Order and Progess

The distractions of carnival season coupled with the house project left me little time to tend to the blog.  However, we now have some real signs of progress.  The house has functioning electricity, no more holes in the walls, AC (although not quite heat), and even internet service!  We don't exactly have running water right now, but that's a story for another day.

For now, let's document the progress.  Megan has focused on restoring some of the historic hardware, such as these plates on some 120 year old pocket doors, which polished up nicely:

The more dramatic progress appears upstairs.  We removed some purple carpet to reveal viable hardwoods.  As of today, those are repaired, sanded, and awaiting stain: 

However, the part of the house where I feel the change the most is in Hattie's future room.  The room has been hard work by all.  Electricians struggled to remove some particular pesky wiring, resulting in more holes than in most other rooms.  The paint and patch crew then had to deal with the aftermath.  Meanwhile, we took the laboring oar in removing window treatments and an old window air conditioning unit (which was then followed by Megan dangling precariously out of the second floor window to hack apart caulk in order to close the window for the first time in probably 40 years).  The room is really coming along.

More to come . . .