Bathroom Window

Here are some shots of the walls being put up. So we tore them down on Saturday and put them right back up on sunday! But the big excitement happens to be the amazing video.

So CLICK HERE to see the amazing movie!

Windows in the Attic

The first three pics are new windows. The small one is an actual new window from the Depot. It slides open. It looks beautiful from the outside. The other two windows, the picture windows are our old patio doors! Can you believe they went from crappy crappy patio doors to beautiful picture windows!! I just love them! The pic of the floor is the blown-in insulation that we are ripping out, and were filling the cinderblock with. The wall is the insulation we are putting in the attic and the boards on the wall are the floor boards sanded down. It will look real perty.

Below are the picture windows from the outside of the house...see, dont they look nice!

Attack of the Morning Glory

So my plan of distracting people from our ugly porch is working! We have become overrun! But they sure are pretty. Plus I thought it might be nice to see the front of our house, and something not torn up. Our whole house isnt a construction area...just most of it!

The Bathroom is Falling: Saturday

We have been working long and hard on the bathroom. This is what we did on Saturday:




This is the bulkhead/foundation under the bathroom expansion. The bulkhead wall is built and we are in the finishing stages of that. The Wood pieces connecting the house to the cinder block wall is the crippler and that is now complete with insulation and tarpaper, ready to be shingled.
We had to do this so we could tear down the walls and put in the bathtub, otherwise it would fall through the floor when you filled it with water...and no one wants that!



These pics are kind of hard to tell what is going on. The first and the last, I am standing in the former stor-room (where the bathroom is being expanded into) The 2 pics below are before shots. Basically I ripped out everything in the stor-room. The first and last pic, where you can see the bathroom, there was a window there. The door and door jam have been removed. Plus now you can see how pretty the bathroom is looking! Ooo...don't you just love the blue!





Here is Dave ripping out the cedar shake shingles off the wall!



This is what we finished with...a big hole in our house...again! Yup the walls were completely torn down, and you can look right into where the window was and straight into the existing bathroom. That is Ray and Dave on the platform. And yes they are working at night...the neighbors love us! So the bathroom has become a little less private than it was before, but we are hoping for walls on Sunday!

Bricking yourself in!

So, I came home yesterday to find Dave bricking himself underneath the house. I was a little odd to say the least. So was my response to pull him out? Was it to call for help? Nope...it was to grab the camera! I though...I have to get a picture of this! HA!

So here are the pics of Dave bricking himself under the house with Ray watching on the sidelines.

Work Work Work...continued

Ok...so here is one of the really big projects we have been working on! WE HAVE FRENCH DOORS! Yes, the rumors are true. The horrible, difficult to open, ugly, can't lock them, sliding glass doors are gone! Now we have these beautiful french doors that are almost done being painted!

Here is a quick reminder of what they looked like before:


Now, here are the doors, obviously in the middle of being painted pre-installation.



















And now...a hole in the side of our house! Well, we did need some ventilation! HA! Dave and Ray had a very interesting time ripping that hole in our house. Nothing is simple when your house is 113 years old.

































This a panel from the patio door they took out. We are taking these and turning them into picture windows to use in the attic. Dont worry there will be tons of pictures when that happens. But I think it is a brillant reuse of perfectly energy efficient glass!



And now....the door! Yes, we are still painting it...hence the blue tape. I will post a picture when it is totally done so you can see the beautiful final product!

Work Work Work

So we have been doing a lot! and I mean a lot! Here are some pics of what has been going on...with more to come because this only covers two of our projects!

First and definately not formost. But if I tell you about the foremost, you wont really pay attention to this one, and this one will be AMAZING, just not yet. Right now it is the start of amazing! Ok...getting with the pics:

The first pic is the outside back of the sunporch. We ripped out the window, reinstalled it, built a screen onto it (which is the part on the right) and am now repainting. The second pic is the same window on the inside, obviously in the repainting process. The window on the ground on the left is the piece that will fit in the screen area and slide back and forth. This window is now sealed and weather proof. We have the entire rest of the room to do...but at least this one is almost done!

Adventures of the Bulkhead

Hello the world!

Ok...more like hello to the five or six people who actually read this! hehehe...you could be the whole world. Anyway, shall we digress. We have made some huge progress on the house. Ray's dad finally came out with his tractor so we could rip apart our bulkhead. We had to do this in order to be able to move forward with the bathroom renovations. The part of the house sticking out without any support (you will see this in the video) is where the bathroom is being extended into. We didnt remove the support, there was none there to begin with...yeah, nice huh?! But we also have to rebuild our bulkhead. SOoooo..we are now in a position to do this. Check out the movie...and yes I mean movie! This is not just some stinking video...

Click here!

So far...

So this is a video of the work we have done so far on the bathroom. We have done a lot of work on it this weekend and I thought I would record it so you could take a looksie!

Enjoy...Click Here

Also...since I was in the videoing mood. I took a video outside of the backyard and the window I have been working on...check it out here.

And yes...I know I currently look like ass...but, I have been working on the house. What, you expect me to do my hair and make-up for that...please. I am not the kind of girl who hammers in high heels and lipstick...I get my hands dirty and usually the rest of me as well....enjoy the videos!

So far...

So this is a video of the work we have done so far on the bathroom. We have done a lot of work on it this weekend and I thought I would record it so you could take a looksie!

Enjoy...Click Here

Also...since I was in the videoing mood. I took a video outside of the backyard and the window I have been working on...check it out here.

And yes...I know I currently look like ass...but, I have been working on the house. What, you expect me to do my hair and make-up for that...please. I am not the kind of girl who hammers in high heels and lipstick...I get my hands dirty and usually the rest of me as well....enjoy the videos!

My Birthday

Thanks for all the calls and email! They were all fabulous. Well, here are the pics from last nights festivities. I warn you, these are rated R. Yes the cake is a pair of breasts! Courtosey of my friend Sheasa who turned her amazing baking skills towards something really challenging....a pair of pirky ones at 29! HA!

Dave's Birthday

Happy Birthday Dave! Well most likely we are having a Gemini Birthday Party since there are so many of us Gemini's....but I thought we could at least celebrate Dave'd b-day with a fun cake. So, I made him a pirate cake...I blame it on Disney! But is was fun...it even has little pirates!
The people with Dave are our friends: Sheasa, Lane and Dublin (the child).

Playing in the fountain

So my friend Lydia came into town this weekend for her 5 year reunion...and while she was here we decided to celebrate her return in a truly Smith way, by jumping in the fountain in the science quad. Here is the video of this momentous occasion. Click Here!