The barn bathroom is coming along. The glass tile and subways are continued around behind the sinks and the wonderful tub has been installed (yes, and used!). It’s a Victoria + Albert soaker tub from Crown Bath and Kitchen in Guelph. Volcanic Limestone…ooo. Sounds pretty cool. All it means is “too heavy.” Now we just need faucets…and a shower…and a ceiling…
Here is the first installment of tile in the bathroom. Learned a lot in a very short period of time. Figured out that tiling is a lot of fun and very rewarding. Grouting on the other hand…is not. For our first time tiling it turned out pretty well. The floor is Montauk Slate and the walls are simple matte subway tiles with glass and marble accent stripes.
Here is the long awaited update on the barn progress! The plumbing is done and inspected…
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- The stairs are in and they don’t wobble!
We have a new roof! After some serious leaking (with the crazy snow in November) we made the decision to buy a new roof. We didn’t realize however that nobody would be available to put it on. We called everyone we could find within an hours’ drive (over 20 separate contractors) with half not even returning our call…
The front of the barn is no longer advertising Typar. Hurray!
Here’s the long awaited update to the barn renovation! All of the windows for the 2/3’s are in!
There has been a lot of invisible progress in the last couple of weeks. The researching, quote-getting and shopping around has all taken a lot of time…
The first two thirds of the new barn floor are now down! In some places there are spacers that are 4 inches high just to make the floor level. So our shop has gained a little bit of head room, but the upstairs has lost some…
It’s been a month since my last post and how time has flown! We were working as hard as we could to get our plans finalized and submitted for our building permit
We got this pretty little tree from Muskoka. We’re just hoping that it lives! Anyone with hints on how to make that happen please let me know:)
Last week we got connected to the (relatively) new water and sewer lines at the street. Hurray! No more worrying about the sewage tank (nope, I did not mean septic) overflowing. The sewage line was a surprising 12 feet down at the road. Talk about a big hole! We were just imagining how long it would have taken if we were digging by hand.
Here is the barn from the air. All that dirt is ours! I did mention that the barn (and property) is a work in progress right?
Sorry little critters, you are going to have to find a new home. The ceiling is being reclaimed.
The day with help to remove the rest of the apartment. It was surprisingly fast and uneventful to take out the rest of it. Thanks for all of the help! Everything goes much faster when there is a small army working on it. Battering ram held by Kyle…who needs a sledge hammer or pry bar?
