More on the Remodeling Project

Laura Domela — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:52:42 +0000

You may have noticed we've been a bit behind on our blogging these days. I know I mentioned before that we're at home right now doing a very big remodel project on (mostly) the exterior of our home (trying to make it as cool as our Airstream). It's going well! I'm waiting to take the final photos after we've got all the Ts crossed and such, but for now, here are a couple details:

Aluminum, backlit house numbers on cedar:

New dwarf maple in planter by the front door (it's called a Sharp's Pygmy, cultivated in Oregon in the 1980s):

Downstairs office windows:

Deck railing, lit with LED strip embedded in a groove in the cedar handrail:

Plants (the tall, skinny, Seuss tree is a sequoia that our contractor gave us, and I love it!):

I really love this whole remodeling thing and will be sad to see everyone move on to their next job. We have the most amazing team, and after about three months of 6 days a week they really feel like family. Plus, I love the sound of progress (and chop saws, and blowers, and pressure washers, and cement trucks) around here!

More photos as more things are finished!

We’re Remodeling!

Laura Domela — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:40:23 +0000

Okay I know I said I'd post some photos of what we're doing around home these days, so here's a start. We're remodeling a bit (mostly on the outside) and taking care of some much needed upgrades to our house in Portland. In the category of "much needed upgrades": a new roof and a new retaining wall.

The new roof is awesome, but makes for a boring photograph, so here's the new wall:

SO much better than the old railroad ties there were there before. I'm not sure if you can see 'em, but there are two spots where the wall "splits" to make some flat areas that will be perfect for planting something nice (or, in my case…asking Carlos to please plant something nice, since I've got a bit of a black thumb).

There's more rock wall like this around the side of the house, and there will be some rock steps leading up from the downstairs patio to the new deck, but I'm going to wait to post "before" and "after" photos until I have some good "after" photos.

In the meantime, we're planning our next long trip! We're thinking of heading slowly south down the west coast in January, then turning left and driving across the country to the other coast, then as it warms up, we'll head north to take care of some of those blank states in the NE. We could do a big lap of the US! What d'ya think?

remodeling – Riveted

More on the Remodeling Project

We’re Remodeling!