Grape St, from Here to There

Sisters have bold aspirations. In these photos you can follow along beginning to end (opps! nevermind) of ones bathroom makeover.
Also in this album, you can find glimpses of the master plumber, master carpenter, the journeyman electrician, mason&tile setter, drywall installer/finisher, general contractor, and stud. Double stud, that is.
No Sisters were harmed in the making of this documentary.

More June pictures

just shots taken of the homestead, that I didn't take.

May 3rd

High winds today and at least one tornado which spared us a direct hit.
The other half of the Bradford pear is down, and I've spent the biggest portion of the day clearing limbs and branches from the yard. Neighbor a few blocks away lost their roof, and across the street lost his carport which was attached to the front of his house in a similar fashion to mine.
Off line all day without power, we are presently running off a generator from Darrell's crew truck.
The other pictures here are just Kay taking some shots she finds interesting , and a homemade cannon built by two of the boys,

Easter and others

Kay snapped this tree in Autumn foilage.

A few Easter and some wayward pictures that I haven't included in any albums.
I'm cleaning out the media locker.

Ok, dog, let's see the pictures...

hound dog, or buttercup, depending on who's introducing him.
Darrell rescued this one starving from an abandoned shack.

Took me 2 1/2 months from start to finish, Kay called it my experimental room, but it turned out well. Much of the material used here is scraps, discarded, and leftovers, saved with a vision. The marble tile is over ten years old, some of the paint is about 8, Trim, pieces of the past.
Borrowed heavily from my experiences in the antiquities, It's a one-of-a-kind teaster tub, as in teaster bed.
Curt's old blue bedroom gets the overflow as the new guest room.

Sneak Peek

What do I do on my day off? Here's a hint: elbow grease required.

Adding a few pictures to show (some of) this long winded project, now completed.

How's that roof coming?

We are almost done with the reworking of the carport. As I expected there was more rot that could be seen without uncovering it. Rafters, headers, decking, soffit, eaves, ceiling, and several layers of felt, tar, and pea gravel later, we are nearing the finish line. The rain has fought back, my unrelenting job has fought back, we've had two hurricanes. We are winning. With Kay's help, the roof looks very much like a professional torch down modified bitumen flat roof (we used cold process) Best part, it doesn't leak.
previously homeowner

Homeowner

kay likes the open look, unfortunately, I can't work this look in

Completely bored, and having so much free time on my hands, I wandered around the place on my day off looking for something to do. Sure enough, in being homeowners, there seemed to be a little thing here and there to occupy our "free" time.....
Carport rotten and leaking...
Tree down in the backyard...
Lean-to shed rotten & leaking...
It is set-in raining cats & dogs so I get an unwanted delay in taking care of things here.

Oh the joy...