Haleigh Wright

To Arch or Not to Arch. . .

We are having a slight debate, we keep going back and forth on one thing. . . what shape should the HUGE window in the living room be. It has to be replaced because of water and staining between the panes of glass. The cheapest option will win, but if they both cost the exactContinue reading “To Arch or Not to Arch. . .”

Renovation Rain

What is renovation rain you ask. . . it is rotten wood, wood so rotten when you grab it all you have in your hand is saw dust and it rains down on the ground below. We found more rot this weekend, so bad it was renovation rain. Saturday we braced the decking seams inContinue reading “Renovation Rain”

Nightmare on Glenn Street

The spooky season has come and gone with a lot of progress on the house. Brady decided to use the drone to show you exactly how pretty the house is from above. I didn’t realize quite how bad it looks from the air. It looks a lot like the news videos you see after tornadoesContinue reading “Nightmare on Glenn Street”

Structurally Better, Not Sound but Better

Nothing amazingly fun to look at happened this week. Nothing that HGTV would show in a 30 minute special but we did make a good bit of structural progress. This progress is the slow not showy kind but absolutely necessary unless you enjoy living on the dangerous side and don’t mind falling through your floorContinue reading “Structurally Better, Not Sound but Better”

Room with a View

No update last week, last weekend defeated us. We removed A LOT of subfloor, a little more subfloor, and cleaned up around the fireplace but that’s about all we did and it was a fight from start to stop. I spent most of last weekend under the house in the crawl space. It’s the cleanestContinue reading “Room with a View”

Closing the Door and Opening the Floor

This was our 4th weekend working at Glenn Street, and I thought we were a LONG way away from this. However, on Saturday morning, we hit a monumental moment. . . We closed the dumpster door. This may sound small to you, but that is a 30 YARD dumpster, one of the big boys, theContinue reading “Closing the Door and Opening the Floor”

It’s Raining Snakes!

We got quite a bit of demo done this weekend AND yard work (finally)! The house lost several walls and a lot of ceiling. We’ve ran into now 3 Cockroach nests during our adventure, but this weekend while tearing out ceiling a SNAKE fell from the sky. Brady pulled a big chunk of dry wallContinue reading “It’s Raining Snakes!”

Weekend at Glenn Street

Another weekend of tearing out means one weekend closer to putting stuff back in. I am oh so happy to see all the flooring is out of everywhere except for the sheet linoleum in both bathrooms. We found quite an interesting and frightening scene when we took town the old kitchen ceiling. If you’e unsureContinue reading “Weekend at Glenn Street”

Opening Up

This weekend we took out three walls and a ton of flooring. We still have multiple layers of ceramic tile and hardwood to go, but we’re at least a couple layers closer to seeing the subfloor. We did find one DIY disaster funny this weekend, at some point someone decided that the floor was saggingContinue reading “Opening Up”

Labor Day at Glenn

We spent our first holiday at the new house…..working of course. This is our deluxe dining room. We can’t stand the smell or lack of AC inside. Gleam in his eye and a pep in his step can only mean one thing. … DEMO DAY! The first of several demo days at this house. WeContinue reading “Labor Day at Glenn”