Mr. Contractor, tear down this wall
er, I guess you already did. This was a bedroom wall, with the staircase to the second floor on the other side. This was a major headache when we moved [...]
EXCLUSIVE sneak peek at the second floor
So the contractor comes in this afternoon to give me the daily update on our renovation project, and he’s telling me about the windows they’ve installed, and the chimney they’ve [...]
It’s beginning to look a lot like a second floor
Our team has been on a roll. The second floor has been boarded and Tyvek-ed; all it needs now are shingles and the roof will be complete. See those boxes [...]
Under the sea
The second floor frame is in place but the roof isn’t. So when the forecast called for rain, our contractor put giant blue tarps over the whole house. From the inside, it looks like we live underwater; from the outside, it looks like the artist Christo came by our house to do a project.
The house of the five (?) gables
Another busy construction day. How do these guys get so much work done in a single day? I guess we hired the right people for the job.
Take the A Frame
Our contractor has started putting the new second floor frame up!
New structure, or, “why tear it down if you’re just gonna build it back up?”
Demolition is officially done, and so the contractor is putting in the base of the second floor, sort of a foundation. This is more elaborate than any of us expected, [...]
The hidden side of Hidden Farm
Demolition is more or less finished, and the contractor has found some, um, interesting facets of the structure.
There’s something missing…
Yesterday our contractor took down the attic. Today he and his crew took down the rest of the second floor. Which makes our house look a whole lot different than [...]