So…Ken and I decided to take a couple weeks in the beginning of summer to do a little bit of DIY on the homestead. We wanted to put in glass doors in our main living space that would overlook our courtyard. After a brief conversation, we hired a contractor. Enough said.

I thought it would be fun to share my bliss/trauma with the world, so I’m going to do a “day-by-day” on the project.

Either this is going to be really fun…or a complete and total horror…

If it’s fun…big party kids! If it leans toward the latter, I would appreciate large quantities of illegal narcotics.

We started out by tenting the interior space where the construction is going to take place. We used large canvas drop cloths, that can be totally recycled (I’m thinking drapery). I’m so damn green.

We then lined it with plastic, totally not green (shut up). Laid down blankets on the travertine, plywood, then paper. Then taped that joint up like a crappy John Travolta movie.

Outside wall with no hole.

Outside wall with hole! Riveting huh?!!!!

Inside wall with hole……wait for it…..wait for it….

What light through yonder window breaks? It’s a hole! There’s a damn hole in my house!

When they cut the pilot hole to see what we’re dealing with…we found brick. Three courses deep with an inch of stucco on the inside and out. This may explain my low electric bills…back to being green.

The hole grew to the size of a hobbit.

I reached the camera out the door and snapped a photo. Curiosity, cat…you know the drill.

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