Things are moving right along in M.'s bedroom. Andy and the kids removed the wallpaper over the weekend. I did not help at all. I am becoming adept at wandering around with a broom and "looking busy" so I do not have to run the steamer or scrape the walls. It is not that I…
This week we are starting our first project of 2016. When we moved into Blake Hill House, Andy and I agreed that we should get the kids' rooms done as soon as possible. The two back bedrooms meant for our middle boys were completely unusable. During the time that we were repairing plaster and bringing…
I guess this is where I start talking about the setback we faced while working on this project. You know that winter storm you saw all over your TV screen? Yeah, that was our winter storm. Our setback has been the weather, specifically snow. I posted pictures last week, but little did I know that it would…
The plaster crack repair for our ORC for November is coming along a little slowly. I wanted to have more done by this time of the month, but life happens. Confession: I have a bad habit of thinking that I have more time than I actually do. I am good about not overestimating time when…
Andy and I got a great start on the bedroom ORC over the weekend. Do not let his self-deprecating post from last week lead you to believe that he is nothing more than a beer-drinking, couch-surfing, football-watching slacker. That is not the case. BHH could not function without him. It is true that I end…
(Teen Bedroom Day 1, Teen Bedroom Day 2)
Andy and I took about a week off from working on the teen's room. During the second day that we worked on the bedroom, we created the Frankenwall. What followed was several days of very wet weather. It felt like it would never stop raining. Due to the…