One of the things keeping us busy, well keeping Joyce busy, this summer are the renovations on the house where Michael, Samantha and the kids are staying. We bought the house a few years ago because it was right next to PIU and would provide a good place to house faculty. It was pretty run down and needed a lot of work. The two main needs were the bathroom and the kitchen. The one bathroom in the house is so small that one can actually wash their hands in the sink while sitting on the toilet. The kitchen was about 18 inches lower than the rest of the house and was a falling hazard for kids, babies and adults. One former resident had already taken a fall there. The plan was to convert the laundry room to a second much larger bathroom and fill, put down a concrete slab, and tile the kitchen to bring it up to the same level as the rest of the house. We started last week while I was in Taiwan. Mike, Sam and family moved in with us and Joyce has been enjoying her new role as construction contractor.
Joyce went to Benson's to pick up materials. She had the store employees to load our little car, while Titus, Courage and the neighbor kids unloaded the pipes. They really did!
This is the "before" picture of the laundry room.
Here they are clearing out the old cabinets, sinks and connections.
The kitchen has been cleared out and ready for the pipes to be laid to go under the fill and concrete slab.
One of the things keeping us busy, well keeping Joyce busy, this summer are the renovations on the house where Michael, Samantha and the kids are staying. We bought the house a few years ago because it was right next to PIU and would provide a good place to house faculty. It was pretty run down and needed a lot of work. The two main needs were the bathroom and the kitchen. The one bathroom in the house is so small that one can actually wash their hands in the sink while sitting on the toilet. The kitchen was about 18 inches lower than the rest of the house and was a falling hazard for kids, babies and adults. One former resident had already taken a fall there. The plan was to convert the laundry room to a second much larger bathroom and fill, put down a concrete slab, and tile the kitchen to bring it up to the same level as the rest of the house. We started last week while I was in Taiwan. Mike, Sam and family moved in with us and Joyce has been enjoying her new role as construction contractor.
The kitchen has been cleared out and ready for the pipes to be laid to go under the fill and concrete slab.
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