Site visit by Carter

Yesterday, Carter went to the house and met with the electrician to go over the plans for lighting placement. You can see that a lot of the house is stripped of the old shingles and new will start to go on any time now. That is going to make a huge difference.

Very wide planking on the old house. Some are more than 2 feet wide. Makes Carter and I think the house might be older than 1904.

The outhouse is straining against the snow.

Almost ready to shingle

The back porch

The east side of the bathroom

Stairs in the new back hall. The old shingles will remain as the wall finish, since they will be the only original shingles left when the house is done.

Stairs form the back porch to the basement.

Three skylights in the back hall

The window at left is at the end of the new back hall, and the other window is in the bathroom

Skylight in the kitchen looking through the George Lowe window

Looking out the new back door

The skylight in the kitchen over where the new stove will be. Pretty wide gaps between the wall boards, but that was typical back in the day to allow shingles to breathe.

Stacks of new cedar shingles in the Parlour ready to be installed.

The sink I got from Kerras, sitting roughly where it will be installed in the basement.

Looking east in the room under the kitchen

The back porch from the basement

The basement bathroom

The back wall of the garage blew out in a storm a few weeks back and the crew patched the hole to keep it standing until we can empty it out and take it down.

Ready to shingle!

The west wall of the bathroom

Thanks Carter for the great photos. I can't wait to see how the new shingles will look!

Also, I have an announcement. Many of you know that I have been taking my architectural registration exams forever. After 10 years of university, then years of apprenticeship, and 5 years of taking a total of nine exams to become a registered architect, I found out this morning that I passed the last exam. I am finally an architect!

 WOO HOO!!!