Can't We Just....

Three simple words. Words that can make my husband cringe. He tries to tell me that he really can't do everything (like I think). But he keeps proving himself wrong and proving me right. Because he really can do EVERYTHING!

Laura- Can't we (read you) just move this opening over?

Timothy- You mean that opening? The one that is 100+ years old and totally structural?

Laura- Yep!

Timothy- And log?

Laura- That's the one! Won't it be awesome! It'll solve all our problems! All you have to do....

Timothy- ........

Laura- It'll separate the men from the boys. I mean, who else do you know who has done this?

Timothy- .......... sigh........

And so it began.

See that little tiny doorway... Keep looking, it's pretty hard to see... Over there on the left side of the picture.

That doorway is what separated the dining room and kitchen from our new living room.

We started by measuring and using tape on the wall so we could see what our new opening would look like.

Then brought the chainsaw in. The best part of the chainsaw in the house was that our neighbor happened to be looking out his window and said to his wife, "I just saw Tim start up his chainsaw and walk into the house!". They came over a few days later...

He made a pulley system out of a ratchet strap. And cut. One. Log. At. A. Time.

Then... We brought the logs back into the house and started piecing them back together to fill in the old opening.

Then made some more cuts.

Aaaaannnnndddd the long awaited new opening was done!

First Impressions

This little red house has always had a bit of charm to it. The way it sits on its lot, the trees around, the mountain views. But if you look closely you will see that the charm is actually rag tag. Take the front door for instance. Seems ok, right? Until you notice that it is actually pretty small.... and metal... and boring. Replacing it certainly wasn't the first thing on out list, but we knew it was bound to happen.     

So when a solid wood large door came up for sale on our local online yard sale, we decided it was time. Of course it wasn't a simple job. Timothy had to reverse the way it swings and widen the opening. Don't forget that the house is over 100 years old, originally a log cabin and not even close to square. He is awesome though and figured it all out and I love it!

 Now just picture all the hardware black and the trim around the door painted white. Because... well... life happened. And this front door project has joined the very long list of Almost Done projects.

And Almost Done is way better than not done at all.