Archive for October, 2005

Finished garage!

Here is the garage after the new roof and door were added. We got the door installed professionally. Our 1999 Subaru is very happy in its new home and starts up much more readily than it did before! We’re babying it a bit since its used to mild Virginia winters.

Roofing Anyone?

Our second project was to make some improvements to the garage. It needed a new roof and didn’t have a door on it. This wouldn’t have been too much of a priority, except that the homeowners insurance threatened to cancel our policy if we didn’t upgrade the garage! Here I am ripping off shingles. Oh, [...]

Fruits of Labor

Here is Paul enjoying a sunny morning on the finished screen porch!

Our First Project

We began home renovations soon after moving into the house. As you can imagine from the age of the house, there are several projects to do. We began with the back porch, which was used by the previous owners as a doggy bathroom (we don’t know that for sure, but are making an educated guess [...]

A Better Picture of Home!

Someone told me that they thought our house had a flat roof based on the picture I have on the web site already, so here is one to show the place in a better light! It really is a cutie. We found out recently that it was actually built in 1905 (not 1909, which we [...]