End-of-the-year push

John and Nate continued tearing down walls and making new openings. This picture isn't out of focus, that's dust!


If you look closely at the pile of rubble in front of the pile of lath, you can see the detritus from more mouse nests. I know, I seem to be fixated on mice and their habitats, but it's just where my life is at the moment. Soon enough I'll move on to other fascinating topics.

Keith set up the skid loader at the window so Nate could throw the rubble right in.


Here's the lovely new space after the debris was cleared and the dust settled. There are six windows on four exposures.


Another obsession of mine right now is how much light from how many different exposures I can bring into a room, and I'm sure the builders are tired of hearing about it. Again, I will move on from this topic at some point, but I just want to say, that whoever came up with the idea of taking out this wall was a genius (oh, that would be me!). Suffice it to say, I'm very pleased with the outcome.

The bathroom wall studs are down

and this is the new doorway into Mother's room.

Roger continued rebuilding the front doorway


and the wall between the old and the new.


Dan and Garrett started nailing the felt onto the sheathing


and framed the inside of the second floor.


John gave Keith and me a tutorial on installing the rigid foam insulation in the attic. He ordered the material for us and ADMoyer delivered it today. John's letting us use his table saw, so we didn't have to bring ours down, thank goodness.


And here's the spacious attic after removing one of the walls. Charlie's the genius who came up with this idea.


So to recap, the themes of the week were light, space and mouse poop! Lots and lots of work got accomplished, and we're happy and tired.