the progress continues...

these are all pictures of the master bedroom with all the plaster off the walls. in two of the pictures you can see the ceiling above the entryway. you can even see where the hole is in the entryway ceiling from water damage. so far our room, josie's room, the playroom, and gavin's room are "wall-less"...and joe even found some inactive (thankfully) LARGE beehives in the walls of gavin's room! YIKES!!! we are making progress. the deconstruction/demo process is well underway. thanks again for stopping!

amber

more BEFORE pictures

ok, i still don't know how to caption the photos...i will have to ask some of my buddies with blogs:) here are a few more BEFORE pictures. the house already looks completely different inside, so i am glad we got these pictures pefore the de-construction. here goes...please feel free to leave a comment....we would LOVE to know who has stopped by! these photos include: large upstairs bathroom (with claw-foot tub), joe holding up the basement door....which is on the kitchen floor:).... the empty utility room off of the kitchen, small downstairs bathroom(full), and a picture of our entryway.

amber

lots of progress....and a cute boy with cowboy boots!

well...joe has put in a few long days at the new old place! his uncle and two other guys came to help tear down old walls, etc. what a big help! we have moved the slate removal back a month, because we are not sure exactly how soon we will be getting our new roof. the dumpster is about half full...i wonder how many of those we will fill in this construction process. i am learning a little bit more each time i post a blog entry. in case you didn't notice, there is a poll on the right side of the blog. please take a second to answer the question! now i am going to post some demo pictures. enjoy and thanks for stopping by

amber

First Full Day

Well,

I am back from the house finally. I walked into the house covered from head to toe with black dust. I was able to get the front left chimney down below the roof line. I need to get two more below the roof line before the slate company comes to rip off the slate. I also tore out Josie's Closet, some of the walls, and some of the ceiling. I now have access to the chimney in her room. I found it very difficult and I am too much a scaredy cat to get on the slate roof. The dumpster is there and the fun now begins! Amber will post some pictures tonight or tomorrow to catch everyone up.

Joe

the BEFORE pictures

i hope you all will enjoy this blog....this is my first attempt at posting a blog (amber)...joe has been at the house a lot lately....working SO hard. he called today from the house and said...we have a toilet and sink that are functional now!!!! next task=take the three chimney's out and get ready for the slate company to come take off the roof next week. i am going to start posting the before pictures. there are a lot....so i may post the pictures throughout the next couple of blog entries. thanks again for stopping by!

1st photo-playroom/office (from back corner of room)

2nd photo-one of the bedrooms upstairs (either annabelle's or ours)

3rd photo-looking into the dining room from the front family room...love the doors!

4th photo-in the front family room

5th photo- the front family room....what sold the house for me!(amber)

i am going to try to figure out how to caption the photos...this blog world is new to me!

A New Beginning

Amber and I have chosen to start a blog with the rehab of our new old house. We will try to post as often as we can. Just so that you are all caught up we are purchasing a home in Lancaster, Ohio. We have chosen this area to be closer to family both for help with our children and to help with whatever they need. We have been living in Lancaster since Novemeber 2008. We have been living with Amber's mother since moving. We finally sold our house after more than a year on the market. The house we are purchasing is in need of a great deal of work and that is why we are starting this blog. We will bring all of you up to date on our progress and our stalls during the deconstruction, construction and finishing of our new old house.