The Maple House
Hello, hello! So, this week, I had planned to get high with Maple. I rented a 32 foot extension ladder that I had delivered Monday morning. The plan was to paint all the soffit and decorative face-boards on the front and back of the house, as well as the dormer....
The Maple House
So much has happened at The Maple House this week! On Monday, the company replacing my gutters came to remove them. The gutters were so full of debris and had rusted to the point they had a crack running the length of the entire gutters. When I pushed on it, the crack...
The Maple House
This week was great and frustrating at the same time. Bryan, my contractor, started work on our front porch! He’s building us new handrails on the porches on the first and second floor that are up to city code. The stairs are being replaced (the current ones are...
The Maple House
This week was a bit frustrating. I busted my butt all week, but just didn’t feel like much progress was made. I removed one of the back windows of the house to try my hand at restoration. I used a window from the public stairwell at the back of the house that is...
The Maple House
This has been a great week! I finished removing all the staples from the kitchen floor! It was so much work! The skin has been peeling off my right thumb for days, but I did it! Woo hoo! I also got new mailboxes and painted the house numbers on them! They are so shiny...
The Maple House
This week, I didn’t get as much done on the house as I’d hoped. Some of these tasks are just slow going. I did finish tearing up all the linoleum and plywood in the kitchen! The plumbing to the new kitchenette has been leaking into the cabinets and floor,...
