Sunday, June 24, 2012

Home Stretch of Home

Putting in the Mortar Joints

Extruding Mortar Joints


Striking Mortar Joint


Working on the second story

Putting on more Brick

More Jointing

Half the front finished 


As you can see the two week clean up is going to be needed 
3/4 of the back finished

Doug slabbed bricks out for the greater part of Sunday

Finishing up on the second tier of Scaffolding 

Matching brick Corners  

Waste brick



Dusty Jeans, Bricks and Chalk Line

Checkers posing 



Chess Posing 

Bright afternoon for the windows 

Getting art hung...finally

Amber filling woodwork

Amber Hand modeling the wood filler
Well the one thing that wood filling and brick work have in common is they are both apparently slow, difficult, and boring really really boring.  That being said Amber finished the wood fill this weekend and had enough time to give roller derby a shot.  I was not so lucky and the brick continues on, and on. You might find yourself asking isn't there a light at the end of the tunnel, and I can distinctively say for the first time with certainty a resounding...Yes!  It looks like the brick will take another two on the outset three days to finish which will give Amber and I about two weeks of rest were we can clean the house and clean up the grounds for the Open House (Which will be on Saturday 6-14-2012 from 9am -5pm ).  So after three years Home is truly in the home stretch.   


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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Finish Work

Bricking The Front

Bricking The Side

Bricking the Low Side

Bricking the Back

Bookshelf with books and things on it


Lamp Installed

The Living Room Is Starting To Look Like a Living Room

Mullions Added to Half Wall

Original Grate back in action
With the open house about a month and a half out we have been trying to tie up all the tasks that have been left hanging, and get things looking presentable.  With this we finally folded because of time and it looks like we might be having a few small pieces of work contracted out so we can effectively clean, organize and get the lawn into shape before the 14th.  That being said the progress still continues some days better than others, but that is the nature of all things.  Personally it was a pretty big victory to finally put up our artwork and books on the bookcase, it really had the effect of making at least one of the rooms feel like a home and not a project space.  What I think though I am looking forward to the most is being able to hang up pictures, which is actually kind of absurd if you really think about it.  The one thing that I am looking forward to the most punches nails through fresh paint and fixed drywall...  That being said it looks like we might actually pull this thing off and have some time to enjoy life this summer.
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