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So I didn't get the pictures up. Sorry. So sue me. My life has been a little discombobulated lately, to put it mildly.

The siding is going back up on the front of the house in preparation for getting the painting finished up on the 3 sides that show outside the fence. The posts that were supposedly holding up the front porch were actually hollow. No wonder they were leaning in! After 86 years, they were getting tired!  They've been replaced with 6 x 6 pressure treated posts that will be boxed in with new mission style posts, eventually. 

The backer board for the tile went down and the tile on the floor has started....but the tile guy was called away, so I'm on hold for today. What's down looks really good, though. And it should all be grouted and finished by the weekend.

I've started painting the chairs that I think I'm going to use in the kitchen. They each need another coat. Then there's the other two chairs that will replace them in the dining room. They will need to be painted too....

So the next pictures will be coming soon. As soon as I can catch my breath and feel caught up. At least a little. This having my house in total disarray stuff is starting to take it's toll...

More Photos

Finally Photos!

I finally got photographs downloaded from the camera last night, so here they are!

Some are self explanatory, others show the guys straightening the post in the front, and the new brackets and fascia boards. 

Update

Well, last week I found the only place in Arkansas that sells denim insulation.(Bonded Logic - Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation).....and drove 2 hours each way to go get some. It was much cheaper than it would've been to pay for the freight to get it sent to me! On the way back, with two bundles filling in the back of my car, and one on the roof, going about 40 mph...... I got back in town just in time for a heavy thunderstorm. Now my denim is in the kitchen, waiting to go between the joists of the new floor. 

Also last week, my tankless hot water heater went in, and I LOVE it! I'm getting hot water much faster than I ever did before, AND I'm not keeping 40 gallons of water hot all the time, waiting for me to need it.(Rinnai. America's Leading Tankless Water Heaters: Energy Saving, Forever Hotwater)

The same day the water heater went in, my dishwasher died. Just a coincidence. Didn't really cry over the demise....now I can get a new one!

The old hot water heater, storm windows, and washer and dryer are off to Habitat for Humanity(Habitat for Humanity - Pulaski County - Arkansas). 

The old porch is gone. There are some joists in the new part, but we have to wait for the electricity to go underground before we can put the rest in because the old electricity is in the way. They dug the hole across the yard and buried the pipe for the electricity. The cable and phone lines will be in the hole too.

When the guys were replacing the fascia boards around the house, they found out that part of the chimney was about to fall down......so down it came, all the way to the roof, and now there's plastic in it's place, waiting for the guy to come and rebuild.....but the fascia looks good!

I've been getting ready for demo in the kitchen...so my cabinets are mostly empty at this point....and no pots and pans means no cooking, indoors. Still have the use of the grill, and the microwave. What the heck, it's too hot to cook anyway, right?

I've heard that my new storm windows are in, my new windows are in, AND I just ordered my floor tiles on Thursday and they already called this morning to tell me they're already in! I guess it's better to have the materials waiting on me than to be waiting on the materials.

I've been taking pictures, but they're still in the camera, so I'll get them downloaded soon, I promise. Meanwhile, I've got a picture of my tile for you....

It Has Started!

Today I have three different crews working on the house. One starting the foundation in the back, one working on straightening one of the front columns and tuck pointing brick all around the base of the house, and the electrician starting the updating and moving of the service panel. The electricity will be underground along with the cable and phone wires, which will look so much better than having wires dangling around everywhere.

Already had one guy come out today to see what needs to be done to stop air infiltration and seal the ducts and give me a bid, and another will come later to see about the retaining wall and chimney.

It's great to see all this actually happening instead of talking and thinking and planning for so long....

There will be more pictures soon.

Paint!

More shots of the house in progress, including a coat of much needed paint!

Details

Here are some details showing how bad it was before we got started. It really was pretty bad!

Look at how badly these columns are leaning!

This was after we got started......