Early 1980s : Dad bought the house
1988 : Mom and Dad got married and Mom moved in
1990 : I was born
1992 : Little sister was born
2002 : Back room was built on. It's a bedroom - the biggest room in the house
2011 : Mom passed away somewhat unexpectedly. They were still married, we all lived at home and my boyfriend was here for the last couple months too
2011 Summer : Boyfriend replaced the roof. $3k in materials I believe? And about three weekends, five or six days in total. I did a little bit to help him, just moved shingles around once they were up there...
2012 : Dad bought a new house five miles away and remarried. My sister moved with him. My boyfriend and I kept the house, we are buying it
~ The Renovation ~
My boyfriend did all but 30 minutes worth of work by himself. We both loved the color instantly. It took him about six weeks if I remember correctly. He was in school and helping someone else with a construction project at the same time. He wouldn't let me help him at all. (I was working overnights and had to be asleep at that time anyway). It was $5k in materials. We renovated the inside about 75% this winter as well but I am not posting photos until we are completely done. I think we just spent about $1800 in materials for that. We need about $600 so it has to wait a little bit but it looks and feels soo much better already.
I don't know what else you might want to know!
I don't know the proper terminology, but the wood "trim" at the bottom of the home, really compliments the blue siding. It's a really nice touch. The place looks great, you are obviously very proud, and justifiably so. My father bought a home my senior year of high school that was built during the civil war, it was in shambles. He's been working on it for years and its really close to completion. It's fun to go home and see something new each time. Enjoy the journey.
I hope you have lots of photos, I'd love to see it when it is done. I was into this stuff before I got with a carpenter too, home design and architecture is just so fun! And thanks about the trim. I don't know what else to call it either but he made it from an old customer's fence... My jaw dropped when he came up with that! He's pretty clever.
My mother is rarely seen without a camera in her hand. I would be shocked if there weren't a photo for each stage and incarnation that their house has experienced. I think moving forward you should tell people that your boyfriend used the planks from an old pirate ship to construct the trim. Take a page out of Kevin's book "looks like someone got an "A" in wood shop"