Putting the floor before the walls

I had to make an executive decision about the order of operations around here.

DH is ready to hang the sheet rock on the wall next to the old floor furnace, but we have to fix the floor first or risk tearing up the wall getting it in. Ditto the other spots that need floor boards.

I ended up on a flooring hunt that required two trips to OKC because a man told me it wouldn't fit in the trunk and I stupidly believed him. Don't ask. I blame it on the allergy medicine. However, the nice lady knocked $1 a foot off the price for my trouble.

Here is 19 sq feet of quarter sawn red oak flooring. Half-pint, the 20 pound cat, has given her approval. She latches on to anything new brought in and has to give it her approval. She's a control freak that way.Here's the big hole again. We had to drop the furnace unit and rebuild the subfloor so we'd have a place to put the new floor boards.This is what it looks like in place. I managed to get three boards in before I gave out. This is a job for DH. I love to delegate. :)
Tonight we hope to get the floor in and hang a couple of sheets of sheet rock. I'm so ready to have walls again.

In other news, the window treatments for the windows flanking the fireplace came and I can't wait to put them up.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday.

A better me - week 12 of this diet thing

I haven't done one of these posts in a while.

Week 9 I gained 0.4.

Week 10 I lost 0.4.

Week 11 I skipped because I wanted to stay home and throw stuff at my husband.

Which brings us to week 12. I lost 3 pounds bringing my total to 14.2 pounds lost since January 5th.

I'm a little disenchanted with WW right now. The program is fine, but they took my leader away and put someone else in the position. I'll give the new leader a chance, but so far I'm not liking the meetings much.

Wanna see my floor?

Pardon me for not sweeping. The carpet and padding are up and here's what we have. It's always dicey when you have an old house and carpet. There's no telling what you'll find.

How about a big honking hole to fix?Here was another floor furnace. At least this one is replaced with floor boards. Notice the singed wood around the edges. Scary!When all else fails, any old board will do.
Again, just find anything that sorta fits and shove it in there. I spy a little old termite damage.
Have I mentioned that I hate tack strip? It's evil, nasty stuff. It bites and doesn't apologize. Fortunately this is the last of it. I can see some creative doings to make this mess look decent.
Overall, we're tickled with the shape of the floors. It could have been much worse. We've done the floors in four other rooms and they turned out just gorgeous. I don't see any reason why these won't as well.

Who wants to help haul carpet off? Anybody? Hello?

Working on the walls

We made a good start on getting the 1/4 inch sheet rock up on the walls. We had to reframe the doorway into the hall, but it worked out beautifully. Now there's not a lick of rough cut lumber anywhere that I can see.We're using 1/4 inch on the plaster walls and 3/4 inch on the walls we insulated. Somebody remind me later to paint that gas plug.Today's to-do list: Get more sheet rock, pull out carpet and padding along with all those stinking staples, go to WW tonight.

Have a great Monday!

The ceiling is up

We're done with the ceiling. The lift went back to it's owner and it only cost us $130 in ransom, but worth every penny. When I say done I mean done putting the sheet rock up. We're a long way from being done. In fact, we've got six weeks to pull this place together so I can clean house before the kids come to visit.

I'll leave you with a picture of our latest disaster from last night. This is the second masonry bit to bite the dust. They don't do well when they fall 8+ feet and hit the floor. This one actually stuck into the hardwood through the carpet and padding. I buy these two at a time.

Next up, the walls. I miss having walls.

I bought a new old door

Mom and I went door hunting today and this beauty came home with us. I plan to use it between the dining room and kitchen as a replacement swinging door. We found it at an antique store for a good price. You sure couldn't buy a new one for what I paid.
It's missing five panes of glass, but that's an easy fix. A good sanding and a coat of paint will fix it right up.

The swinging door fairies were with me today because I found the swinging hinge on sale for $13.99, regular price almost $100 depending on the finish.

We're four sheets away from being done with the ceiling. The bad news is DH is somewhere in a hole putting joints of pipe together for a water line. We're to the point we need to take down the dining room light and if we wait too late we'll run out of light tonight. The lift has to be back tomorrow by 12:30 or we'll have to pay for a couple of days we won't need it.

In other news, I've been busy picking paint colors, drapes and other window treatments. Now, I think I'll go make a pillow while I wait on DH.

Slow going

I always wanted a ceiling medallion in my living room and now it looks like I'll get to have one. DH doesn't cut circles very good. LOL.

We're still working. We decided to put 1/4 inch sheet rock up on the ceiling and call it good. Much faster and cleaner than tearing out plaster. My only complaint is it's a slow process.

Even with the lift it seems like we can only get about three sheets hung a night before it gets too dark or DH gives out. The good news is we've moved from the living area into the dining area. This is big.

If things keep working like they are now, we should be done hanging sheet rock on the ceiling by Saturday. Cross your fingers.