I have totally fallen head over heels for the ductwork and furnaces in our new house. I know it sounds crazy. If you have never lived in an old, drafty farmhouse that gets hit very strongly every time-every single time-the north wind blows, you will not understand. I am thankful that we have a home […]
Paint and Rain and Kindness
We went to sleep last night to the sound of rain! A thunderstorm moved in last evening and the rain is still hanging around this morning. I don’t know how much rain we’ve gotten so far, but after the hot and dry summer we had last year, the rain sounds so good. We haven’t had […]
New Front Door
Thanks to some help, we got the new front door put in! We are certainly learning to appreciate people who are willing to lend a hand and sacrifice their own time for someone else. Here is the old door: From the inside: New door waiting to be unloaded: New door from inside.. and from the outside.. […]
Brick
There is a walkout basement in the house we are working on. The outside wall was never finished, so my brother bricked it for us. He worked as a brick mason for nine years. Came in handy for us! Yay for brick mason brothers! The wall definitely needed finished. Dirt had blown into the corner and […]
Doorways
We have been working on doorways at the house. We took out one door in the living/dining room and closed it in. Then we decided to enlarge another doorway, so we opened it up. I really like houses that have lots of open space, so this larger opening will be nice. We have also been […]
Turquoise Blue Paint
My daughter’s father told her she could paint her room in our “new” house any color she wanted. After some deliberation she decided she wanted it to be turquoise. But, she wanted a turquoise blue, not a turquoise green. She had an American Girl book checked out of the library. The back of the book happened to be […]
If/Then
If you have a wife that is somewhat colorblind… Then you might not want to put her in charge of picking out paint samples… If she picks out a paint that she thinks is white… Then you might want to check and see if it has a blue tint to it… If she starts to […]
How Much Wood Can a WoodChuck Chuck?
We ordered a wood burning furnace to put in the basement of our new house, before we left to go to Ohio for Christmas. It came this week! Yay! We My guys, wheeled it into the basement. Yes, it was a beautiful day in southwest Kansas! Ready to go… Hardworking helper.. Made it in!! the fan…(this […]
Tearing Out Carpet
Having a house to work on certainly adds to an already busy schedule…. It is fun to see a little progress and to start working on some of the things we want to do now and “someday”…. We tore out the carpet in the living room and on the stairway…. Everyone got involved…even Sprocket… […]