Caleb packing for camp
Caleb by his bunk in Xanadu, a yurt!
Caleb and Eliza in front of Xanadu. Have a great summer, bud!
The Beebe Family's Big House Project
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Preparing the last remaining side for clapboards |
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Siding complete! |
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Down the Ave with a fresh coat of paint |
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Eyrie with a fresh coat of paint |
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Masons arrive with building supplies |
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Demolishing part of an old concrete slab in order to build new brick steps to the mudroom |
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Looking through the mudroom door |
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Ted O'Harte lays the first brick step |
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All steps built...now to build the landing |
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Finished mudroom steps! |
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Unpacking in the new kitchen |
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Eliza and Caleb (Caleb's first day of school) |
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Poppy, the newest resident at 1514 Canton Avenue. |
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Opening in attic wall where glass blocks were removed... |
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Couch being readied for lifting... |
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Couch on the way up! |
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Couch reaching its destination thanks to Carl, Chris, and Ger |
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Siding on the back of the house -- the hole in the attic wall is sealed up. |
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Another view of finished siding |
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Clapboards on two floors on the side of the house |
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Brendan and Jack working on area by the kitchen, just below the bay |
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Old kitchen cabinets that look like new! |
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Another kitchen cabinet that's been refinished |
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The old pantry cabinets, now shining with new paint |
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An old exterior door now employed as the door between the mudroom and the kitchen (with coat of primer on it) |
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New recessed lights are installed in the dining room |
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Painting furniture that will occupy Eliza's room |
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Eliza's "new" headboard and footboard |
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A little wooden bookcase for Caleb's room (Costa Rica blue) |
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Staining Caleb's old bunk bed |
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Cedar, who visited this past weekend, on his bike |
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Prescott and the Golden Piglet, packing up after a fun weekend |
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Penny, unfazed, amidst the rubble of construction |
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It's lovely to see the clapboards going on as they look much tidier than Tyvek! |
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Soapstone counters arrive! |
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Cherry butcher block counter arrives from California... |
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Butcher block on its way into the house... |
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Ta-dah! There's our island with its counter top! |
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Midway (a.k.a the Rose Room) gets a fresh coat of paint (will be our family office). |
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Not a great photo of the family room color, but the Georgian Green looks very nice on the walls. |
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The kitchen 1/2 bath is now Van Deusen blue! The marble sink came from the bathroom in the maids' wing that was demolished. |
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This is our electrician, Dermot, taking out the very outdated recessed lighting in the dining room -- we all gathered around because we'd never seen anything like it! |
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Here's Jim with one of the old recessed lights... |
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Caleb was at Chewonki for 3 1/2 weeks (he lived in Quarter Deck) but is back home now. |
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Eliza as Lucy (in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) during Visitors' Weekend at Alford Lake Camp. She'll be home August 15! |