Quick coat of primer to cover the mudded drywall

Drywall

Drywall was hung last week, taped, mudded and sanded. Today they were in doing the trim.

Pics of the outside

Down to the studs

leaky roofs and flooded basements ...

need i say more? what a monday! most rain we've gotten in 5 years and it's not letting up for another day. hopefully we won't repeat the 2004 floods that devistated the mountains but we might be close!

Renovation

We were in a holding pattern for about a week and a half. Pete and I made a last minute change on the floor plan right before construction was to happen. One night after several glasses of wine we had the epiphany to move the kitchen to the dining room. Because we had already had approval from the HRC and historic tax credit folks for the original plan, we had to get re-approved. It took about a week to get the final approval for the tax credit. There main concern was moving or tearing down the fireplace in the dining room, removing any original trim, and the biggie..changing the windows. We were able to plan around all of this, so it looks like a go.

Today the crew has started back with construction. The focus this week is venting for the HVAC, plumbing, and roughing in for the drywall. Next week, they'll start electrical and drywall.

Stay tuned!

Rain before the new gutters

this is why we got new gutters before doing much else ...