Those Old Planter Boxes–An Update
If you’ve read most of the posts here, you might remember the tale of the old planter boxes we purchased when we lived in San…
Tag: Exterior
The writing process (failure)
Keeping up with the news/projects to post ratio is something that fails to happen, as noted by the fact that I’m still over a year…
Adding to the woodpile
(Don’t worry, our gorgeous giant gum tree is doing fine. The first pic for this post is to just to show off its latest haircut.)…
“New” Bathtub
Back in 2019 when we were assisting our neighbors, we came across one last old bathtub down in the south pasture. Buried by weeds and…
Gutter Addendum
When we moved in, the west side of the great room had a gutter above the windows to divert rainwater away from the door and…
Exterior Tidying
There were no winter rains in December 2018, so we asked our favorite painter to get some much-needed exterior painting done. As mentioned numerous times…
And On the 15th Day, There Were Gutters
After getting the fascia rot issues sorted in January 2018, we were all set to put gutters on the house–something that hadn’t been done since…
Exterior Repairs Prior to…Gutters!
In January 2017, we had to address the fascia, as we knew when we bought the place there were pockets of dry rot. We wanted…
The End of Dry Rot
As mentioned a while back, we worked with contractors to address the huge amount of dry rot on the exterior features of our house. First,…
Revisiting First Impressions, Part 2: Back Exterior
Here are the back exterior before and now shots. Sports court Pool from east Pool from west Great room exterior Observation deck East “lawn” Hot tub
Revisiting First Impressions, Part 1: Front Exterior
As part of the anniversary of us finding Purgatory, I’ve taken new photos attempting to match the views and angles of the original listing photos. (I’m…
Final Kennel Details
On Sunday, the Smith boys finished up the dog kennel by placing some long boards to secure the gravel bed. Below are the before shots,…
A little history lesson
WARNING: this is a really, really long post. As part of the purchase of Purgatory, we got any drawings/plans pertaining to the house. Right after taking possession,…
Enter here
We are officially homeowners. The key is in the door.
