Seeing as I began this blog to post about momentous events in our lives.. I had better tell you what we have been up to lately..
Last week Thursday we began the huge renovation of lifting our entire house and deck and putting in a full basement. Dad Vandevelde had the idea of using huge logs and beams and doing the job ourselves.. so far it is going really well. Most nites the house is completely level, the one nite it wasn't we slept with our heads at the foot of our bed so as not to have the blood rush to our heads..
The house feels really solid becos they are supporting the house with huge cottonwood logs on the corners and the edges are supported by using the concrete path at the front of the house.
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It will turn our small 2 bedroom, 1 bath home into a 4 bedroom, 2 bath home with a recroom downstairs as well.. We are really looking forward to the extra space!!
Katie playing around in the basement
The huge cottonwood logs we used in the jacking up process
this is the wood we bought so that the house would remain level..
how we got the wood into the basement
Mom Vandevelde came most days to help
Dad Vandevelde and Derek working away
Aunt Ivy and Katie
Us posing in our basement to be..
The ramp/step leading into our house
Derek showing how tall our basement is already
View of the house from the road
We are lifting our deck at the same time..
view towards the road from the basement
the huge cottonwood log supporting the corner of the house
Ivy Vandevelde delivering wood for our walls