10/28/13

Update: Oct. 28

We drove by the site where the house stood, for the first time since it was moved. The church has done nothing, although they had rushed us because they "needed to move forward."

8/5/13

Update: August 5

All the material is now in the barn, so this stage of the project is finished. I have mixed feelings about it...I'm sad that the house is no longer standing, and a bit frustrated that I didn't get to participate in taking it apart, and frustrated that some of the material didn't survive the process. However, I realize that this was the only way we were going to get a historic house (or facsimile thereof) on our property. I have no idea when the "next stage" will begin...there are these things called time and money that we don't have enough of...



7/31/13

Update: July 28

Almost done! Everything is in the barn except the exterior doors...sure doesn't look like a whole house!

7/25/13

Progress: July 25

I was off work so we swung by the Bastrop site again today...



It's just a hole in the ground! Notice the base of the chimney.

They were working hard, loading it on the trailer.

7/25/13

Progress: July 24

They started moving the materials! Here are a few pics that Eric (the contractor) sent from our barn.

Starting to stack it

 

Looks like beadboard

Flooring?



Shiplap (interior walls)

7/19/13

Progress: July 19

Well, things look a little more organized today (and COVERED, to some extent at least). We had some drama this week with all the rain, but we can only hope for the best. We're still a bit worried about the flooring, which didn't get covered at all.



Flooring is all that remains



Stacked and sorted



The porch

More stacked and sorted

 

The doors are under those tarps

7/12/13

Progress: July 12

omg! Well, my goodness...speechless! We hadn't been able to make it over there at all this week due to work, and when we arrived today, it looked liked the house had exploded!

The only porch pillars left standing

Supposedly the wood floors are still under there somewhere

Umm...speechless

The front door

The gorgeous room divider...on the ground

7/6/13

Progress: July 6

Wow, the roof is off; we weren't expecting that! Hope it doesn't rain! All interior walls but one are gone; the back chimney is a stack of bricks in the backyard.



Roof gone!

Wall gone between Front Room and Bath 1

 

Looking up to the sky from Kitchen



Used to be the back chimney

Many layers of linoleum on Bath 2 floor



Holding up the house!

7/3/13

Progress: July 3

Not a whole lot of change since yesterday; they started taking off the metal roofing which exposed asbestos shingles (no telling how many layers there are of those!), and took down the exterior chimneys. I'm having to fight (Mr. D.H.) to keep bricks from the exterior and interior chimneys!

Metal roof coming off

The utility room (original kitchen) is down to the bare walls now.

Utility Room/Kitchen

And now a whole lot of the house is stacked in the back yard! Hope it doesn't rain! (That would be the ONLY reason to not wish for rain.)

Backyard



7/2/13

Progress: July 2

Wow! Most interior walls gone!



Wall gone between kitchen and baths

Doors pulled

Chimney uncovered in original kitchen (current utility room)

Chimney uncovered in bedroom

Looking from middle (fireplace) bedroom straight through out the kitchen window



Looking from middle (fireplace) bedroom through to the living room

7/1/13

Today's Progress

I took off work this week in order to check in on the progress each day. Today they started taking down the wall between the "fireplace bedroom" and the enclosed back porch.





6/29/13

A Few More Details

Here are a few close-ups of things uncovered this week.

Wood Floors in Living

Wood Floors in Kitchen

More Writing on the Wall

Layers of Wallpaper (Boy Scout Wallpaper)

Fabric on the Wall

6/29/13

Down to the Bare Wood!

Here is how the house looked today, in approximately the same order as the 6/24 post. Layers and layers of wallpaper uncovered, down to the bare wood in most places.

Inside Front Door

Right Front Room

Right Front Room into Bath 1

Bath 1

Back of Divider Toward Front Door

Utility Room

Enclosed Back Porch

Bedroom

Bedroom (fireplace)

Bedroom

Bath 2