It began with our contractor taking apart the old washroom right down to the studs. This will eventually be the new mudroom/laundry room, but right now it is just a mess. One day we will tell you all about the history of this property and house, but for now we will say that it was an old 1830's house moved to this location and joined to an existing 1950's house. This photo shows where the two join. The lath is the old house and you can see on the floor by the wall the cinder blocks of the newer house.
You can see the evidence of a fire that took the kitchen of the 1830's place before the house was moved to this location. All the beams were hand-hewn and was post and beam construction.
And we have also been working on refinishing the last of the floors, in the kitchen and upstairs in the "big room". Hubby has had help this time though, from his buddy Marc.
Conferring on strategy?!!
Needless to say, the kitchen is in the living room, the fridge is outside on the deck, the kitty litter is in the bedroom...you get it???...the house is CHAOS!
But we are in the "breaking eggs" stage, and are confident that it will all end up an "omelette"!!
The second coat on the kitchen, with the beautiful new windows!
It's getting there.
In the midst of the work, there was time for visits from friends.
The alpacas will be making their official move to their new home next weekend, if the fencing of their new pasture is completed. I am thinking that they will love it there...13 acres with real pasture land to graze on. We are having an alpaca-moving party so will definitely be snapping photos.
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