Chinking!!

We've been researching what to do with the walls for a long time, vacillating between using synthetic or trying to go with an original look to accent the walls. We decided on using mortar and going with the original look for chinking. Joe the House Doctor started and we are impressed so far with how it is taking shape. We thought we would spend the entire weekend out there, but with the house in the condition it was in, we opted to come home after a night. Here is what we found:

The main bathroom has the white wash walls. and this is the chinking that has been started in that room.

main bath downstairs- we are making this bath smaller to open up the living space

 current state of the living room

 We had the ceilings removed to open up the parlor- we love the look!

 This the kids room upstairs and we still need to have this chinked

This is the back bedroom/new bath.They put a wire backer board and then fill with the chinking

 The House Doctor's sign in our front yard

 We had the basement "cleaned up"- still freaks me out to be down here- maybe it will become a man cave?

 Original framing of the house

 Another shot of the exposed ceiling

 main bath under construction

 starting them off young!

Fireplace

When we were out at the farmhouse a few weeks back we decided to remove the covering over the fireplace. The fireplace was capped many moons ago so we didn't know what we would find or if we would be greeted by any friends. We were pleasantly surprised by what we found...

Fall at the FH

It's my favorite time of year out at the farmhouse! We think we are about a week from peak, but still it is just incredible out there!

 We saw some wild turkey's from the house so Cory and L went down to check it out

 They found them, but didn't get any pictures as they ran up the mountain

 The farmhouse

 Buba enjoying the leaves

 Explorers

 He is obsessed with the field

 No wind needed

Demo Phase Two

We are having the House Doctor start phase two of the farmhouse renovation. We are thrilled to get this part of the project going. We will be adding a bathroom upstairs in the corner you see in the first picture, and are also updating the bath on the main level. There is a lot of work ahead of them, and we were a tad overwhelmed to see the upstairs bedroom (formally known as the grey room)!

The House Doctor tells us the whitewash is a pretty old addition to the room and is definitely old-time stuff. They have scraped quite a bit of this off since these pics.

 It really looks it's age

Cory and Clay worked on putting up a table on the front porch. We found this piece of wood in the basement and stained it and boom new table! (chairs to come)

Summer Fun at the Farmhouse!

The living room 

 Our favorite hang out spot is the front porch

 Kayaking- This was Vicki's first time on the river!

 Back porch

 Road through our property

 Our river front!