July 21, 2008
dry run for the rain barrel
I finally made it out southside to Roofing & Supplies for the some downspout. Like Siewers, this place has a specific range of items that are both exactly what we need and difficult to find elsewhere. And its a big plus that the store is on a funky section of Hull Street.
July 14, 2008
painting progress
All of the area under the porch has the first coat of pink. Somehow this took 5 days (before)(before that, even)… (and, yes, that wall on the right still has the shingles.)
July 12, 2008
melting paint off of old doors
We’ve got two front doors, both of which are fairly detailed and also covered in 100+ years worth of paint. Ronni has taken it upon herself to get these clean as the rest of the front of the house gets some attention.
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July 11, 2008
green lawnmower for sale $45
Older model Brill Lexus reel/push mower. Used on-and-off for a few years, and is in good working shape. Want it?
July 9, 2008
moving to the front of the house
On-and-off rain today made the decision easy: work on the front of the house under the cover of the porch.
July 7, 2008
the first pink of summer
The first coat of color went up today on the front of the side wall, the big payoff for a while. Another coat should go on tomorrow and then after that I’ll repeat the process on the bump out along the same wall and then the front of the house.
July 5, 2008
pause for rain
They called for rain so I stayed off the house. It stayed dry until 8PM though, and I lamented losing the day. Yesterday ended with all of the wood in place, and now I’m just left to do the final prep work to get ready for the painting.
July 5, 2008
R•Home appreciates the genre
The summer issue of Richmond Magazine’s R•Home has a nice article on a southside ranch home-improvement blog. The article suggests a few other related sites, including our humble production, Bill Chapman’s Enon Hall, the house blogging central that is houseblogs.net, and our friends over in Jackson Ward.
July 3, 2008
the neighbors will like this one
Picking up where we left off almost exactly 3 years ago, the last 2 days have been spent working on the siding on the most prominent corner of our house. This is the first work that we’ve done in a while that can be seen from the street. Thankfully we’ve definitely gotten better at putting up siding.
July 1, 2008
a new old-fashioned handrail
We put in a handrail at the front steps because the city said that we had to. It took us 2 tries to get it right.
June 30, 2008
towards the great pinking of July
School was out almost 2 1/2 weeks ago: we’ve taken our vacation to California and Portland, I’ve done my volunteer web dev for the season, and so finally today was the first real house work day of the summer. Tomorrow begins what should be the most productive 5 or 6 weeks that we’ve had around here in some time…
June 26, 2008
the Victorians of Eureka, California
We recently rolled through Eureka, California, en route from Monterey to Portland. Our detour to see the redwoods surprised us with a chance to see some really amazing west coast Victorians…
June 14, 2008
movin’ on up
The former boarding house/whore house across the street has been restored and is for sale. For only $193,000, you’d get a house AND some good stories to tell…
