roof, new kitchen cabinets, and annabelle's first day of kindergarten!

a lot to update on...at this point the roof should almost be completed. the last time we went over there, at least 3/4 of the new roof was up (i have a before picture and an after picture). also, i had mentioned earlier we "won" a bid for new kitchen cabinets. saying "won" makes it seem like they were free....of course they were not! so i have a few pictures of those. joe's uncle and aunt came last weekend and helped with many things....mainly some GREAT advice for joe (since we are still awaiting permits, etc.) it was so good to see them, and have them see some of lancaster. finally, annabelle started kindergarten recently...so i HAD to include a picture of her on her first day! enjoy

amber

down to the studs...

ok, so it has been awhile since i posted...i have been back to school for the past week, but a lot has been done at/with the new old house! we are just about down to the studs upstairs (i think i am saying that right) just a lot of two by fours are visible and we have a lot of nails that need pulled out of them. we are onto our next phase. hopefully we are done with renting the dumpsters...maybe one more?! in the next phase we are to get the electrical, foundation, gutters, and roof completed....and plumbing i think? we have all three chimneys out. we have purchased our new roof. the slate company is coming tomorrow to take off the old roof and then the new one will go up a.s.a.p. also, some EXCITING news (i think i am more excited about this than joe) we went to the building materials auction yesterday. our bid won on a new set of kitchen cabinets!!!! woo-hoo! they are sitting in our new front room, waiting to be installed, but that is a few months away i am sure. we have no pictures of the new cabinets yet. that will be the next post! enjoy these photos of the ch-ch-changes:)

the pictures are all from the upstairs rooms....as you can see, there isn't much to see!

amber

upstairs hall before and after

as we were looking at which photos to put in the latest blog entry...joe really was struck by this one! it kind of sums up the demo/deconstruction process for him. this is a shot from standing in the front(master) bedroom, looking down the hall (first with walls, then with no walls)...to the banister that goes downstairs. needless to say....there has been a lot of trips to the dumpster for the work crew:) we are currently on the fourth dumpster rental!!! thanks again for stopping by!

two posts in one day! that won't happen often:)

amber

and the walls.....came tumbling down!

here are more photos of the progress! some random shots of things we are finding as we uncover the walls. one photo shows a HUGE beehive....another photo shows sap coming from a board in the attic....another shot of the old window weights...such character! also, as joe tore out the walls of the soon to be playroom...we found that the door frame is actually twice the size. to make the door big again or keep it small...that is the question:) upstairs almost ALL the walls are down. there will be one more photo coming in a post soon! check back soon.

amber

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