Farmhouse Renovation... Day 12

We are slowly putting the house back together now.  The dry wallers have FINALLY finished the drywall and I should be able to paint this weekend.  I have painted the girls room upstairs and ordered carpet.  We have an electrician coming this weekend to hook the house up to 200 amp service so that the HVAC installer can finish hooking up the new heating and cooling system.  My pics aren't that great because I always forget to take my camera so I end up with phone pics... oh well, at least I am remembering to even take pictures!

Girls upstairs room... aka: "hangout room" as they call it.  

Bathroom.  We had our contractors completely tear out the old floor, re-enforce all of the floor joists and install new plywood floor and subfloor so it can support the claw foot tub that I have ordered.

Kitchen.  I know it doesn't look like much, but I promos it is progress!  We have ripped out all of the plaster and lathes throughout the house and have had drywall hung.  It should be ready for paint this weekend!  

Farmhouse Renovation... Day 7

Bj took a week off of work and we dedicated it to working on the house.  We really got a lot accomplished!  BJ got the new roof and siding on the barn.  The house is gutted and the drywall crew is starting to put it back together.  We removed the old chimney, which was one major task!  I think I chucked like 100 bricks out the upstairs window.  I decided to put the 100 year old bricks to good use and build a fire pit.  I ordered my new claw foot tub and it should be here next week.

Ok, I realize that my kitchen cabinets are in the middle of the living room floor, but really... this is progress!  I actually have drywall now! 

Kitchen - When the drop ceiling and plaster was torn out, we uncovered a gravity vent.  This should help to heat the upstairs.  We also had the lighting re-ran to change the placement.

My new back porch light!  BJ hates it.

House Rehab!

We began gutting the interior of the house this week.  I have ripped out walls, flooring, cabinets, and ceilings!  One of the bedroom floors had 2 layers of carpeting and 3 layers of linoleum!  It took me 5 hours to get out of there!  The kitchen floor had the laminate that I put in 4 months ago and 3 layers of linoleum.  So far, the treasures that I have found are a 1966 "Monkees" trading card and a circa 1960 condom wrapper.

Living Room

When we removed the oh-so-lovely paneling from the walls, I found plaster and insulation... aka: 1976 newspapers. 

Kitchen

I cannot believe that paneling and drop ceilings were EVER a good idea!

Bathroom

If anyone would like this gorgeous pink tile for their home just let me know, but you better hurry, I'm sure they will be lining up to get their hands on it!

Living Room

New Do's!

Both girls decided to donate their hair to "Locks of Love."  We went to Artistic Hair in Monroe City and thanks to Chrissy Doolin, they have stylish new do's just in time for school!  They both donated 11 inches a piece.  Their dad won't be thrilled, he hates it when they cut their hair.

Barn Demolition

We have sold our house and are going to renovate the house on the 10 acres that we own.  We worked on the barn this weekend.  Since we don't really use the barn for the horses, BJ decided to rip our 4 of the 6 stalls it had and convert them to garage space.  When we ripped off the siding we discovered powder post beetles, so we had a pest control company come treat.  This weekend we will be putting new siding on and a new roof.