Amazing House Blog

Lots going on with the house… Many pictures below
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Matilda arrived on our doorsteps today. She needed a place to stay, and we have a little more room, so we’ve decided to invite her to join our family.
She’s a lovely lady and seems to be getting along well with our other ladies. She’s settling in very nicely. Kaia has taken to her immediately and follows her everywhere. We hope she will become a part of our cordwood wall and stay with us forever! Thought you’d like some pictures!

It’s been unseasonably warm here. So we’ve been hoping to lay some cordwood. Because we are using a lime-putty mortar mix, we need ~2 weeks without a hard freeze for it to dry. So, we are pushing it right now. The temps drop down into the low 40’s here last night, but they are supposed to be up in the 50’s (for the lows) by next week! Since it’s been so warm in the days, we may be ok. Anyway, to really start on the cordwood, we had to get the electrical done (which happened last week) and pass inspection (which we didn’t). Our electrician is from one county over and in that county they don’t require you to strip and tie off all the wires for the ‘rough inspection’. In our county, they do. So, he has to come back and do that. However, the inspector was really nice and said he has no problem with us laying the cordwood before the inspection is passed. YAY!!

So, here is a picture review of our last week. (more…)