We’re back at work in the machine shed. We know that this project is not a sprint…it’s more like a marathon. One weekend we work in the machine shed, the next weekend might be inside work or even outside work. It helps to break up the overwhelmingness (I know, that’s not a word!) of working on one section of this project for too long. Coming back to work on the machine shed felt better this time around. We were definitely…
Not only do we have so much clean-up to do on the house, we also have some unusual lawn ornaments that were left on the property. Just before we got possession of the property, rumor has it that the previous owner drove one to two dozen campers off the property. So the resulting leftovers must have been what he was unable to get started. There was one Dodge camper left. This poor camper has definitely seen better days. Not only…
I can walk up to the 2nd floor of the house and see all the raccoon poop that has baked for multiple summers. That is gross! But, of course, we managed to find something that is so much worse. In the quonset sits three chest freezers and an old refrigerator. Like the rest of the house, the previous owners left us the remnants of their future dinner entrees’. Fortunately, two of the freezers were still plugged in. Those two were…
After such a stressful time with the raccoon poop and all, we took some time away from the project. It had consumed so much of our spare time. We went on our summer vacation to Table Rock Lake on a houseboat. When we returned, we were refreshed and enough time had passed that we were ready to get back to work. We did choose to ease our way back in. Instead of tackling a project inside the house, we…
It’s this particular incident that made people say “Hey Liz, you’ve got to be telling everyone about this – or at least start a blog so others will know!” 🙂 It’s only after some time has passed that I can look back and joke about it. The work we’ve been doing in my previous posts took place this summer. Although we are a bit farther in the clean-up process than what I’m posting about, I wanted to start from the…
Today we tackled some of the grossest, most cluttered rooms in the house. The junk wasn’t in a huge room, where it could be spread out. It was all packed in three smaller rooms. The room pictured below had a lot of clothes and books, an odd chair, and a box of motor oil, just to name a few things. The area in the picture below is a hallway that comes from the kitchen. It gives access to the rooms…
Welcome back friends! When I last posted, we were making our way through the breezeway. Now we are ready to tackle the main part of the house. The house itself is a big rectangle. The area we’re working in is 22′ across and 60’+ long. Only two windows were placed along a wall that is 60′ long! One is a tiny herb window, which we think would have been the kitchen window and a bay window, which we think would…
Ok, here we go! After waiting, negotiating, and waiting some more, we are going in. We decided to skip over the machine shed and head into the breezeway. We are guessing that there was some kind of business being housed in the machine shed. Lots of used oil and used oil filters. So we’ll get to the shed later. Onward! As you walk into the breezeway, there is barely a clear spot to step. Aside from all the junk, the…
In my previous post, I told you about the new project we’ve decided to tackle. There is a lot of work to be done outside but today I wanted to show you the work we’ll need to do inside. Now, don’t get me wrong, there will be a lot of demo and redesign that will need to be done. (That will be in a later post) But first…the stuff! Imagine moving your family’s belongings into an unfinished house with hopes…
Oh boy! So we weren’t planning on moving. We certainly weren’t looking for another fixer upper. But luck had me browsing the internet one night and…lo and behold…I spotted a house on 10 acres that was owned by a bank. Hmmm, could this be it? An acreage (in the perfect location) was just what we wanted! After a bit of probing by our realtor, the bank finally agreed to show it to us. Uh oh! We were in love. The…