Maintenance – Page 21 – Blake Hill House

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Living Room – Slow, but Steady

Living & Decor, Maintenance, Respectful RenovationApril 23, 2015162Views 0Likes 6Comments

Life moves along slowly, but steadily on our living room project. Some of the tasks, such as wall repair and painting, have been moved to the end of the queue. They will require a few very long work days in order to complete. We normally have longer blocks of time on the weekends. Until…

Life in our Living Room

Living & Decor, Maintenance, Respectful RenovationApril 16, 2015109Views 0Likes 2Comments

Renovating while raising a family is no easy task. We are finding this especially true in the living room. It is not called a "living" room for nothing. We watch TV together in the evenings. The two youngest kids pretend the entire floor is lava, and they spend a great deal of time navigating the…

Guest Room – Before

Living & Decor, MaintenanceApril 6, 201589Views 0Likes 0Comments

I hope all of you who celebrate Easter had a nice holiday. We enjoyed brunch with friends and then the rest of the weekend was spent scraping wallpaper. We made it about 1/3 of the way around the living room. However, today's post is all about the guest room. I was looking through my Vimeo videos,…

Waiting for Thaw

Living & Decor, MaintenanceFebruary 25, 2015177Views 0Likes 10Comments

I was talking to a friend the other day, and I was telling her that I am having a hard time blogging lately because I am afraid that all of my posts will come across as bitter. We are cruising into the last days of February, and the temperature has not been above freezing even…

Ice Dams Part III

Exterior Projects, MaintenanceFebruary 17, 2015157Views 0Likes 4Comments

BHH continues to struggle with leaks and ice dams. We are faring pretty well on the sides of the house where the ice dams were removed. However, there has been a delay in the ice removal on the other side, and that part of BHH has gone from bad to worse. These pictures are from our…

Ice Dams Part II

Exterior Projects, MaintenanceFebruary 9, 2015264Views 0Likes 4Comments

Last week was a real blow to our wallets. On Friday, I posted about our difficulties with ice dams on our roof. In addition to that unexpected expense, our van spent the week in the shop. It was touch and go all week as we prepared to buy a new van. Ours has over 203,000…