Liloia.com Archives: April 2007
April 15, 2007
Snakes on a farm!
Yesterday we made our weekly pilgrimage to the house to check in on the overall progress and just chill out for a little while. While we were stomping around the property (a nice little walk in and of itself) we came across this little friend, a snake in the grass if you will. The weather outside is finally starting to turn warmer and the T's and I are itching to get back outside to work on the property.
That said, it's still only hitting the upper 30's on most days and tonight we are supposed to be hit with a Noreaster leaving us with somewhere in the range of 8-12 inches of snow. Hopefully it's quite a bit less than that but we live in Vermont, so...whatever.
Lots of progress on the house this week. There are some pictures on the Flickr site, and Tara will be posting some throughout the week. Some of the items that are now done.
- Second floor completely insulated and drywall hung
- All rough plumbing completed
- Closets in bathroom, and all three bedrooms built
- Attic (almost done!)
- French doors hung in kitchen
- First floor (kitchen and living room) almost completely insulated
- New concrete steps to basement poured
- New foundation wall started
- Deck posts poured
I am sure that I am forgetting some other items, but that's probably enough for now. I have been working at home on stripping the posts for our original staircase. I should be done with the posts this week and then next weekend Tara and I will strip the old stain and dirt off of the steps themselves, as well as work on sanding the outside slats on the inner wall of the porch so that it can be painted.
April 12, 2007
Spring in Vermont
You can tell it's springtime in Vermont when the snow only reaches to your knee and you can take off the tire chains and use just the studded snow tires. It's tee-shirt weather, kids!
April 10, 2007
The door to somewhere
A few weeks ago, we had a front door that opened onto a four-foot drop into muddy grass. True, it was a door on the front of the house, and therefore became the official Front Door, but without a path to the door or a means for ascending four feet to the entrance, it was useless.
As of last week, the door is now a window. Spacing was tweaked to bring the opening symetrical with the other three windows and a matching frame and pane were brought over from another spot on the porch.
And as for the door itself, we found a home for it on the side entryway, which only had a screen and glass until now.
April 9, 2007
April 4, 2007
Only in Vermont...
...can you go out for a soft serve ice cream at an outdoor stand, while standing in a heavy snowstorm.
By the way, the electrical system is in, new doors on Monday, some drywall is going into the second floor. Lots more going on, but the pictures coming from this weekend will tell you more.
