STOP ... HIT THE BREAKS!!!!
It's time for an insert ... the kind where you realized you omitted something very important and you have to go back and insert it ...
that's what we're doing in this post ...
inserting something that I should have included before now ...
Remember what the outside looked like from the beginning?
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weatherboards would really set it off, especially with those lovely windows, looking good though, veranda front & back & you'll be set! don't think i'd like to do those stairs but when you got to you got to, i think it's great that you are getting it done without taking out a loan. like they said in olden times, you make do with what you got or given :))
ReplyDeletecan't wait for the next chapter
thanx for sharing
Selina, you pretty much summed up our philosophy throughout this whole journey ... do what you can with what you got!
DeletePatsi, I am really enjoying seeing the progress on the house that became "Your Home".
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of the day I sat on the floor of this house, and looked around and wondered if we had done the right thing, ( we had moved from a nice custom built home).....it is now almost 40 years later, and all I can say, is, we did!
Enid, I just had to chuckle ... I know that feeling! If our desire not to have a mortgage wasn't so strong I don't think we would have had the motivation to keep on keeping on! This is not for the faint of heart!
DeleteEvery time I read one of these posts I am just astounded by y'alls courage!
ReplyDeleteLana, I don't know about courage but we were determined!
DeleteI can't wait for the next instalment, Patsy. Thanks for sharing this with us as it would be very encouraging for young people especially to see what they could achieve with a lot of hard work. For us oldies...we already know that :-)
ReplyDeleteNanna Chel, there are plenty more installments to come! I truly do hope our journey is encouraging to others!
DeleteThe cladding makes it look a lot more like a home Patsy. Your temporary steps are way better than using a ladder for access.
ReplyDeleteSherri, thank goodness we didn't have to use those stairs for a long time! They were very unstable!
DeleteAh, Patsy, so that's how you do things over there! It's really interesting! This kind of work sure is a marathon. It's got to be good training for something!!
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying watching you work!!
Regards,
Rachel Holt
Rachel, it has definitely been a marathon. Most people would not even consider undertaking this journey, but we're not most people. It's good training for a lot of things ... patience, contentment, good stewardship, saving, frugality ... the list goes on!!!!
Deletethe outside was not insulated? Like with Tyvek?
ReplyDeleteJoy, the black tar paper acts as an insulator plus the walls all have 4 inches of insulation in them as does the ceiling. The house is very well insulated. All the outside walls are 6 inches thick!
DeleteTarpaper is fine for your climate, but in the Great White North, Tyvek or Typar housewrap is an essential part of insulation (& required in this area) because our winters are brutal (like, hurricane brutal oftentimes).
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