Saturday, March 20, 2010

Interior



Inside the beautiful front doors lies a...



beautiful fireplace (you might even be able to see the space ship texture on the ceiling). Then past the fireplace you will dream of cooking in this...



amazing kitchen. Don't worry about spilling mustard because you won't even see it on these countertops and plastic cupboards. Just beyond the kitchen is a dining/office room that leads to the backyard.



The current floor plan has some major drawbacks that don't meet our needs so we have made plans to create the spaces that we want. Demolition is underway so be watching for those pictures to come soon.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Floor Buddy



If any of you are like me tracking dirt into the house is a part of who you are. For me, shoes cover my feet so that my feet stay clean, they don't even protect me from nails. Wife doesn't have the same love of dirt that I do especially just after she cleaned on Saturday morning and then I get home from work and track dirt into the house.

Recently we were introduced to the Floormate spinscrub hardwood floor cleaner and my life couldn't be better. This contraption is a wet scrubbing vacuum for solid surface floors which makes cleaning up dirt and mud much easier. I still haven't tested it to find it's true potential but things like that happen naturally for me. Wife likes it so much that she has been calling it the "Floor Buddy" and I think they are better friends than they would like to admit.

We are looking forward to a garage to store all dirty shoes and clothes. Apparently Carhartt is not allowed indoors, who knew.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Moving

This past Friday of working on the house was spent moving two letterpress machines. It is great fun! The best part is that one of the machines was moved to a temporary location which means I get to move it again. Some of you may not be able to sense the sarcasm because you are not aware of the size and weight of these machines. The first one we acquired almost 3 years ago, it is a 1968 vandercook universal I which comes in at about 1200 LBs. The second press is a 1960's asbern(pictures to come) and it is about 800-1000 Lbs. Then there is the mini table top, which we have had for about two years or so but only weighs about 100 LBs. A few weeks ago I moved up the old guillotine paper cutter which probably weighs about 300 LBs.



This is a picture of us moving the vandercook 3 years ago.

Wife uses the machines to print cards, wedding invitations, art, die-cuts and anything else she can think up. I think I enjoy the process as much or more than her. As soon as the snow melts the barn will be fixed up to house these monsters and hopefully classes and workshops will follow.