Update from Carter

Carter went to the house today to check up on the progress. Spring has sprung it looks like. 

The pine walls are just about finished in the basement. Below is looking down the stairs into the room below the kitchen.

Mike restored the shingles and corner boards on the interior sides of the kitchen, with pine walls below. These are the shingles that I will paint yellow. The white shingles are original.

 

Mike also rebuilt the soffit and fascia along the rear of the kitchen.

At top is one of three skylights in the back hall. The window opening is the George Lowe window, and the skylight beyond is in the kitchen above where the stove will be.

Looking down the stairs in the back hall.

 

 The kitchen

Looking up through the kitchen skylight

 

The new Parlour

The dining room at left and butler's pantry at right, looking through to the kitchen.

Looking out a dining room window toward the trail and the river.

What is left of the property line fence on the west side.

 Sprayed insulation on the second floor

Window frames stacked on the second floor and ready to get re-installed.

Looking out the butler's pantry window to the bathroom addition.

This is the room below the kitchen again. The old pots and pans cupboard that used to be behind the pump in the kitchen will be installed in this little corner, across from the old iron sink. The door to the left is the basement bathroom. The door to the right is to the storage space under the stairs.

Looking up the stairs out the new back door. All of the pine will eventually be painted.

The green drywall is cement board for the tiles in the basement bathroom.

 

The shower enclosure, with an exhaust fan in the ceiling.

The shower stall also gets a ceiling light.

Shower drain. The floor will eventually be tiled.

Looking from the basement bathroom into the space under the kitchen, and across into the wine cellar.

This seems to be the last wall to get pined. The old iron sink will hang on this wall.

The stair treads and risers are done.

 

 

A good view of the new driveway.

 The old railway bridge behind the outhouse.

 I don't know plants, but it's May, and those are flowers. Are they Mayflowers?

 Looks pretty lush

Good to know we have plenty of earth leftover. The ground level around the house will be raised about a foot with this.

 

Looks like Carter went through Hopefield. The land to the right is where my grandfather grew up, and the road is named after his father Ira.

Mom and Dad saw the house today for the first time since last November. They arrived after Carter left. I hope they like it. Thanks again Carter for the great pictures.