Violet, Making Herself at Home

Since no week would be complete now without new kitten pics, and who doesn't love kittens. Her name is Violet (despite my suggestions that she be named after a paint chip color)

Sanding the Living Room Floor

Once all the carpet was taken up in the living room we rented (yet again) the industrial sander.
Here are the before pics:

The floor isn't in bad shape, but there were a number of paint spills.
Here are the after pics:

 

Now all of the holes need wood filler, the cracks need picked out and it will be ready for the stain and polyurethane (3 coats each).

Unearthing the Privy

A couple friends are in the business of visiting old properties around the country and digging up the outhouse areas in search of valuables. This past weekend they stopped by to check out this house's yard. After locating the area they thought would have been the outhouse, they got to digging.

They dug down roughly 10'-12'. Apparently homesteads either dug one privy and had it emptied at regular intervals or dug several and covered them over when they were full. They concluded that this one had been cleaned out a number of times, but they did find a few buried treasures. Lots of broken china, whiskey bottles, other jars.

A New Kitten

It was only a matter of time. This cute little girl has been living under the deck all week. She made her way into the house this weekend. Who knows where she came from, but she looks like she's staying!

 

Living Room Floor

We finally made it to the living room this weekend. Decided to rip the carpet out first. The floor looks pretty good and it smells worlds better in there with the carpet gone.

Birthday/Housewarming

We had a small gathering for the family here at the house as a sort of housewarming/birthday party. 

The dining room:

The beautiful art deco furniture is part of a 3-piece dining set. It has been in the family since the 1930s and goes perfectly in the dining room.

The floor was finished just in time!

The kitchen:

Almost done with the kitchen. All appliances are in and most cabinet doors are back on.

Just needs some cabinet handles and the back splash tiling finished.

The yard:

The birthday girl

Cabinets and Tile

We're starting to reassemble the kitchen cabinets and get some of the backsplash tiling up (though still needs grout). Handles for all the drawers and cabinets still need to be decided upon also.