"What is that?" you may ask yourself. Why, it's a tarp suspended by twine nailed to the walls, of course. There's a hole cut in the middle of the tarp so that any water it catches will drain into the bucket. This was not Michael's first time setting up this contraption.The ceiling underneath the stairs and in the second floor hallway have been torn down.
Our new $750 window was installed last week:
Here's what the old window looked like:
Much improved. Also, our new kitchen cabinets were delivered last week...
...and installation of the cabinets began today!
We've been cleaning up the brick in the living room, and it's starting to look pretty nice. The section above the mantel has not been cleaned yet, but both sections on either side of the fireplace have had one good scrubbing:
This is yet another thing that I cannot capture with a camera. In person, the cleaned sections look so much better. Speaking of cleaning brick, I would like to take the time to note that in cleaning up this brick, I have learned no matter what the conditions are, mosquitoes will find me, and they will feast. It's not surprising that all kinds of bugs get into the house; the doors are open a good portion of the day while work goes on, and the house isn't completely sealed off from the outside world (see the previous post about birds getting in). So I tend to get one or two mosquito bites after coming home and looking around downstairs at that day's work. However, I was dumbfounded when I discovered six bites on my left ankle alone after working on the brick Labor Day weekend. I had not bathed in close to two days, and I was covered in plaster dust. Yet that didn't stop the mosquitoes. So now I know that no matter the conditions, no matter how filthy I am, the mosquitoes find me just as sweet.
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