Bar project has begun!

The Texas Inn building, circa 1900, had been added onto (very badly added onto.) Ben and his friends pulled down the lean-to shed addition. Here are the highlights: (photos by Andy)






Ben, swinging a heavy hammer, hitting rotten wood, whilst his friends Josh and Nick watch.















Most of the side wall down. Surprisingly, the roof stayed up!
















Ben with his heavy steel hammer again, attempting to break/knock down a support post. Amazingly, it stayed up!
















Josh working on the same section with a chain saw! That should do it!

















Hmmm... Still standing!
















Finally! After a lot of cutting with the chain saw, a single cement block too it down!

















Looks better already! Since this photo was taken, Ben and his friends Bill, and Caleb put a new "roll roof" on the bar building.

Chessie!

Ben's newest addition! For more photos of Chessie, click here.

All done but the shouting!

Finally, some before and after shots:

One of the bedrooms "Before"

Same bedroom, "After"

Living room "Before"
















Living room "After"

















Kitchen "Before"



















Kitchen "After"

Bath room "Before"

Bath room "After" nearly complete. Dennis added a "foot" to the tub and the shower curtain is now up as well. There is also a shade on the window and toilet paper and towel holders.

The bath room was obviously the biggest and most impressive project and was done last.











We're looking forward to having you visit to see our "masterpiece!" There is still a lot to do to the outside but that will be done gradually. We still need to re-do the porch, fix the lower deck, flash and trim around the windows, work on flower beds, etc.....

Ah, the joys of home ownership!

Finally! An Update!!

Follow this link for a slide show of Ben's living room floor project!

The end is near!

Ben's house is nearly done! Hurrah! Yesterday the appraiser came. She was the one who looked at the house pre-redo. She said Ben has really increased his equity. We think that means it passed inspection to get a real mortgage!

Sorry we are so far behind in our photo updates. We've been busy!

Bedroom painting

Andy painting in one of the bedrooms.








Bedroom after painting.

Hurrah!

The living room and sun room are painted! No photos yet though. In fact we're behind in our photos. Perhaps tomorrow! We have photos of the new bedroom floors as well.