{"id":22369,"date":"2015-08-27T17:27:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T00:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=22369"},"modified":"2015-08-27T17:27:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T00:27:53","slug":"project-pix-and-robbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/27\/project-pix-and-robbie\/","title":{"rendered":"Project pix and Robbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The complicated ceiling:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2015\/08\/27\/project-pix-and-robbie\/ceilinginprogress-small_0815\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CeilingInProgress-SMALL_0815-450x317.jpg\" alt=\"CeilingInProgress-SMALL_0815\" width=\"450\" height=\"317\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s what the old beadboard ceiling looked like when the roof above it collapsed last year:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2015\/08\/27\/project-pix-and-robbie\/enclosedporch_ceilingcollapsing-small_091914\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EnclosedPorch_CeilingCollapsing-SMALL_091914-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"EnclosedPorch_CeilingCollapsing-SMALL_091914\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The roof peak I painted and trimmed this week:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2015\/08\/27\/project-pix-and-robbie\/diningroomexteriorandnewlypaintedandtrimmedpeak_small_082715-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22386\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DiningRoomExteriorandNewlyPaintedandTrimmedPeak_SMALL_0827152-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"DiningRoomExteriorandNewlyPaintedandTrimmedPeak_SMALL_082715\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The peak behind it still needs doing, but that&#8217;s a job for a pro &#8212; and a job that probably won&#8217;t get done until 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a before pic. Or rather, a &#8220;during&#8221; pic. This was taken while the not-a-garage was being torn off and I was just trying out my first paint samples. Sorry I don&#8217;t have one taken from a similar angle as above, but I think you can see the difference, anyhow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2015\/08\/27\/project-pix-and-robbie\/not-a-garage_secondstageofcleanup-02_small_070214\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Not-a-Garage_SecondStageofCleanup-02_SMALL_070214-450x338.jpeg\" alt=\"Not-a-Garage_SecondStageofCleanup-02_SMALL_070214\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, parts of the house were pretty much at shack level when I bought the place. That back corner where the not-a-garage used to be is still unfinished even now (2016 project, if all goes well), but those multiple bizarre roof extrusions have been removed and &#8212; thanks in large part to you &#8212; the roof both looks and <i>is<\/i> good.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus. My sweet baby boy at 14 years old:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2015\/08\/27\/project-pix-and-robbie\/robbieat14-summer2015-small_0815\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22372\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RobbieAt14-Summer2015-SMALL_0815-450x352.jpg\" alt=\"RobbieAt14-Summer2015-SMALL_0815\" width=\"450\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22372\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Old, sick, and weary. But he was so happy in the sun that day. I had to take pictures, knowing they might be the last ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complicated ceiling: And here&#8217;s what the old beadboard ceiling looked like when the roof above it collapsed last year: The roof peak I painted and trimmed this week: The peak behind it still needs doing, but that&#8217;s a job for a pro &#8212; and a job that probably won&#8217;t get done until 2017. Here&#8217;s a before pic. Or rather, a &#8220;during&#8221; pic. This was taken while the not-a-garage was being torn off and I was just trying out my first paint samples. Sorry I don&#8217;t have one taken from a similar angle as above, but I think you can&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/27\/project-pix-and-robbie\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Project pix and Robbie<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs-and-cats","category-home-improvement","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}