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Here Todd is starting to lay the floor. Long pieces down the hall. The wood is ipe, it's hard and mostly used for decks. Grown (sustainably) in Brazil. The lengths are as long as 18 feet.
Before Todd could start laying the floor, he had to level at the join. The original house was two sections of the old modular, and it seems that leveling was not a big priority.
The wood for the floor has been in the house for a few weeks to dry.
Maudie and Dad in front of the Christmas tree--we had to get a more expensive tree this year so that it wouldn't look puny in our room with high ceilings.
This was in October when Todd did the surround and the wood stove. Thank goodness he got it installed in time for the weather because the winter has been brutal (but our electric bills have not!)Okay, I'm going to try to be a little more diligent about this. Maude is 6 months old, we got a roof over our head, slowly life is getting a little more normal.