Project of the whole summer

 I really wanted to paint those old beat up stairs. Than I thought well, I should probably patch all those holes. Got cement and went to work. Did you know newly set cement is not to be painted for over 30 days? I did not. What a bummer, of course something that is suppose to take couple of days will now stretch over several months. After that long wait I finally got to paint. Could not be happier with the results.

Fixing the walls

...in the hallway upstairs, can not wait to paint

Fireplace reno final reveal

It is finished. Only took us seven months to actually pull through, but it is done at last. Probably the most complex, demanding house renovation we have ever done to date. So happy with the way it turned out. Now the winter can really come along.

Love this time of the year

Work continues

...but my Grandpas antlers are hanging. Very important. Fireplace fans still to be installed, grout applied and than trim, stain and varnish to be finished. This will probably never end.

Fireplace saga continues

Celebrating the work holiday with work. Hearth is been tiled, mantel stripped, sanded, raised and depth added, concrete insert surround added...Can not believe we are still at it, something we both thought would take two weeks tops, but, oh so close! I curse play-offs. Gawd dam time eater.

I got WOOD!

...might not sound like a big deal, but it is!

we need five and a half cords to survive one winter.

This is about half that.

One of our summer loved/hated activities is to stack.