To blog or not to blog, that is the question...

The answer is because it seems like fun.  Maybe it will keep me on track, when I say things out loud, sort of, maybe it will keep me goning on the dozens of projects that I always seem to have going.  We'll see.  At present I am renovating a schoolhouse built in 1850.  Its a mess.  A few years ago I gutted it, almost 2 tons of debris; walls, ceilings, junk into a dumpster.  The design of the building allowed this as all of the loadbearing is on the outer walls.  Under the sheetrock that we removed I found original paneling and doorways that had been covered - an arched ceiling above the sheetrock ceiling.  The arched ceiling was cool but chunks of plaster were falling down and the expense to replace it would have been crazy - so I tore it down and we replaced it with tongue and groove pine - looks fine but remains unfinished...here are some old pics I took in the attic - #1original post and beam construction

#2 ceiling beams and joists with ceiling removed.

#3 notice the beams and joists are pegged with wooden pegs!