Day 1: Renovations Are Underway!

Bright and early Monday morning the driveway is full of trucks. Which means work on the house is underway!

First up is the drainage issue in the back yard. Over time dirt has washed down from the rise to the house, directing water to the foundation. How do you spell "mold"? Surprisingly for a house this age, it's not a big deal, so easily addressed.

I am not crying over the destruction of the grass!

Meanwhile William is busy with the electric. He put up new outside lights (where's my picture?) and two lights like this in the soon-to-be heated and aired laundry room/pantry.

It's not going to look like this for long. That back wall will be busted out to make it deeper, all the way across the back of the garage.

~Jodie

This is from one of the websites that showed the listing for the house.

Closed, done, its MINE!

"Similar listings" --there's no such thing.

Work begins in earnest tomorrow.

Pictures of Living Room/Dining Room

The living room end of the LR/DR. The foyer is ahead; the den to the right. That square on the wall appears to have served as a dart board by recent occupants. My camera and paint chips, etc. on the floor.

About the middle of the dining room/living room, looking toward the front of the house. The foyer is to the right. I have moved to the left to take this.)

Looking from the kitchen to the front of the house, into the dining room.

The light fixture on the DR end of the room.

A clue as to the original paint color. The den side of the panels are stained.

One of three sets of sliding panels that separate the foyer and LR/DR and Den.

A Hidden Gem

What a find! The butterfly roof is a signature element of mid-century house design. This beauty is hidden away in north Georgia.

Identification

A butterfly roof is formed by two adjacent gables sloping inward toward the middle, so that they dip to create a central valley. The eaves on the exterior of the roof are atypical to most roof designs because they angle upward rather than downward, which is normal in most traditional housing. The design of a butterfly roof is meant to resemble the lines, angles and wingspan of a butterfly when they are flapping in an upward motion. Butterfly roofs can be of varied angle gradations and may not be of identical length or angle on each gable. Some butterfly roofs, in fact, may only have one gable that slopes in either direction.

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