we have been having some problems with water leaking in our living room ceiling the last several months and today was the day to start correcting those issues. as it turns out, the front of our livingroom and our foyer, used to be a front porch. the previous owners (previous before our parents 25 years ago) apparently decided to enclose the front porch, make a foyer and make the livingroom bigger for a wood burning stove. well we had taken the stove out a few years ago, the week before the october storm - go figure! but we never took out the stone platform that it was on or the brick wall that was behind it. its out now though!!
franks cousin rich and stepdad mel are doing the work on the house and todays accomplishments were:
- rip out the wall between the foyer and livingroom.
- take down the brick wall
- tear out the stone platform
there is dust everywhere!! but today was just the beginning of some pretty amazing changes. ill post pics as the weeks go on so you can see where we began and where we end up. i think you will be pretty amazed in the end. we are changing the floor plans around a little and its going to be amazing! we also will end up residing the front part of the house that is being repaired...and we're changing the color! unfortunately we can afford to reside the whole house this year, but its a start...and who cares if its a different color for a little while...a good friend once told me (bridget) "it will just be your accent wall!" and hey, who ever said the accent wall had to be on the inside of the house!
1 comment:
wow...that doesn't even look like your house! can't wait to see the finish project! :)
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