The end is in sight

These are some pictures of the backroom we have been working on since the day after we moved in. The part of the wall with the big beam exposed is going to be a bookcase that we are building today. We are using the old barn board that came out of the walls and ceiling in the room for the shelves. The beams in this room took about 3 days of sanding to get to what you see in the pictures. The one over the bookcase is really rough as it was squared off with an axe back when they build the summer kitchen. I should mention that all the floors we have refinished had to be sanded by hand as they have been done a few times before and are too thin to be done the easy way. The back room is 16 x 19 and took the two of us a long day just to sand. On the up side they come out looking awesome and really suit the old house. We have actually moved into this room now but it is doubling as tool strorage so I will post some more pics when it's actually done. We are hoping to be done pretty much all of the renovations this weekend so I should have some more pics soon.

Well The old house is finaly finished having the facelift on the outside or atleast until we can paint this summer. The Cariage house out back should be the bigest project. We are going to presurewash it to get the old paint off then spray it with paint but we will have to wait for a day with no wind so it may be a while.

This is the best pic I could get for the Stained glass we had put in the cabinet in the kitchen. It was made right here in town by a lady from England. The picture really doesn't do it justice.

Many thanks to Greg Lydon for his advice on this little expreriment. It worked awesome. I still haven't put the fabric back on it as I wanted to see if it was going to be ok. So far we have slept on it 3 nights and still nothing has gone wrong.

This is our current nightmare. We pulled up the carpet in the entryway and it left glue on every square inch of the floor and the stairs. This after only a few hours of sanding so it should be done today then onto the stairs.... good times had by all.