Hello again, OutStandish Readers! Chris has been hard at work getting the kitchen and upstairs bathroom, as well as the laundry room and linen closet, ready for the new flooring. He painted the rooms their assigned color, a simple cream color in most areas, except in the kitchen. The kitchen received a coat of light grey. Special Thanks to Howell's Carpet for laying the new linoleum flooring! The installer was professional, on time, clean, and dependable. Working with Howell's Carpet was one of the better experiences that we've had so far.
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Hello, OutStandish Readers! It's been another week, and work continues to progress at the Standish House. Amanda's father, Chris, is now retired and making 'Standish' his full-time job. Since he's been back, Chris has been hard at work trying to wrap up the installation of the windows. He just finished the ones in the master bedroom, and he's been working hard in the bathrooms, getting those installed as well. Amanda's grandparents,Tom & Gwen, have been making regular trips to work on the house, working on continuing to strip paint from the staircase, pocket doors and trim throughout the house. Lately, they have been having better results than we did using Multi-Strip chemical stripper on the staircase. Last week, Lowes delivered our new appliances to the house. Thanks to Black Friday sales, we bought our stove, microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator, washer, and dryer. Special Thanks to the delivery guys from Lowes that unloaded the truck, and even brought the new washer and dryer upstairs. Thanks to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore where Amanda picked up a few window weights for the house. During the installation, we've noticed that some of the windows were missing their weights.
Finally, Special Thanks to Historic City of Jefferson Architectural Salvage for letting Amanda come and look through their inventory. While there, she bought a couple more weights for the upstairs windows. Hello, Outstandish Readers! I am so sorry for not updating this in so long. We've been encountering some issues with the contractors, which held up the progress on the house. We finally decided to not wait around for them, and ended up doing some of the work priming the priority rooms ourselves, in preparation for the delivery of cabinets and appliances. Amanda's father, Chris, has spent his extended Christmas vacation working on the house. In addition, Chris is retiring next week and moving to the area, so he can continue working on the house full-time and figure out what's next for his life. We welcome Chris' help on the house and are grateful for all the long hours that he's spent working so far. This week, besides priming some of the rooms, Chris has been busy installing the upstairs windows. So far, he's gotten most of them taken care of. Last weekend, we had another family work day. While Amanda took turns between staying at home with Vivian and working at the house, we were joined by Chris, my parents, and Amanda's grandparents. Amanda worked on glazing the last window sash, which was broken, while I sanded the upstairs window frames so we could get the windows reinstalled. Chris continued on installing windows, and Amanda's grandmother prepped windows so they'd be clean and ready for him as he worked. My dad worked on various projects around the house, including patching a hole in the hallway where a vent used to be. My mom worked on cleaning up the drywall dust that the contractors left behind and did some much needed tidying. Meanwhile, Amanda's grandpa continued his work on scraping the woodwork. He has taken it upon himself to get the staircase back to its original woodwork. On Christmas Eve, our kitchen cabinets were delivered. They arrived in a series of twenty-something boxes. We've currently got them in a staging area in the dining room. This Friday, we anticipate the arrival of our new appliances, bought over Black Friday weekend. The appliances and cabinets will reside in the living and dining rooms, until the kitchen and laundry room flooring have been installed. Since purchasing the Standish House, we've noticed a lot of groundhogs in the backyard. We borrowed a live trap from my grandpa, and have begun efforts to capture them. My grandpa says Juicy Fruit gum is the best bait for a groundhog, but for our first attempt to capture one, we opted for some old fruit, kiwis and oranges, that we had lying around the kitchen. The next morning, we ended up not trapping anything. We will continue setting the trap and hopefully control the groundhog population. With the priming of the walls wrapped up, we are entering an exciting new phase of the house. Soon, rooms will begin coming together and look how we envisioned them! |