Saturday, April 2, 2011

A few weekends--Catching up on the blog

We have been coming up every weekend, but I've been a bit lazy about the blog.  Here are the major projects we're working on or thinking about--
  • The bathroom!  The goal is to gut the whole thing, buy this antique sink (that we found at Old House Parts in Kennebunk) and marble tile (something like this) and redo the bathroom complete with a new shower, (something very simple)... new walls and some shelving.  The washer and dryer will live downstairs instead of in the bathroom.  











    Don't worry!  I'm prepared for lead paint!
  • The entry way/sitting room.  We need to strip the layers and layers of paint off of the trim and re-do it.  Here's a shot of the paint layers after 4+ rounds of stripper!
    Layers and layers of years of paint.





 


Getting ready for spring.  Spring melting has uncovered a few issues that we'll work on this spring.  One of them is the leaking that happens in basement when the snow melts.  Here's Justin mixing some cement to solve that issue!

  • Getting the walls prepped for the "front room" where we will eventually make an evening hang out with some more modern colors.  






  • Furniture!  We desperately need to fill the house with good furniture.  Don't believe me?  Here's the couch we're using right now. 











  •  Justin has been working today (4/2) on the barns--putting some lights in, cleaning up, etc.  Here, he explains the lighting plan...












  • Prepping the floor.  The floor in the entry way room needs to be cleaned up and refinished--it will still look pretty rustic, but I made some progress last weekend.  
 

Down Time in March


Heidi is learning to make bread.

Explorations around our place revealed a beautiful area and a small brook!  Just over the hill is the Saco River.  We can't wait to see these places in spring and summer!

Justin got a grill for his Birthday.  Who says you can't grill when there's still snow on the ground!

Today the enclosed porch was over 60 degrees!  This will soon be a great place for breakfast!


We found this old chair in the barn.  I think it will get some use soon...

Treasures









A few things we've found around the farm...
Embroidered Framed Bird

Can you still clean with products this old?


Saucers

Ruler; it's about 4 inches wide...for measuring feet, maybe?  There are also a lot of cobblers' tools around.  We think the family my have served as cobblers in the community.

Croquet!  Now all we need is a lawn that isn't buried in 4 feet of snow!


Parts of a box of "dry shod" line the back of the basement staircase.

Whiskey Jugs.  I guess "Ire" and "Lousey" were good enough to be named...but what about the middle bottle...

Meat saws.

A crate door found in the basement.  It says "Wabash Railway." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1887_Wabash_cover.jpg

Meat hook!

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Rum bottle.



This says "Water" down the side...