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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Early February Update

Harry is working on the fascia boards, soffits and crown moldings for
the front of the house. We are trying to save as much as we can of the
original, but sadly much of it is rotted beyond use...


Lorena is prepping all
these boards so we can
get them up primed.
Can't wait until spring
to get this all finally
painted.

Andy has been jack hammering off the
last Portland Cement left in the place.
We will white wash these walls, even
though they must have been plastered
at one time.

This area in the front of the basement
hall never had white wash on walls or
ceilings like the rest of the hall, so
we suspect it was a closed storage room
with plaster ceiling and walls.
Very odd as it would have blocked the
light in the hallway.



Ralph has been steaming off the paint in the hallway.
Getting closer to final plaster throughout the house.

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