Little Barn Project

Monday - September 8th - Cool 58 degrees

Our little barn has needed repair for several years and we have had promises from several  people that they would fix it for us, but no one ever followed through on those promises, so Lou finally said that he would tempt it and that he did.

He started by tearing off all of the old boards that had rotted.  My deceased husband had built the little barn years ago and had used screw nails and it was a challenge to get the nails out without destroying the boards, as we wanted to use the  boards as patterns to get the angles correct.

As with most jobs, it soon became apparent, it was going to require more work than we thought, we had to remove the doors and rework them.  I had built new doors the year that Al died, and I really am not a carpenter either.....

It wasn't long before we were able to start cutting boards to put back up to replace the rotted boards.

Doors back on and reworked, so they shut properly.  Tim cut us some tin so we  can put it above the doors to protect them from the weather.  Lou installed new drip edge to the front and back of the barn, we scrapped the barn, applied putty to all of the cracks and edges and then painted the barn.  Krista was going to help me paint it, as Lou hates to paint, but we got a good afternoon, and Lou said "let's get it done", so we did it and I am so thankful to have it all done.