Out West

Where the wild horses roam, jack rabbits jump , lizards scurry underneath

 the sage brush and ticks don't bite. 

Wonderful day to be out in the west desert.

CLiCk

 

 

 

Lost In Space

I am still here just don't know where.

 The first winter in this new house has been different.

Lack of natural sunlight and the icky inversion has not done me much good.

We have been somewhat busy repainting our old house to either rent or sale

 still not real sure on what we are doing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis and I drove out to check out road conditions to the west dessert

  and we hit the jackpot with the wild horses.

 

 

This little video is a little long but wait for the little roan colt to come out behind  his mother.

 

The Great Room Re-Do

On this  remake we did not do anything thing

major for this room.

Dennis and Kyle spent a great deal of time

 jacking the floor up and making it structurally sound.

 You could not walk down the hall with

 out the feeling of being off balanced. 

 But before  jacking up the floors they had

 to remove parts of  the sheet rock that you

 can see underneath the  beams by balcony.

Even with removing some,  the sheetrock  still cracked and moan.

I would be on the top floor listening to the sound as

 they  tried to lift this house up it is really an eerie sound.

I kept wondering if it was gong to come crashing down.

 

We got rid of carpet,  tile  and light fixtures.

Freshened up wood work and new paint color. 

 

 

 

Dennis's father pitched in an created the new wood work around the  staircase.

Much better than having the carpet wrap around.

 

The wood floor was a bit challenge taking its time to acclimate it seemed like forever . 

 One of the goals we have for this room is to improve the entry way. 

 We are hoping to remove the door and side windows to add a vestibule entry way .

From the outside of the house you don't  get s sense of  where the front door is.

We want to had some type of timber frame structure and  give it more of a grander feel.

 We had the chimney painted a different color

 than the walls

and made it more of a focal point. 

I found the  wagon wheel light fixture at a flea market

 and was tickled about  how much better

 it was than the big glass  light fixture  that  was here.

 

 

We added some fan lights from Lowes.

 

Next room is the master bath with all its rustic charm.