Attic

Have you ever been in the attic of a 100 year old house??




Now you have :)

Siding is COMPLETE!!!

Well Travis and his crew finally finished up my siding and soffit on Friday and I will say that the house looks pretty amazing. It looks brand new. It has been along time since she's (the house) looked this good and she deserves every bit of the new facelift. I also got the old tree cut up. Don't worry....I plan on planting a couple new trees this spring.
So now I guess I'm doing the waiting game and waiting for my inside carpenter to show up and start. I'm not sure when that will be. SOON, I hope!! I'm going to start tearing out walls and other parts of the house that need to be replaced and maybe I'll have all of that ready for him when he comes.
Fry Company from Millerton did get my furnace installed this past week so that's another positive. I was pretty lucky and all of my duct work was still in really good shape so they just used the old and didn't have to replace anything. They are suppose to come back and run my water line and get that ready here soon too. Marvin from Agriland FS got my LP line ran and got some LP in "Frank the Tank" so the heat can be turned on when ready.
But other than that there isn't much of anything left to tell you. I'm not sure when my next update will be. It just depends on when my other carpenter gets here and gets to work. Thanks for reading and enjoy the new pictures :).

TIIIIIIMBER!!!!

We finally got that old dead tree down that was right outside my front door. Everything looks sooooo good. They say they will finish up siding tomorrow. I hope so...they've been saying that for the past week! I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving and the bloat is finally wearing off from the turkey. Remember...in a month we have to do it all over again! Later!

Almost....

Now just picture it with blue shutters.....
Everybody have a great Thanksgiving!!

Siding Update

Just thought I'd give everybody the update on the siding. The guys are about half way done. They have about 10-13 feet up the side of the house done. They are going to bring in another lift tomorrow so they can work up high. I was told that it was going to be sided by Wednesday. So keep your fingers crossed. Work has also started on installing my furnance, getting my LP line ran, and running my water line. So I guess you could say that I am finally making progress.
I took a roadtrip to Payson, Illinois on Friday to get the church pew that I had bought off Ebay. It is exactly what I wanted and looks just as cute in real life as it does in the photo. I bought it from an auction house called The Grainery. They have a HUGE shed that is full of antiques. My jaw dropped when I walked in. I could have done some serious damage if my checking account was bottomless! It is a very cool place and I highly recommend it for people who enjoy buying/looking at antiques.
Here are a couple pictures of my front porch, which is done, and the north side of the house which is half way sided.
Enjoy the pictures and everybody have a good Thanksgiving! I hope you all spend it with people you love.

Siding to Ceilings

Well siding is coming along. Slowly but surely. My back porch and around the kitchen/bathroom/mudroom is completely done. They have started on the north and south side and will keep wrapping around until they meet. I'm hoping by the end of this week it will be done but that may be stretching it alittle. We'll all keep our fingers crossed and hope for good weather and no major setbacks. I'll include a couple of pictures and show the progress.
So this leads me to my newest (most awesome) idea. Today Dad and I went to Sully to look at new(er) corn planters and we went uptown to eat lunch at the Coffee Cup Cafe. As I was sitting there eating my cheeseburger and curly fries, I happened to look up...they had old barn tin as their ceiling. I immediately fell in love with this idea and began thinking of where I could find something like it. Dad and I both put our heads together and we thought of the perfect barn and it's even ours!! So this is going to be super cool that the tin will come from a building that is owned by family. I am really excited about this plan and I'm most certain that it's going to be pretty neat when it's done. I will show you guys pictures of the tin that I will be taking off and using. Thanks again so much for reading and I'll post again this weekend with more siding pictures.

Thank you Ebay!!

Well I finally got my church pew. I found it on Ebay and luckily it is only in Illinois and it is EXACTLY what I wanted!! So guess what....ROADTRIP!!!

Holy Sh...iding!!!

Sorry it's been awhile since my last update but things have just been going really slow the past few weeks at the house. Today changed though...
Travis and his crew were working at the house last week putting up soffit and they did get most of that done. They have to bring in a 45 foot lift to get to the tallest places on the house. Just doing that little thing made it look alot better. Today they came back and got some siding up. It looks AMAZING!!! Hopefully they can get a big chunk done before the rain shows up on Friday. But what they do have done is pretty sweet. The electrician came over the weekend and put my new electrical box in and ran a new line from the overhead power line to the basement. I also had a couple guys working earlier this week sealing up cracks and repairing some old bricks in the basement. When I got to the house first thing this morning there were 6 vehicles in driveway. It was a pretty cool sight. The guys were back finishing up some stuff on the basement when they brought up the idea of me walling up the basement entry that goes outside. I thought about it for a few minutes and when ahead with the idea. Hopefully this is the right decision and so far I haven't had any objections. The outside entry is just another place for mice and cold air to come in at. It will also look better...I think.
But things are starting to change and hopefully they can change enough for me to keep updating regularly and posting new pictures.
Here are some pictures of the Travis putting up soffit with the lift, the new siding, and my walled up basement door. Enjoy....and I'm still looking for that church pew...