New Beams

We ordered the lumber for our beams this fall, not really sure when we would get around to replacing the ones around our fireplace, but knowing it needed to happen sometime in the near-ish future. What we had was doing the job, but was a bit makeshift as you

can see.Then one afternoon we got a fit of inspiration and decided to tackle it. So with a bit of muscle, some pounding and a lot of supporting we transformed our stairway from ugly makeshift beams to beautiful, permanent ones.All that's left to do is a bit of staining so they match the wood in the rest of the house.

Good-bye Leaky Roof

Once again it's time to do some catch up with the blogging. I am going to try and keep things more up to date on here this year (we'll see how that goes...). One of the biggest projects we tackled this fall right after Travis was laid off work for the season was re-roofing our house.

For future reference, November in McCall is not the best time of the year to be working on a tin roof. Despite the cold, snow and rain, however, we (i.e. Travis) were able to get the north side of the roof finished with the generous help of some friends before the snow really set in for the season. The south side will have to wait till spring for it's makeover, but it doesn't have any leaks in it so it's not such a big deal. It will be exciting once the snow melts this spring to actually be able to see and enjoy our new pretty green roof!

Hurray for Me!

Is it OK if I brag a little about my latest project? :) As you have seen before Travis got our water hooked up last week (hurray!), but the faucet in our upstairs bathroom had a steady leak because the faucet was damage. Thus, we ordered a new faucet, one that we like for when we fix up the bathroom down the road.Travis had wanted to get it replaced before he went out of town for the weekend, but he ran out of time. So, I decided to take the project on myself and much to my delight IT WORKED!!! I removed the old faucet and drain and installed the new ones and when I put it all back together there were no geysers going off! When I took of the pea trap it was naturally filled with water and I almost dumped it down the sink...yeah, not a good plan I decided. Otherwise it went smoothly and I'm pretty excited to show off my handwork to Travis when he gets back tomorrow!

Old, ugly leaky faucet

New, pretty, NON-leaky faucet