Neal finished the thresholds and the quarter-round in the kitchen yesterday. The thresholds really help make the rooms look better. Before, there was a gap between each room filled with dust and dirt from the past 100 years. Not to mention the nice draft that chilled the rooms. The t-holds were made of 100 year old pine (the same as our floors) boards milled together. I will put a coat or two of polyurethane and they will hopefully turn the amber tint our floors did.

It’s my turn to play catch-up. Tomorrow I’m hoping to spend the day painting (again). Now that the bathroom woodwork is completely done, I can finish painting that room once and for all. I still need to paint the trim in the dining room…and now the kitchen. However those will be tackled on Thursday. And on Friday we have a gas contractor coming out to update our gas lines! In addition to that nice electric heater we got the other week, we also purchased a ventless gas system for around the same price. This will heat up to 1000 square feet…and it’ll be good to have if we lose power this winter season (or any, for that matter). The price of both of these heating units combined is still way less than half the cost of a central heating and air system. But I’ve preached those words already, so I’ll end this subject now.

Today I went downtown to get a business license for Vertical House. I understand this should have been addressed sooner, but up until now we were just selling ‘online.’ I’m a wimp in the cold, so I only snapped a few shots on my walk from the car to the courthouse.

We’ve updated both our Vertical House sites! The one with music and photos…and the original inspiration (our house) and it’s renovation process.

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