The floor joist and the rough plumbing inspections have passed!! Yahoooo! The framers are starting tonight on removing the siding on the back of the house, then they’ll put down the subfloor, shore up the roof and then start on the exterior framing! It’s starting to come together and it’s soooo exciting!
Matthew’s parents were getting rid of this chandelier and I was happy to take it off their hands! I originally wanted to hang it in my barn but the ceiling is to low. I decided to turn it into an outdoor (non-electric) chandelier. I eventually will hang it over my outdoor dinning table but for now I did get to use it for Amie’s Bridal Shower. I just took all the electrical parts out of each cup and hot glued the little votive cups onto the light socket area. I found the votive cups with led candle lights at Hobby Lobby. It’s purpose isn’t to light up the room but just for ambiance, LOL and it’s perfect!! I might even spray paint it one day.
There are many things I’m thankful for in my life and one of them is my little farmhouse fixer-upper. I wouldn’t be here without God’s guidance and help in many ways. When we poured the “footer” last week I thought to myself that the footer is really the foundation on which my addition will sit, my new dinning room, my new mudroom and my very awesome new bathroom & closet. This addition is possible because of the many ways in which God has blessed me, so I decided to kind of dedicate this addition to Him by writing in the concrete one of my favorite scripture verses: Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight”.
We’ve (Chance and the guys) have framed and poured the footer and the stem wall!!! God has been good to us – the rain has waited, on several occasions, until we were done. The “footer” is poured first, it holds the stem wall/foundation wall and the “stem wall” is poured separately, it holds the exterior walls and roof of my addition. This process has been very eye-opening and these guys have been great!! The framing on the stem wall comes off tonight and then we’ll start back-filling all that dirt tomorrow. The interior and exterior framing should start Monday – yahoooo!!
The weekend was busy around the Farmhouse. The Mini-Ex was delivered on Friday. Chance & my neighbor, Bob excavated the area for the footer and stem wall on Saturday. Then on Sunday Manny & Chance built the forms to pour the footer. We’re hoping to pour the footer this week! Oh, and did I mention Jason, Tara & baby Belle moved in with me for a few days!! They’re moving to the country and they’re in between closing on their old house and closing on their new house. Love having them around! More on their move later 😉
Busy weekend on my addition. Sun was shining and we brought in the big toys. Had some guys remove these huge concrete chunks out in front of the future “garden area” next to my barn. The previous owners had what was probably an old drive way chopped up into huge concrete chunks. The space covered about 14′ by 20′ and was just an eye sore. Chance found some guys on Craigslist to remove and haul it away. They brought their bobcat and made it look sooo easy. Then they demo’d the back porch steps which was a feat in itself, concrete from the 50’s was much harder than it is today! Tomorrow pics of the Mini-Ex 😉
I’m hosting my daughter’s Bridal Shower in 10 days and she asked me for a “Mad Hatter Tea Party”. Nothing simple for my girl, LOL! Seriously the pressure is on. Anywhooo, she wants everyone to wear a hat, fun or pretty it doesn’t matter. I bought the hat & flowers at Joanne Fabric’s but I wanted something fun. I was at Walmart and came across this cute flamingo in the toy department!! Grabbed my trusty hot glue glun and voila! Hope that flamingo stays on (it’s a tad “side” heavy) lol. 😉
I finally got something planted!! I had a peony bush at my other house so I felt fairly confident that I could keep another one alive. I bought this one at Home Depot. I’ve never seen a peony this color and it’s just gorgeous – so vibrant! I planted it on the corner of my barn so I could see it all the time! I don’t have any border stuff yet so I used some of my broken up concrete, lol.
While I’ve been waiting for the rain to stop, I hired a friend of mine to help me out in the barn. In the back corner of the barn there is a room that the previous family keep their dog in. The room is about 8ft x 11ft and it was in baddddd condition. The cardboard ceiling was falling down along with some insulation – the cardboard walls were falling down and the 2 metal walls were covered in dried on mud. The “before” pictures are actually after I cleaned it up, I was so grossed out going in there! Seriously it was a mess! There is an interior entrance to the room as well as an exterior entrance. The exterior entrance/exit door leads into the side yard of the barn that they also used for the dog, so I decided because of it’s access that room would be the perfect place for my “Garden Room”. Bob came over and hung drywall and pegboard for me and that alone made a huge improvement! Of course I plan on bringing the “cute” factor in but right now I’m waiting on getting power into the room for plugs and a light. I did paint the interior door entrance and love it! More work to do 😉
Country Girl 