Welp…we’ve officially been at this for 13 weeks now!   Time for another photo round up.  Check out Week 13 pictures, as well as all other pictures from the project, here.

A few important happenings…

1. We discovered some pretty cool scored plaster in the downstairs bathroom after ripping out the sheetrock.  This bathroom was remodeled (I’m thinking in the 70’s), and sheetrock was added then.  So we were excited to find such a cool feature hiding back there!  No definite plans yet on how we want to finish the walls in there, though.  Some parts of the exterior wall has had to be removed due to mold.  Gross.

2. I think we’ve finally settled on a set up for the guest bathroom of the office upstairs.  We measured and the pedestal tub that is in there now (original!!) will fit on the far right wall under the smaller window–with about an inch and a half to spare!  But the contractor says it will work and he can make it into a shower/tub, so yay!! I’m so happy we get to use that tub.

Here’s what we’re thinking…since Charles and I both really hate shower curtain liners (they stick to you and just make you feel icky), we especially don’t want a wrap-around liner like most claw foot or pedestal tubs require.   So we’re going to do something a little different.  But we figure, hey, it’s our house…it should be exactly how we want it!  Our plan is to tile the entire floor and also half way (or more) up the walls surrounding the tub.  Then we are going to put a drain in the floor on that side, with the floor slightly sloping to the drain, and a small little tile “lip” on the floor to separate off the shower area and keep water from running everywhere.  Then we will hang a tension rod above the tile “lip” for a shower curtain.  Sounds complicated, and confusing, but it’s actually quite simple.  More on that coming later!

3.  The “removing of all rotten and unusable wood” phase of the project is now complete!  The carpenters have already started going through the eaves and stabilizing them with new treated wood.  We got some pretty good pictures of it yesterday.  And thanks to my hubs for leaning way over the front upstairs porch railing to get me some good shots because I’m a scaredy cat!  Stay tuned for a more in-depth post on what exactly is going on.  For now, I hope you enjoy the pictures!

4.  And last but certainly not least, we officially have interior primer!!!  The formal living room got a coat of white primer on Friday, and let me tell you:  it is amazing to see how what you thought was white is actually a really nasty yellow brown dirty don’t-want-to-touch-it color!  (Hint: see the doors and mantle.)

Have a fabulous week, everyone!! :)

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