Tag: barn conversion

Delinquent bloggers.

So, it’s clear that we have been quite lousy at this whole blog thing. We have a bevy of excuses: our weekends have been filled with events, it gets dark too early to get over there after work and snap some pictures, we forget our camera every time we’re there to do work, the list goes on.

But just because we haven’t been posting, it doesn’t mean that work hasn’t been done. And just this past weekend we got there with our camera to snap some updated shots.
They will tell the tales of progress far better than my words alone.
So we’ll get them up soon.
Promise.

All hands on deck.

All hands on deck.

It was all hands on deck today at the barn…… both figuratively and literally. Tom was in town with Dave and Adam, both my brother and my father came to help, and Billy and I joined in, too. And in a flash, the front porch was built. Pretty awesome.

Tom also found a front door (which will be installed just about where the window is overlooking the porch), so that will be a functioning entrance before long. Speaking of entrances, Tom also had installed a new side door, which means that our house no longer has to be padlocked. Also pretty awesome.

Aside from the porch going up, a window was installed, the hall closet was framed out (thanks Tommy and Dad!), the driveway was cleared, the scraps were sorted and tossed, and the upper and mid-levels were cleaned up. This was certainly the most productive day we’ve had in quite some time. It was good for both our house and our spirits.

And some more framing.

master bedroom, from barn doors.
master bath, from barn doors.
master bedroom, from bridge.
master bath, from bridge.
from bridge: office left, living right.
midlevel bedroom interior window.
midlevel landing, into living room.
midlevel landing, office on left.
view from where the front door will be.
same photo, with descriptions.

These photos are from just yesterday, 3/26.

A note about the living room: it appears in several photos, and looks like a big mess.
The future living / great room is where the old work rooms and hay loft were. Some of it remains (the hay loft, in particular), as it has been used as make-shift scaffolding.  It will all get torn out eventually.

So exciting.