Day 24- 1930's-40's Design

Besides the fact that the house itself was a Sears Roebuck house model in the 1930's there are only a few items I have found that might be original to the house...or at least very close to original. Under three layers of floor in the Main Bathroom I found this black and gold 3"x3" checkerboard patterned linoleum floor. If it would have been tile I might have been able to salvage it but since it was linoleum (which actually use to be made completely from flax) it was damaged from water and tore easily when trying to get the layer of plywood off of the top of it. It definitely could have been the original flooring to the bathroom. It was laid right on top of the wood structure of the house and then it looked like there was an orange carpet placed over it at some point and then sometime within the last 10 years they installed a 13x13 sticky tile down over plywood. It was very hard to get all of those layers up so I did ask for some strong muscle assistance.

The other piece in the house that I love is the built-in curio cabinet. I am not sure when it was built, but I love the style and character. You can tell it has been painted many times...and I am not going to keep the blue. I would try and strip it but since my kitchen cabinets are going to be white I thought this would look nice if it matches.
It is starting to take shape...just wait till you see what happens next!

Day 23- My Free Booty

And by "booty" I mean acquired treasures that I found inside the house...what were you thinking? So not much happened on Monday either...something probably happened but since I am behind all of my days are running into eachother so I will tell you about the attic and basement "antiques". So downstairs in the basement there is a small "crawl space" and by crawl space I mean a 4' tall by 4' deep ledge that runs around 1/3rd of the basement. This space was closed off with insulation board but when we tore it off we found what some might call junk and others might call treasure. I went with the later because most of it is pretty cool.

80 billion mason jars (ok, I admit that I might be exaggerating but there are ALOT)
I guess this is an old top to a "washing machine" and what I mean by washing machine is that this has a crank on the side and you ring your clothes through the two thingamajobbers and it rings out your clothes so you can hang them outside to dry. Although this "appliance" came with the house I have decided to upgrade and keep my old washer and dryer.
Up in the attic there were many treasures to be found. 3 suitcases, 1 never been used cot, one picture frame, one old vinyl wrapped twin headboard, and lots of books and games.

My contractor seemed to get a kick out of the English book.
The suitcases are pretty cool, even inside. I think I will try and make a table out of them or something.

Day 22- If Someone Screams DUCK!!!...

It might just be that there is one on your roof. Besides more cleaning this is about the extent of what happened at my house on Sunday...
A duck on my roof. I pulled up and needless to say it was a bid weird to see a duck sitting on top of my roof. Honestly I thought maybe it was fake and someone was playing a weird joke...but no, there was a duck just hanging out on top of my roof.

Day 21- Frustrating

Saturday I thought I was going to be getting drywall so I was pretty excited but when I got to my house after Soccer practice I soon realized that it was not happening. I guess an inspector had shown up on Friday late afternoon to inspect my roof and noticed the interior work and told us we would need to get a General Building permit and an inspection before we closed up the walls...dum dum dum. (sound affects...not calling the inspector dumb).

So needless to say when listening to my construction consultant who reviews my progress and gives me the money when things are done was wrong in which permits I would need ...so needless to say it took about another week to get everything we needed in place. (which means this past weeks blogs...that I have not written yet may be short and sweet).

Soooo...what I did do that Saturday was spend three hours cleaning my house (which seriously seems so pointless because it only stays that way until a contractor steps foot in it and actually works on something) and the fact that I think I am going to be tired of cleaning this house before I ever live in it!
Anywho, after that I went over to my dads workshop where we finished the hamper for the laundry chute and started the toy cubbies for the Toy Room! Sometimes my dad is leery of my diabolical plans...but he still goes along with it (thanks dad!) AND it will all be awesome in the end!

Lucas calls this a secret passageway to the washing machine...as long as he doesn't try to climb in it we will be fine!