We had a very productive day today, it started nice and early but at 8:30am it was only 3 degrees outside and a little too cold to tear down the porch ceiling.  So we started with an indoor project first.

We made the blocks for the front exterior lights, then Ryan routed around the edges to make them look nice and I primed them.

Blocks being sanded

Ryan making the edges look nice

Block ready to be primed

Blocks primed and ready to go up

Ryan even took down the siding that needed to come down while I got these primed so tomorrow or Monday we can install them (hopefully it’s a little warmer one of those days).

After the blocks were primed, we decided to do a dump run (cardboard has been piling up since xmas) and a home depot run.  At home depot we bought some supplies to make a portable closet!  An hour later we had this little contraption all finished up:

Portable temporary closet

I forgot to take a picture after we added the shelves to the bottom to store my shoes and our jeans.  We got the closet emptied out completely and sealed the doors (closet and bedrooms) so we could demo our closet.  We decided about a week ago that we should do our closet now so we could insulate the exterior wall it shares with the stair well.  Also it moves our closet renovation up the priority list which we would both love.

So a few hours of demo later including cleanup, a truck full of wood, 6 bags full of plaster and our closet is no more:

Closet all demo'd

Another view of our closet

We plan to move the door so it’s centered and we can put bars on both sides of the closet with shelving along the back when we refinish it.  We also got some cedar from my dad that we plan to use for the walls.  Plus taking out the ceiling gives us a couple more feet of space in there (it was a low ceiling).

All this was done by 6pm (including cleanup).  So we’ve settled in to relax for the night.  Not too much left to get done this weekend, the electrical but we got the blocks already done which was the hardest part.  Hopefully the dump is open on Monday because we have a couple loads to bring over!

I think we’re taking most of tomorrow off to relax (maybe some quilting??) but if it’s warmer we may do the outside electrical wiring to get it done.  And we still have Monday off to enjoy!