Victorian Cottage in New York

My mom sent me this link awhile ago. Every so often I like to go back and look at it. This woman named Sandra Foster transformed this hunting cabin on her property into a beautiful little getaway. Here are a couple of pics:

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Make sure you go to the link to see all of the pictures in the slideshow! Love it.

I Can't Help Dreaming Just a Little Bit.

Thinking grossly in advance here...but one day we are going to build ourselves a porch! Yes! I love, love, love big, wide porches--wide is a must. You must have enough space to put out a couple of chairs or benches and be able to stretch out your feet without them falling off the edge. This isn't a big deal for me. I'm only 5 foot 2. but for those taller than I...well, let's just say the porch has to be wide. That is not a fat joke.

Here are some I love:

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="see, this porch is a bit small, but I love the corbels!"][/caption]

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Indoor front porch. I *adore* this floor."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="358" caption="Now this is a little bit of what I want--a gorgeous porch with a sweet awesome pergola."][/caption]

So that's what I want: a wide front porch with a pergola attached. Possibly with a blue floor. Sigh.

The Roof is on Fire!

Not literally. We got the rest of the plywood on the house last week before My Honeypie went to Youth Conference. We also ran out of nails for the nail gun and had to hammer the boards old school. I only hit my thumb once!! We asked a couple of people we know who do roofing jobs what it would cost for them to finish our roof. One was too busy with his other projects...and the other said, "I'm not suicidal." Sooo...it's us!

Yes, I was allowed up on this part of the roof. It's not like death if you get on it, which means I felt much more useful! and this way it got done slightly quicker than My Honeypie doing it all by himself. Now there isn't a bunch of water getting into the house!



My dad is back from work and was able to help My Honeypie put on the trim. We are hoping we can start the shingles by Saturday.

*Fingers crossed*

The rest of us started cleaning out construction debris from the top floor. Yay!

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The Roof

Wow, okay so we lost the ability to connect to the internet for awhile. Basically, the same old stuff so far: demolition! The roof has been the main project this week and we had awesome family that came and helped! Those who weren't allowed on the roof (me, being prego and all) helped with clean up and making food!

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[caption id="attachment_105" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Baby praying mantis!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_106" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Real baby!!"][/caption]

Okay so what I really don't understand is this picture:

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One of the nieces was destroying the wall and all of a sudden everyone heard glass shatter so they called me in and we discovered a window, complete with glass (this picture is after the glass and window frame have been taken out). The people who lived here before us (which was about ten years ago and no one has lived in it since) added onto the house...but when they did that they ENCLOSED THE OUTSIDE WINDOW INSIDE THEIR WALLS. Wut?