Neverdone

And the barn goes up

2010-04-10T04:12:34Z

I-Beam Saga

2009-11-12T02:25:13Z

Ed did some shopping for an I-Beam needed for the new barn. The beam needs to be about 21’ 7” and the beams only come 20’. He was going to have to buy 2 beams & have them welded together & then cut off the excess. This process was going to cost us about $700. Earlier this year Ed had gone up into the attic of the yellow barn (Setting up a place for the cats to get out of the cold) and saw an I-Beam. He went up again to double check the size, it is 23’. The yellow barn will be torn down as soon as the new barn is up and closed in. What to do with the beam. Hmm. Since we have to take it down eventually anyway, why not use it instead of spending the money.

It was nerve wracking watching him take it down, but the beam is now safely installed at its new home in the barn.

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Garden Harvest 2009

2009-10-25T03:50:12Z

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Building New Barn

2009-10-25T03:39:54Z

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Garden

2009-06-03T17:23:09Z

We (I may be using that term rather loosely as it is mostly Ed) have been working on our garden area this spring. Ed built all the raised beds and we have an honest to goodness vegetable garden. We will be putting up the deer fence this weekend and this winter Ed plans to build the pickets for the fence. It is looking great. We now have corn, zucchini, cucumber, cabbage, beans, watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkin,spaghetti squash, potatoes, tomatoe, pepper, eggplant and sunflower. In a separate area we have planted aspargus. If everything makes it thru the growing we should have some great meals.

More pictures of the front of house

2009-06-03T17:10:59Z

These are the most current pictures of the front of the house that we have.

Pictures from the Rims North of the river.

2009-04-13T15:18:37Z

It's not that Ed hasn't done anything, It's that I have not been good about posing.

2009-04-13T15:15:18Z

I have been suck a BAD Blogger. Ed has been working hard on the house for the past year, I just have not been very good about getting the pictures onto the site. I will try to do better.

For now, I will hope to get you all caught up with the progress that has been made.

Front Door under construction

2008-07-28T17:28:14Z

We had the front door built and installed waiting for the raised panels (which were in the barn that got hit with the high wind. Ed and AJ brought the panels for the bottom 3 sections into the house & Ed will complete the install sometime this week. I am designing the stained glass for the insert at the top and the side lights. Hopefully this won't take too long, We'll have to see.

Step Landings

2008-07-28T15:38:25Z

Ed just got the landing's done at the bottom of the entry steps. They look great, it is nice to have the landing instead of stepping into dirt or worse, the sticker weeds.

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And then there was WIND

2008-07-28T15:15:40Z

We had some big excitement over the weekend. There were "High Wind" warnings on Saturday night & while we were watching TV we heard something hit the house (No damage done) and went out to see a large tree limb on the ground. Heard quite a few more wind blasts but nothing else.

Then in the morning I looked out towards the barn while I was making breakfast & saw the tin roof on the old milk house was blown up. I did a double take & at first I thought the roof had been blown off the Shop. Then as I looked I realized that it wasn't just the roof, but that I was seeing the West wall leaning on the stable wall. I guess this is God's way of letting us know that we aren't suppose to leave that section of the barn when we get ready to rebuild. The original plan was to tear down the entire section to the right of the shop area and save this section & set it up as a nice wood shop. We will still plan to set up the shop, just a little sooner than we planned, and we won't be trying to work around what is already there. New construction usually is much easier.

]]> We have called the insurance & moved the door pieces that Ed was working on (they were untouched) into the house. Mom, Janet and AJ came out to check out the damage & help move stuff if needed. We have to wait on the major clean up until after the Insurance adjuster comes out.

Here are more pictures of the damage.

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Kitchen Ceiling

2008-06-20T15:54:14Z

We finally got the kitchen ceiling done. We used an imbossed wallpaper found at the Pittsburg Paint Store and paint to replicate the old tin ceilings. Turned out great. I have found some similar wallpapers at Lowes.

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Updated view of the Front

2008-05-16T18:13:51Z

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Hallway and Dining Room, Now there is Wallpaper

2008-05-16T18:09:37Z

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Main Floor hallway

2008-03-26T20:35:19Z

I'm finally back. It's not that we haven't done anything on the house since last November, It's that my home computer refuses to upload the pictures. I had to steal a few minutes & upload elsewhere.

Anyway, Ed has been working on the Raised Panel Wainscot in the main floor hallway. We now have it done. The only things left in the hallway will be the hardwood flooring and the baseboard. I was able to help a little with some of the painting.

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We bought a "Deacons Bench" for the front entry. We have looked at them for years and finally broke down.