WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)

[Giles]

Still life.  Adam and Giley styley…..

[Seul]

Nice stuff!.. Me, drinking with my mate…

[Giles]

I don't suppose that when Adam was creating this thing of beauty he would have thought that it would have been used for such a mundane task as holding frozen peas.  But it was there, so I used it….

[Guest]

To quote the Bachman Turner Overdrive: "Any love is good lovin'"

[derivative666]

So impressive! Unreal Adam

[Snowy]

Adam they are SO SO amazing. Am sure G&P will enjoy in good health for many years to come :).

[RedStripe]

nice pottery!

Spotted these two lovebirds today.

[Seul]

Aaawwww 

[jacoavlu]

housework
still got a ways to go

[Finn666]

crossing fingers that everything is going to work out great mate!…

can´t believe that i can´t see a single brick wall though!? is that common in the US, that the biggest part of the house is built out of wood?...

[seanocono]

^Extremely common.

[Finn666]

reminds me of a german fairy tale for children…

[jacoavlu]

this house is about 40 years old, has stayed standing so far

[Finn666]

for some reason i thought you are at the beginning of building it, sry…and i really hope my questions didn´t offend you in any kinda way, cuz they really shouldn´t!
it´s just that working with that much wood is nothing we (germans that is) are used to, when building/renovating a home! in germany almost 90% of the houses are build with brick walls...that´s why i´ve asked!

[jacoavlu]

no offense taken, understand the pic looks like starting from zero… feels like that would have been easier at this point

[Finn666]

@jacoavlu:

… feels like that would have been easier at this point

i can feel you on this one…i live in an almost 200year old farmhouse and if i would be the one to decide, i´d tear that thing down to the ground and start allover again, instead of fixing every god damn thing of it! it really is a pain in the ass sometimes...

[Clint_D]

@jacoavlu:

no offense taken, understand the pic looks like starting from zero… feels like that would have been easier at this point

I hear you there.  I've got my work cut out for me as well.  Ultimately, it probably would have been less expensive to start from scratch but I would've had to jump through even more hoops to meet code.  Besides, I would hate to take too much away from the character of the house.  The house is 74 years old, I'm the second owner (the guy who built it was a dam builder who lived in the house until he was 95) and everything on the interior and exterior is wood.  I've been slowly dismantling everything trying to reclaim as much wood as possible to be reused during the renovation.  I'm hoping to have everything done by the end of the year which is realistic barring any major issues.

Downstairs:

Upstairs (all flooring has been pulled up and de-nailed):

These are some renderings of what it should (hopefully) look like when it's finished:

[seanocono]

Clint, I love the renderings and your emphasis on using the reclaimed wood.  Please keep this thread updated with pics as the transformation unfolds, and best of luck on meeting your goal.

Best of luck to you as well, jacoavlu.

[jacoavlu]

clint that looks very nice, maybe we can have a race? haha

[Clint_D]

Ha!  I'm pretty sure you'll win.  Everything seems to be holding me up right now.  The city code enforcement has a 2+ month backlog so it will be a while before I can even get permits.  At least I will have time to finish out the demo/dismantling work.  After that, we're looking at 4-6 months of construction.

What do you have in the works?  Total renovation/remodel as well?