My barn (glorified shed)

Well there's ur problem!

I used a lolly col in each corner to lift the barn

One of the old posts that used to support the center

Shows the garage door elevated off the ground

 I built four large beams to go under the ceiling joists and the top plate of each wall.  I then lifted the large beams with adjustable lolly columns.  Next step is to fix up the foundation adding some height so the wood is not so close to the ground.  Then I'll add a pressure treated sill.  Once that is done I'll replace the old posts in the center with permanent steel lolly columns. 

Pictures of the house

New tile in the dining room

Funky wallpaper on pantry

Morgan's new Guinea Pig

As the pictures show we're applying finishes to the rooms we're remodeling.  I still have to install doors, the floor in the kitchen, cabinets, and trim.  Long way from done.  Morgan received some money for her birthday and bought a guinea pig from a rescue shelter to keep the other guinea pig company.  So far the two pigs don't get along.  They're in separate cages which we bring closer and closer to each other to get them used to one another.

Gwen's new bed for her American Girl Doll

For Gwen's 6th birthday we went to the American Girl store in Natick MA.  As luck would have it it was also no sales tax weekend.  We walked into this place which is two stories of pink and dolls.  The first display has the doll Gwen wants to buy.  She grabs it and says - Okay let's go home.  So our day at the American girl doll store was a little shorter than planned - I was okay with that.   

Arcade

We hired a nanny for the summer to watch the girls.  Now you might think that sounds expensive but the cost is very comparable to the cost of sending the girls to camp and its far more flexible. 

We used to have a pile of boxes from moving but this weeks craft project took care of that.  The girls made "arcade" games.  The best one being Morgan's skee ball with neat system to return the ball after it goes in the holes. 

Fletcher St Pre-Demolition.

I finally found my firewire cable to hook the camcorder into the computer so I could upload this video.  This was shot the night we bought the place.  Most of what you are about to see no longer exists - heck some of the rooms you are about to see no longer exist. 

Sorry about the metal door comments.