The Cross House

  For now, the turret door will get painted white, and the door frame will get painted in the dark gray. The door will be removed when the porch roof is built, and the wall shingled over. Inside the turret the three windows are obviously a ‘bay’. Putting a 4th window in place on the…

  Today, the vinyl siding was delivered. Yes, I wrote that. But tell nobody! It will be our dark secret.   The revised plan is to use the…choke…siding on the north wall, the east, and the north kitchen wall. On the latter I had planned to restore the area around the kitchen door, and paint…

    Today, I put on a full Tyvek suit and other protective measures, hauled out the infrared stripper, climbed up a ladder, and removed some more evil lead-based paint to the right of the large window. I was very brave today.  

  The temperatures have dropped into the 70s so next on my list is to slip into a new Tyvek suit and infrared off the remaining lead paint on the main front. Wish me well. NOTE: I had a new blood test for lead on Monday and should have the results soon.      

    The next day I purchased a new gallon and drove to the Cross House. It was drizzling but I expected that it would stop in about an hour. So, I had lunch. An hour later it was still drizzling. Oh! I know what to do! And soon I was sound asleep in the…