Alayna

Just…holes in the walls and floors.

A square hole dug out of drywall, horsehair plaster, and adobe building materials.

A history stating that the wall between the living and dining room was in fact…adobe.

People ask why I look into who lived in my house. Well, if I had been more thorough in reading the histories…then I would’ve known I was digging into an adobe wall. Gotta find a new location for an upstairs return air vent.

There is now a door. Just working on leveling everything out. Had hoped to wrap up plaster/texture this week but there is now discussion of adding a return air vent to the upstairs. So…more holes.

A 70s style flagstone hearth with fireplace box.

A room demolished down the the old plaster with a quarter circle cut out of old carpet.

Old houses seem to be a game of f around and find out. The plan was just update some trim and paint. Two days later we’re demoing a hearth and framing a new door.

I tell myself we’re just doing the same as those folks that built our historic houses. They would’ve used up every little thing ☺️

Mine was too! It was too embarrassing to take a before picture of but it’s taken all week to get worked out. I know! I scanned one piece to see where I got it and it’s 4x more expensive than last year!

Organized the basement/workshop. Measured all the various trim pieces to see if I can start working on the next room without spending any money. Likely…not lol

A collection of original wood window sashes stored in a basement workshop. The frames are stacked vertically and horizontally, some painted white and others in natural wood tones. A few windows have decorative designs, including one with diamond-patterned glass.

Cleaning the window workshop and realizing how many more windows I need to glaze this winter.

I love this! I’m usually already planning (our last frost isn’t until almost Memorial Day) but I’ve felt a little overwhelmed with starting this year. Y’all will motivate me!

I think we can call the sitting room complete.

Haha! Same!

Nothing motivates quite like people coming over tomorrow…

Then when I get sad Chat tells me I’m awesome and reminds me of my goals…bc it has to lol.

I’ll be honest, as a mostly solo DIYer, I use this ChatGPT prompt before starting something big: “I want to learn about [TOPIC]. Identify and share the most important 20% of learnings from this topic that will help me understand 80% of this subject.

I’m wondering if it’s the HVAC? Where it’s been so cold it’s kicking on more and messing up the indoor climate? That’s all I can think of…

I’ll be honest, I had no luck with a money tree that a friend gifted me. But this winter has been particularly hard on my houseplants. Never had any issues and now I’ve got several drying up and powdery mildew on others.

Hopefully this picture helps. I built a valance box to hide the curtains behind the crown molding and hung the IKEA Vidga track on the ceiling.

A cozy living room with dark blue-green paneled walls, floral curtains framing French doors, camel leather barrel chairs on a light Moroccan rug, and a crystal chandelier adding vintage charm. Framed artwork and a brass lamp complete the look.

Today’s goal…paint the doors, touch up paint and call this room done.

One newly glazed window…only like 30 to go.