Here is that cabin that's INSIDE that ugly garage. Joey built the garage over it to avoid permits. I was going to tear the ugly garage down and keep the cabin, which is over 60 years old, for garden tools. But, I realized what a job that would be and Lissa begged to have the cabin for her 'party house'. So, I think I'll just clean it out for storage (the large garage), so my house will never look hoardery again and let her have it (the cabin). I can cover the ugly building with Trumpet vine. It's a cool cabin. It has an old bed (we are throwing out) and a fold down table. And windows! The old man built it to drink demon liquor in because the wife was super religious. The REALLY weird part is, I was packing stuff yesterday at my house and I found a nice, clear picture of them! I couldn't believe I had that. It was like a sign to me. I am going to frame it and put it up somewhere here. He was my grandmother's brother.
Inside the cabin is a beautiful old wood stove. I know it doesn't look that great here, but, that's because I removed all the ornate grill work and locked it up so no one would steal it. I'll show it to you again when I put it back together. It is gorgeous and old. It even has Isin glass windows. Pretty rare. Some idiot sprayed some paint on it, but, that's easy to clean up. I may or may not put it in the house and actually use it. I still have two chiminies as well as the modern furnace. This place is just full of treasures buried in trash. The house is now cleaned out, but, the garage and basement are adventures in treasure hunting.
This is the shit I have to deal with. The dumpster is getting expensive, but, I figure I really only have one load left. The rest is beer boxes. Joey is an alchoholic and lazy. I told Lis she can have the job of dragging them out and stomping them flat and we'll just have a bon fire. That will pretty much clean it out. There's still some junk in the back yard, but, we clean a bit here and there and now it's looking pretty good. I'm sure we'll uncover some good stuff in his beer box mess. He's such a dick, look at this shit! Too cheap to call the garbage men.
More treasures found. Some great old wooden screens and French doors and OMG, I have found old fashioned storm windows for every single window on the house!! Not one even has a broken pane. I was so fucking excited about that. Who would have believed they were still around and in good shape?? All they need is scraped and painted. Too cool. Iowa is one cold mother in the Winter. The more I look, the more I find. I just can't wait to get the fuck into this house. I am dying to have my own bedroom and real closets!! Oh, and a brand new bathroom, wooo!
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Yea on the windows. I was just reading yesterday that in England they are bitching that the double pane windows and solar panels are heating up the housing so much in summer you can't stand it. And the insulation heats up the place too. That's on the new construction. And in my place it's heavy on insulation and double pane and super fit of everything. They say it's great in winter but they can't keep it cool when it gets hot. Too bad for me. I can get through the winter cold but can't bear heat. I have the air on all the time now and it doesn't get above 75 yet. But hot is coming. So thanks Calif EPA and Jerry Brown and Prince Charles. Hey he lives in a palace, several of them, with acres of trees and plenty of breezes so he is an authority on how to build row houses. Oh yeah.
Would love to see the storm windows when you put them up in the fall or whatever. I used to have a single paned house which cost hundreds per month in the winter (to heat). Looked for solutions and I like old tech, slow tech, etc cuz it's just smart, cheaper and usually owner-compatible. But stoms would have cost me way to much - no one in Vancouver bothered and contractors here won't get out of bed to scratch thier bums unless you pay for a whole day. I didn't bother.
Um, you should just live in a big mansion like me and Kanye live in with all our servants and botulism practitioners and industrial-grade ass-reinforcing technicians. Oh and that little kid I sometimes see running around the place too, whatever its name is.
Anyway, living in a huge gigantic mansion is so awesome, you guys! There's this one room that's just floor to ceiling vials of botox and Venezuelan silicon substitute. Then there's the annex where I get my chin sharpened once a month. That's the same place where my twunt-steaming equipment is housed. Apparently it's visible from space.
All the windows in that house are old and look homemade, so they're all diff sizes. The storms were made for them! THey have a hook at the top where you put them in and a simple latch at the bottom. Easy to hang. I am so excited. I don't like the plastic look when you block drafts, so this is great.
Wow. Now that is a gift, to find storm windows that are still usable, when they are all different sizes. That would have been a big expense, to replace those.
My house has crappy windows, and storm windows that are stuck partially open. Everything should have been replaced a long time ago, but it never was. Thanks, George.
Christina
Wouldn't it be hilarious to find out it really was Kim K commenting here all along?
Excited for you! I love treasure hunting.
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