Meanwhile, here on the homestead, we're in the middle of another DIY renovation project. This old house was built a long time ago, and some things seem to have been built inefficiently. I'm sure whomever built this place did the best they could with what they had, but we hope to make this place a little more energy efficient. Our front room windows were made from recycled church windows and big sheets of solid glass. None of them could open to let air circulate, the glass was dark and did not let in much light and obscured the view of the yard. The siding was old growth cedar, but it's so old that it's breaking up allover the place and has been pecked full of holes by woodpeckers so my husband has been replacing everything he can this week. New dual pane windows, new wall insulation and siding, and a fresh coat of paint. Yippee!
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| We had a 12x7' hole right in the middle of the house for a few days this week and it was 108 degrees... |
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He's getting close to finishing this project. I have been helping. I am texturing the new drywall inside the room. I hope to get it done before next week when guests arrive... my fingers are crossed.
What are you working on this week??? Please do share.
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2). Leave your entry in the Linky tools space to your Farmgirl Friday post.
3). Please include the Farmgirl Friday button ( or link back here ) in your post and remember to share this hop with all of your blogging friends!
4.) Enter up to three entries per hop!
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As always, thank you for your continued participation and welcome new friends and followers!
Great project! Looks great, thanks for hosting the Farm Girl Hop! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThe house is looking great!
ReplyDelete*wave* Hi there. This is my first time here and my first time entering in the blog hop. Loving all the links so far and meeting new people/blogs.
ReplyDeleteSo good to see how you're coming along. Your husband does beautiful work!
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