Shoestring Theory

Click to make the big nail even bigger. My, what a big nail you have there mister. I’ve been meaning to put up a pic of one of these for awhile. These are eight inch nails that were used all over the place in the oldest part of the house. Most of them I’ve had […]

New Hotness! Click for larger image. Old and Busted! Click for larger image. Lots of good things have been happening at the house, I’ve just fallen back into being horrible about updating the blog. Above, you’ll see the main bathroom, both it’s current state and what it was like when we bought the house. On […]

June 8, 1951 – Washington, R.I. — Miss Ardis Barbour, clerk of the Washington fire and lighting district, objected strongly when the district raised her salary from $75 to $125 a year. “That’s altogether too much,” said Miss Barbour. “Remember, I took this job for no pay at all as a public spirited citizen.” Seems […]

We are gathered here today to pay respect to my living room, particularly its fireplace. Oh, how we remember you, and your rockiness, your devotion to being rocklike, and your general rocky domination of the central room of the house. If there were but one word I could use to describe you, t’would be: rock. […]

That they look so nice finished is all the handy work of the ladytheorist. She’s mastered the art of trimming and finishing these things out They’ve been visible in some of the other pictures I’ve posted, but I wanted to point out the new windows going into the house. Originally, we had questioned whether or […]

I never would have believed that one day, I would quite literally be jumping up and down with joy over a new furnace system. So this is what adulthood feels like. The old furnace in our house was…inadequate. I suppose that’s a polite word to use for it. We have a friend who is a […]

Okay, so it’s been a long time since I updated. My apologies to everyone who has been asking for new pictures of the house. I have a ton of photos, just haven’t had the energy or desire to sit and format them all for the blog in the evenings. My goal this week is to […]

I’ll update this later on with some descriptions, but for now, enjoy some photos! Update: Okay, so I promised an update. Below are some pics of what has been going on over the last week. I was getting them thrown up quickly as we had a friend’s Christmas party to go to and I wanted […]

The ladytheorist commissioned this work from Don as a graduation gift for me (and yes, that is actually her neck and shoulders). My friend Don has been helping out at the house tons. Framing new walls, adding in some joist supports in the cellar, planning out the plumbing, and more to come, I’m sure. I […]

Click pic to embiggen. Rocks, my walls have rocks in them. Click pic to embiggen. Seriously, more rocks. Another week, and more surprises. The dismantling continues, though we are very nearly down as far as we need to go. Some re-building has begun. We’ve got the new master closet and bathroom framed in. My friend […]