Restoration

More doors to start restoring today: a pair of old 15 light French doors to separate the dining room (being used as Mom's bedroom) from the foyer. I found the ONE pair of doors with my dimensions and window count,...

A pause in house renovation to fabricate some dog gates. This was kind of a necessity as Mom's dog, Scooter, was chewing up the door frames in the enclosed porch. We moved my mom down to live with us, and...

Water had been seeping into the back door during rain storms, for who knows how long. It rotted out the bottom of the back door, but I repaired it by removing the damaged wood, gluing/nailing in new wood and gluing...

I finally got my beautiful piece, created by ceramic/mixed media artist, Linda Berman, (one of my favorite artists, ever!) put up in the breakfast nook today. Can you believe I bought this piece months before we bought this house? I...

:head slap!:...

It's super dark in here with the shades down and the lights off, but my son, Clayton's, room is mostly finished. No more pink flowery wallpaper and pink carpet. This looks like a room for a young man now. We...

Today's project: This bedroom was wallpapered with gak! It did cover some bad plaster, and the seams were well adhered. We stripped the paper from the rear wall which peeled pulled big gaps of old paint from the plaster. That...

Today I’m clearing the old fence line ahead of my Nephew Brian who is helping me put up my fence. Let me correct myself... I’m helping them put up my fence! I’m having to work my ass off to keep...

The old furnace is cut loose and moved to the side. It took 5 guys to move it. I’m going to disassemble and cut it into pieces to get it out of the basement. When the house was moved in...

I got the hot water heater finished in Southaven this morning. Now I’m cleaning out the basement in Coldwater. The HVAC guys are coming in the morning to install the new systems. This basement was such a mess I was...