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Pushing for Progress

Doesn't it seem like so much goes into getting a project to a point where someone else can see results.  It always looks so much worse before it starts to look better and that's where we are now.  Take the front porch for example.


Sadly this seems to be the only picture I have of the porch before the work on it started.

I did get a shot of the west side of the porch.

Check out those shifting bricks from the inside.

A little straightening to do here.  I wish I would have raised the camera to take in the column on this corner.  You could literally look straight through from one side to the other because the mortar was completely GONE!

The roof of the porch is now propped up and the columns have been dismantled.  Wish I had been there to see that.  I am sure they were able to just lift them off one by one.

The dismantling continues.

 We had a few sunny days up to this point and then it turned rainy, cold and overcast.



But the guys worked through the weather and in short time the porch was back together.  Obviously still much more work to do to the entry but that wont't happen until spring.


We can now see some progress on the inside as well.

One of the laundry rooms has gone from this....
to this...

to this.






















The bathrooms are moving along too.

The shower base is going in and, yes, that tile is identical to the laundry tile.


And, NO!, that's not the selected color for this room...just the water proofing.


 The kitchen looked a lot worse than this for way too long.

This is the view from kitchen looking towards the laundry and out to the hallway on the left.

This is the view from the hallway looking int the kitchen.  The wide opening to the kitchen is now trimmed out and looks so much better.

Cabinets are in, tile is down, and the counter tops are on order.

The new closet for the bedroom got off to a rough start but that's history now.

After several false starts it's moving in the right direction.

Originally there was a door between the bedroom and the dining room. That opening will be closed since the closet is now on the other side of the wall.

 
That opening is now closed but connecting the picture rail across the gap is under advisement at this time.
The beamed ceiling is getting some needed repairs 

There are 25 doors in need of hinges, doorknobs and backplates.  
As you know from a previous post, I have been working on cleaning the original hardware and painting some of it.


Much to my dismay, that job is on going.


It's a messy and time consuming job but it means a lot to me to see that it goes back into the house where it belongs.

Stay tuned for updates.  The pictures should get prettier from here on.

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