June 2016 . . . the conflagration is over . . . time to show off the summer garden . . .

Shady side of the garden

dalphiniums . . . third year and they finally came up!

oakleaf hydrangea

moonlight hydrangea - year two, taking hold nicely

lambs ear . . . reaching for the sun . . .

then there is the conflagration . . .

30 W 4th St Backyard spring of 2016

Beauty Bush Corner - daffodils, tulips, flox, scala currently up

Birdbath corner - fritalaria coming up, a few daffodils, not much else yet

vines are much stronger this year!

side garden daffodils and tulips, hyacith

urn had an easter lily, wind storms got it! 

oak leaf hydrangea budding, lots of grape leaf hyacinth

another look at the beauty bush corner with the heritage rose in front

virginia bluebells

shade side yard with just a few things coming out

further down the shade side yard, japonica and bleeding hearts

japonica flowering, scala(?) coming in, bleeding hearts just coming up

birdbath area hasta starting to come up, flox not doing so hot, hens and chicks doing real well

Decorating for xmas . . .

 All together now . . . we have all the pieces we wanted to get together for the creche . . .

 And, of course, I did MY decorating . . .

Little modification to the front of the house . . .

 The tree is up . . .

 the stocking are hung . . .

 the railing has nice fresh smelling pine and cedar . . .

 some new friends are getting ready for their debut . . .

The front of the house is mostly set . . .

One more decoration doesn't come out until xmas eve . . . we all know who he is!
Hope all have a Merry Christmas!!
John and Jo

I've been bad . . . so many months without an update . . . so we will start from the bottom . . . the floor . . .

 

From the living room into the dining, here is the transition piece . . .

went from a trip hazard to about 1/2"

 This is the dining area, you can see the radiator in an alcove on the right.

 from the dining room into the kitchen, past the butlers pantry and the pantry hall way.

 Here is the kitchen itself . . .

 Pantry hallway back to the first floor 1/2 bath

Another view of the kitchen . . . one more coat of poly to complete.

And on another front . . . changes one of the Brookings houses . . .

and the hedge cut down to size . . .

new walk in tub

New tub

back of new tub

Front from the corner of the lot, new ramp . . .

New ramp from the access side

New ramp from front on

new ramp from the front door

walk up on the right, ramp on the left . . .

 

 

 

Not a terrible pitch to it . . .

Construction week 3 - some progress, but not much to see . . .

Building in specifics, door frames and such

 layout for the powder room, looking through the kitchen into the pantry and broom closet.

 The barnacle - subfloor panels cut, but not afixed . . .

 The new stove location.  Inset for the medicine cabinet . . . majority of the rough plumbing complete.

 Looking back toward the dining room

Running into some issue that will hold us up some . . . finding radiators and last minute changes with the a/c unit . . . argh . . .

Construction - week 2

Hard to believe a whole week has gone by . . . and the work continues . . .

Monday . . . electrical removed most of the old lines and boxes.  Put new circuits in to power those areas we aren't working in, but were affected by the power out in the kitchen.

All the homeruns hanging . . . while there was still a floor to work on

 Tuesday - plumbers got busy

 and the floor got removed

 and we found some nice slabs of rock . . .

Wednesday . . . plumbing continues and the joists are going in . . .

Looks the same but it works now . . .
and surprise, surprise, we found a well . . . 

Joists lined up and ready for a floor . . .

and thursday . . . part of the floor is in and the bones are in the making . . .

interior walls around the powder room and pantry . . .

And friday . . . window day . . .

windows removed . . . actually