Home Repair Season
This house is hell for stout - built in 1911 and modified a few times. One of the changes was to add drywall, then wall paper throughout - I think that was done in the early 70's time frame and all the plumbing and electrical, well most of it, was also updated.
At the top of the stairs the landing is the last area upstairs to do, so I had to build a small walkway to get into the areas we can't reach - you know the antithesis of a @YellowSnow house where he can touch the second story from the basement.
Anyway, right in the middle of the wall was an obvious crease that I know I was going to have to smooth the drywall out, retape and plaster again before painting. I found out on Wednesday that I am having surgery to fix my left shoulder so I am rushing to finish this area. As I start taking the wall paper off I get to the crease and the tape just pulls off the entire joint. I start messing around with it and realize that it isn't drywall but in this one wall they put 1/8 inch thick press board? I cut a little bit of the press board away and damned if the entire wall isn't ship lap.
The entire house is ship lap inside and out we already knew, but this is only the second place we could actually expose the wood. I have a lot of clean up to do and Mrs. Lebam said not to worry about getting the work done before surgery. In the picture you can see some of the original wall paper from 1911, and the white line shows where a couple of the panels butted up to each other.
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Joanna would be so happy.
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She really did make it famous againBennyBeaver said:Joanna would be so happy.
Every designer uses it now -
Be sure to put in a fucking rolling barn door somewhere
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I have a fucking rolling barn door in the barnBearsWiin said:Be sure to put in a fucking rolling barn door somewhere
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Ohhhhhh Joanna. Landing strip, shaved, or au naturale?BennyBeaver said:Joanna would be so happy.
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She’s AsianBleachedAnusDawg said:
Ohhhhhh Joanna. Landing strip, shaved, or au naturale?BennyBeaver said:Joanna would be so happy.
Sideways. -
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/modern-farmhouse-is-so-done/
“It is beyond time for this trend to die. Aesthetics aside, sliding barn doors are terrible at being doors. They don't create any kind of seal between the wall and the door, so they do almost nothing to block out sound, and light and odors seep in through the sides.
They always feel kind of rickety, like the bottom of the door really wishes that it could be in a more secure track. Plus they are essentially designed to squash the fingers of young children left unattended near them. I've just never understood the appeal.
Furthermore, you have to give up an entire section of the wall for when the door is in the open position, so when it's closed you're staring at a blank wall topped by a heavy metal track.
Mark my words, barn doors are going to be the beaded curtains of our age. Our grandchildren are just going to look at them and ask, "Someone did this on purpose?" -
after this rebuttal about barn doors I am headed to the barn and will remove all the damn doors. Doesn't really matter, the goats won't know.Doog_de_Jour said:https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/modern-farmhouse-is-so-done/
“It is beyond time for this trend to die. Aesthetics aside, sliding barn doors are terrible at being doors. They don't create any kind of seal between the wall and the door, so they do almost nothing to block out sound, and light and odors seep in through the sides.
They always feel kind of rickety, like the bottom of the door really wishes that it could be in a more secure track. Plus they are essentially designed to squash the fingers of young children left unattended near them. I've just never understood the appeal.
Furthermore, you have to give up an entire section of the wall for when the door is in the open position, so when it's closed you're staring at a blank wall topped by a heavy metal track.
Mark my words, barn doors are going to be the beaded curtains of our age. Our grandchildren are just going to look at them and ask, "Someone did this on purpose?"
Which reminds me - I am participating in a USDA goat survey. the USDA has been out twice and this last time did blood tests, poop tests, and vag swabs. I was holding the goats, the vet was doing all the dirty deeds, etc. One goat (a doe) got pissed when we were finishing up on her best friend. Didn't get pissed at me as I am the king of the herd. Got pissed at the vet, she was the one molesting my poor little goats. Then finished up and wormed them all. This weekend to complete the survey I am going to pick up goat poop. Freeze it and send it off to the USDA for follow up ANALyses. Mrs Lebam stated that is a must before I have surgery
I know - another CSB -
The goat story ... yeah ... you've gone FULL Lebam.
Congrats or condolences as the case may be.
