This face looks like it might be a piece of pop art. Can anyone help us find similar cartoons?

Look what we found behind the walls of the former master bath...

Emery Terrace Neighborhood Plan 1906

Ninety Nesmith is lot 48 on the plan for the Emery Terrace neighborhood. Is the 1906 date on the plan a the lower bound on the date the house was built? The MLS record has a slightly older date of 1900.

Bruce's mom found an intriguing drawing and plans of a house almost exactly like ours in an old book about farming. It looks almost identical except for the porch, and the interior plan is flipped. We're going to try and find historic photos of our house to see what it looked like originally.

Glen on the roof

Here is a picture of Glen taking measurements on the roof- Fred (our GC) took the photo taken from the lift, which is parked in the driveway right now- Amelia calls it "the big truck".

We did it! Got our building permit on Wednesday. The process was easy and quick, so now we're ready to start the roofing. I chose a dark brown, three-tab shingle made by IKO called "Heatherwood". I've been looking at roofs all over the place recently, and black/gray roofs look great with cool exterior tones (blue/grey) but they don't work well with rich, warm tones (brown/tan/ochre) which is likely what we will use. So, the roofing will start on Monday-- hooray! It should take about three weeks to complete. It's clear that we won't be able to move in until November what with all of the interior work as well, but it will be worth waiting.

I'm heading over to City Hall for a building permit today so we can get the work started. Hopefully we can get the roofing work underway this week!

The first before and after

The first renovation was to remove the shutters from either side of the front entrance.    Amelia approves.