spring

it has been a few months since last update.  winter was a most unproductive period at the house.  i did mostly overnight trips to shovel the walks & check on things.  little progress was made on the house itself.

march came & went, now april too.

march & april did see some yard prep work for the upcoming gardening/landscaping.  the front strip between the sidewalk & street has been dug up, mulched & planted with vines.  the two straggly bushes in front of house have been removed, a three-foot deep bed dug up & mulched & flowering bushes & plants added (with still more to come!)

march saw the addition of cooking stove to kitchen!  now have a nearly fully functioning kitchen (minus the running water in sink).

23/24-april.  spent weekend outside finishing up install of eaves troughs on remainder of house (south & east sides).  realised a few pieces are missing needed to complete the downspouts, but the gutters are up & operating at least.  next step will be to power wash exterior & repaint.

inside work that weekend included retiling the kitchen & bath ... have added peel & stick tiles over existing flooring to update both rooms, until they both are fully rehabbed in the future.  also previously had finished adding tongue-and-groove siding around lower portion of walls & painted white to finish off for now.  still have pedestal sink to install, but that will wait for now.

also ordered unfaced roll insulation to add to attic space & possibly between first floor joists in basement ceiling.  ordered a base cabinet for the kitchen to place next to stove as well.  insulation & cabinet to arrive from menard's this saturday.

plans for this weekend include:  finish repainting guest room.  install kitchen base cabinet (and paint!), sand existing base cabinets & paint as well (dark blue same as house).  store insulation in attic, will wait to unroll/install before winter.  plant flowers & vines that arrived this week (2/3 of seasons plants have arrived now).  build countertop base for new kitchen cabinet & prep it for tiling.