Indoor Construction

We recently completed our first indoor construction project! Before we started this project, the downstairs was one large, open room. While it was nice, we thought the space would be more functional if we created two separate rooms. At the same time, we didn't want to lose the open feeling or the light , so we decided on a compromise - part wall, part french doors.

Unfortunately (as per usual), we forgot to take "before" photos before we got started so this is the best we have. In this photo, you can see the opening and the start of the frame.



In this photo (#2), you can see the new wall from the other side with the plasterboard installed.



At this point (photo #3), we had the plasterboard installed and were feeling like we were practically done (or at least I was feeling like we were practically done).



Of course, it took another couple of months to finish the painting, plastering, door hanging, trim fixing, and to give everything a good cleaning up! This is what it looks like now...

Now on to the next project!

Holiday Greetings!

Best wishes for a joyous holiday
with family and friends!

Changing Curb Appeal

About a month ago, one of our regular readers mentioned that they might not recognize the place on their next visit. It got me thinking about all of the work we have done and how different things look. So here are four photographs showing the entrance to the driveway and how it has changed over the past two years.

October 2007

June 2008

April 2009

June 2009

Garden Expansion - Part 1

We marked a rectangle. We started digging.
We found we'd drawn our rectangle around a rock.

-Dan.

Digging

We spent some time this weekend working on the Vegetable Garden Expansion project. This video/movie (I never know which term to use) shows some tractor digging in action. There's no sound and it's speeded up of course, as watching it is real-time might be a bit dull.

-Dan.