This week it got cold and thankfully I had the heating turned on by the Heating company! Right now we have roughly 4 inches of snow on the ground and I refuse to shovel the drivevway yet. It supposed to get up to 40 tomorrow and I'm holding out for the snow to be melted rather than removed by my sore back. Sore back because we've been busy at it again this week, getting a few steps closer to moving in.
This past week the installers of trim and molding began installing the trim for the second floor for Meredith. They got most of the master suite, the extra bedroom and Ellie's room started and in some areas even completed. The rooms are really starting to morph into rooms that actually resemble livable spaces. Although everything is still primer white and natural wood, they are now starting to show their original charm that Leslie and I first saw as we walked through together over a year ago. The craftsmanship in the details is everything in this house and some of those things are beginning to be put back together.
The master bedroom mess/A man's breakfast!
The master bath windows/Directions for drywallers
More directions...
The crew I had last Saturday (17th?) did a great job in prepping for this week's work as well as moved along the progress pretty well. They began the installation of the sub-floor in the basement, Great GPA V.R. finished staining the first floor windows and varnishing everything with a first coat. The sub-floor on the third floor also got repaired on top of the stairs where the major water damage happened before I bought the place. It was also installed in the bedroom up there so that carpet can be installed at a later time. There's really only some minor fixes left and then it's ready. The crews have really been the right size for the jobs that are at hand. It is amazing that the Lord provides what I need to get the next step, even when I'm not always sure that that will be from one week to the next.
Today I worked with a small crew that consisted of myself, good friend Todd V., and Ron V.Ron continued the work in the basement while Todd and I tried to sort through the boards of the original woodwork. That is one daunting task of figuring out what was where and how it all cam apart 11 months ago. We found 90% of what we needed and the remaining 10% will probably need to be re-cut from the wood not being installed. That's eludes to a rather large bummer we came across on Friday, none of the window trim can be re-installed because the new windows are larger than the originals. So hopefully staining new wood won't put us too far back in the schedule of painting and then moving in.
Friday's 'crew' talks it over/
The mess of trim in the dining room/BUT there IS a map ;-)
Dave cuts some trim to fit/Mike measures another piece
Don talks the details w/ Mike/There's more waiting
Their machine waits for another day/As do the hand tools
Every night I go to the house to clean and straighten and do small jobs. It really is amazing at how quickly the house is once again moving ahead. It not only is 'looking more and more like a house' but it's really starting to build the excitement of living in my home. Hopefully that home is mostly ready for Christmas ;-)
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