to [...]
Continue reading...Teamwork
Thursday, August 23, 2007
We’ve got all the sheetrock up in the Living Room! I am ecstatic with joy. Such speedy progress is due to my generous sister, who has been coming over with two of her kids to help us. They have been renovating their old farmhouse and know all too well the plights of an old-home renovation! [...]
Continue reading...Decided to Install Cat5 wiring
Monday, August 20, 2007
I am taking a break this afternoon. My breaks have become a little longer these days. My arms are in agony from all the heavy work! I have wimpy hands and wrists, and skinny forearms. They are begging me to stop working, but I can only give them rests between jobs. The poor limbs are [...]
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...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...Good News, Bad News
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Well, the bad news is that we aren’t going to rip apart the whole place all at once. It is just too expensive and too messy for us to handle. Doing the house piece-meal has its drawbacks, but on the good side, we can go at our own pace and avoid debt. So right now [...]
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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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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