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  • hip roof
    Renovation Diary

    Framing & Porch – Day 38

    We made a lot of progress this week. We designed a “hip roof” to make the roof on the porch look more angular. We are hoping this will start to break up…

  • back of house
    Renovation Diary

    Framing – Day 37

    Today was one of the most exciting days in our renovation process yet. The walls for the first floor addition have gone up and the space is actually starting to look…

  • subfloor
    Renovation Diary

    Framing – Day 36

    Construction on the sub-floor is complete and we are finally able to walk out the back door again (since the loss of the floating stairs)! We have some sunny days ahead…

  • back of house progress
    Renovation Diary

    Framing & Porch – Day 35

    A lot of progress was made on the framing of the addition and the front porch. The floor joists are in and ready for the subfloor, the windows arrived and the…

  • day 24 overview
    Renovation Diary

    Foundation – Day 27

    Day 27 and we finally have concrete walls and cement block pillars. I know the timeline of this foundation is starting to get comical, but we are almost there! The last piece…

  • pounds of cement
    Renovation Diary

    Foundation – Day 23

    How often can you say that you purchased 32,000 pounds of cement? That is what we did on Day 23 of our renovation. They finally finished putting up the forms and…