The pictures aren't pretty...

Since the last I posted, so much has gone on...We (my mother, step father, son and his friend) went on vacation only to come home to my mother and step father getting very sick and both landing in the hospital.  The flight was just too much for them.  I am very glad that they are both very much better! 
Four weeks later, the house is really moving along. I have had electrical and plumbing work done.  The library in completed and the rooms are being painted. 
The huge project was the asbestos removal in the basement.  We had over 200 sq. feet on all the pipes.  The company came out and even though I thought the job was complete, when the state came out to look at their work, the asbestos removal company had to come back to do a re-do of the job.  Apparently, the first time they came out, it wasn't cleaned enough, now, the job is complete and I don't think the basement has ever looked so good for a partially dirt basement, built in 1730. 

 

The white wrapping on the pipes is the asbestos. 

 Not only did I not know what asbestos was, a builder had to tell me.  It was falling down too. A huge hazard.

 Creepy!! We have the added bonus of lots of cobwebs!

 All cleaned!

This may seem like nothing to a lot of people, but it's huge to me~Moving into the farm with my granddaughter and all my pets, I just want to make sure the house is as safe as possible!

Happy Cleaning!

xxoo
Deborah

What a difference a day makes

The blizzard of 2013...we were blessed with about 28" of snow but we never lost our lights!!  WOOHOO!

For a home built in C1730, it seems to with stand many storms!

The grounds are quite. 

 The old carriage house once stood here but it was lost in the 1986 fire.

 Even the horses and mini donkeys fared well in the storm.

Happy days!

xxoo

Deborah

Renovations are moving along...

The renovations are moving along...this old house is now getting a whole new look!! My Mom and Bernie have lived alone for 30 plus years and have accumulated a lot of stuff!!  I'm a clean freak so I'm in the process of cleaning out, organizing, and painting.  

So far, I have had the electrician in and put in several plugs and a new light in the hallway so that Bernie has more light.  I am having the asbestos removed from the basement next Thursday..more pictures to follow...the front hallway is being done over, plumbing is being fixed and my old bedroom is being repainted...

 The old pine floors are still in good shape!

 Lots of stuff..all put away now...

 More stuff...again, all put away, it's been hard cleaning because my Mom doesn't like to get rid of her stuff so I just cleaned it and put the items in their place.  The items that were old and stained, I threw out.  If her things had some life to them still, I just packed it up and put it away.

 My old wallpaper...My mother wallpapered my room when I was about 10 years.  I remember because it was a surprise and I over heard my parents talking about it and I was so upset that my surprise was not going to be a surprise!! It's funny the things I remember, but I still love this wallpaper! Happy Memories...

 Wallpaper is gone and because of the horse hair walls, the guys had to put up sheet rock.

The old radiators work!  I happen to love the moist heat!!

So much work but I love every little bit of it!  I can't wait to move in! 

Happy Cleaning!

xxoo

Deborah

Well, here we go AGAIN!!!  My tree project went south very fast, the tree never turned colors, it just lost it's leaves and fast.  I think it was all the rain we had.  I basically have no followers any more, so I'm doing this for myself, to see the many changes that my childhood home is about to undergo and how the changes will be awesome!  Very simple, very New England, very lovely and most of all, very peaceful.

 I am redoing my mother's home. I am moving into her home in the Spring of 2013 and I'm very excited!  It is going to be a long process of cleaning and painting...so to keep the memories alive, I'm going to blog about it!  This should be fun to write about and to read about it! 

This is the barn, not my new home!!  The house pictures will soon to follow!

The painters are starting tomorrow, Saturday (1/19)...it's all going to be good.

xxoo
Deborah

You can see a little bit of the change about to happen...

xxoo
Deborah

Day 2

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Deborah

Crazy as it may sound, every day from now to....

the winter solstice, I am going to post a picture of this tree...This is the most beautiful tree I have ever seen.  You will see it turn a beautiful color of red, then you will see it covered in snow. 
To back up the story (10 years), when my kids were younger than they are now, I should say they were not driving...I would drive by this tree and stop and have them look it in the fall.  So beautiful.  I happen to see it turning colors a few days ago and I thought, why not show this tree off!  I am so super busy with life like all of you, but this tree is on the way to my Mom's and I am going to stop every day to smell the flowers...or in this case, to look at this tree...crazy, no, just nice.
Blessings to all who should take the time out to look at trees! 

xxoo
Deborah

The little cupcake is fine!!

Hey friends,  All my granddaughters tests are coming back fine!  She still has a lot of staring spells, but I really think it is nothing. 

She loves to feed her babies...I love this age!  She is just to cute!

The weather is turning here in the east and it is 90 degrees today...I'm loving it, but the marathon runners are not!  I couldn't imagine running in a 26 mile race thru Boston in this heat...never mind on a cold day either!

Have a great day my friends.
xxoo
Deborah