We continue to make good progress on deconstructing the old place in East Texas.
We have concentrated on skinning walls …
… and taking down all non-load bearing walls.
We now have 3 enormous stacks of rough-sawn lumber, old doors …
… including a full trailer load of old 2×4’s and pristine beadboard that has never seen a coat of paint.
We’ll restack everything in our lumber storage barn after that project is finished.
It’s quite a job, for sure, but we’re making very good progress.
Next on the horizon, removing more beadboard from the walls and removing the hardwood floors.
Then, we will tear off the roof and start taking the house completely down from top to bottom.
Kim, looks like y’all are going great guns with the salvage/demolition on that house. How much longer do you think you’ll be there? Is there another one that y’all will be salvaging in that same area?
Gee, wish we’d have had some of that beautiful bead board when we were redoing “This Old House”. I love that stuff and it surely got expensive when were having to buy it. You and Mark really lucked out with this house next door.
Maybe we can get by to see y’all while you’re still working down there. Take care and keep in touch.
Big hugs to you and Mark!
Thanks, Drue. We have about 2 weeks to go. We lost some time last week due to pickup tire troubles and the rain. But, we should still get done on time.
The beadboard is so lovely. I may have to use most of it on our bedroom ceiling. I would really like to put up several different colors of beadboard, mixed randomly together, but I’ve got some convincing to do on that one.
I still can’t believe our luck with the Grapeland house and meeting you and Mike. A double blessing!
Speaking of old houses, we have another THREE waiting in line to do next!
Hope y’all can drop by and see us — Mark is out of town until tonight, then he’ll be out of town again (on photography business) Thursday and Friday.
Thanks for finally writing about >Week 2 of our old home
salvage project – Living Vintage <Liked it!