Yesterday, Brian and I started working on an additional lumber rack for his woodshop (yeah, one’s not good enough for him). Jacob went to his babysitter’s house for a few hours so we could get some work done. We didn’t have enough time to complete the job yesterday, but we …
Jake stayed at my parent’s last night, so that gave Brian and me an opportunity to finish up our attic project. Assuming all goes well this winter, we should be done up there. Otherwise, we might need to add some more insulation. Time will tell. I’m almost looking forward to …
Since Jake was at the grandparent’s today, Brian and I spent the day working on our on-going attic project. We*** inserted baffles in order to keep the insulation off of the roof deck and to improve ventilation for the soffits we previously installed (see attic project, part 1 for details). …
Vacation is officially over. This afternoon, I finished painting the library. Can I hear an amen? While I was painting, I also had a mean marinara sauce simmering on the stove. Yum. While it was cooking, Jake remarked how delicious it smelled. Then, when it was time to eat supper, …
Today, Brian and I removed the plywood ceiling from our front porch and replaced it with vinyl soffit. Doing this provided us with two benefits: 1. ventilation for the attic 2. a maintenance-free porch ceiling (no more painting! paint is my nemesis. but, somehow I always find myself painting something…) …