Hey, what's that under there? UNDER WEAR?!

Am I a decent decision maker? You betcha. But by the end of last week I was tapped out and couldn't even decide what shoes to wear. To say that things are picking up speed on the project is an understatement. The demolition was exciting, but now walls are taking form, wires being pulled and plumbing plumbed. 
    The feat of placing the enormous beams was a whopper of day for the guys. With the hands of a couple young bucks (my Audie and Dave's son Cameron) the triple beams were lifted into place. The new structural beams were deemed necessary after a structural engineer inspected the roof and found not-to-code issues that made me worried about a big storm coming and the roof crashing in! We are good to go and safe.

You can see one of the beams on the floor waiting it's turn.  The plastic on the ceiling covers where the kitchen beam went in and supports the roof were the wall used to be.

     The framing has begun with new discoveries. A board with 'built in 1969' and a name was found. Pretty cool!  Dave and I are compiling a time capsule with objects from this project  to hide behind the kick plate in the kitchen. Some day after Rog and I are long gone some new homeowner will renovate my kitchen and find all the things that have made this house special. Speaking of things that make this house special...the eggs were deemed to be wood pecker eggs after Audie (who LOVES birds) found the patched hole in the siding where mama woodpecker worked very diligently to make a  place for her nest only to get the shaft when it was patched with her 6 eggs inside. Just glad they aren't snake eggs! Last week's discovery made me giggle and laugh when the picture and commentary came via text from Dave.  Picture this: at some time during this house's history a rather sizable guy was reframing the garage entry and ran out of insulation. What to do? Well, I guess rather than make a run to the hardware store I'll just take off my tightie whities and stuff them in the hole. See photos :

BIG dude. Size 44

Stuff them right in the crack. (That was a funny!)

The electricians have been pulling new wires throughout the entire top level after finding old wiring that was to scary to reuse. The canned lights were being placed and Jason, Mr. Electrician, was hammering me with decisions. "Julie, where does this switch go? How many cans here? Where does your TV hang? How many plugs in the floor? " Holy cow. Decisions were made and all the cans are in.

You can see the start of the island. 

Let there be light.

The basement is all painted and new doors are hung. Thanks to son #2, Cooper, for coming and spending the day helping dad. Rog and I still have the bathroom downstairs to tackle. Tile is our next project before we can set the new AWESOME vanity.

This is the original doorbell cover that I am
keeping.  Working my magic with a little paint so far...

Gotta have some flavor in this beige world.

We are getting excited as this place transforms right under our noses. It's a fun, noisy place to visit during the day because of the amazing crew that we have. Not everyone is cut out for this type of project, I LOVE it!