The Loftis House gets a facelift

The Loftis House gets a facelift...Ben and Elsa Loftis purchased this lovely old Portland home in July of 2010--exactly 100 years after it was constructed. It is a beautiful old house, owned previously by the same family for over 50 years. It's in need of some updating, and so with rolled up sleeves, a great deal of optimism and help from family and friends...Ben and Elsa take on a very huge renovation project.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Beer and Bookshelves

Well, we finally got back to work after a few weekends on hiatus. Our good friend Jonathan came to town to help us build a window seat/bookshelf unit off the bay window in the dining room and a big bookshelf unit in the living room. Jonathan is a buddy we met on our travels in New Zealand--he's from the U.K., but now lives in Las Vegas, and is a skilled carpenter. We had a great time working on all this, and when we were on break, Ben and I took him to some of the best microbreweries that the Portland area has to offer (Jonathan is an avid craft beer drinker, and buddig home brewer).
Anyway, enjoy the shots. We have more work to do in terms of adding the trim pieces and painting. It looks pretty rough at the moment with the exposed plywood, but we'll get the job done this week (fingers crossed).
Thanks Jonathan!

In Progress


Before window bench/bookshevles





Finished so far

The Workers



Before Bookshelve (Living Room)
Building in the Living Room
Inspection!
Charlie's Angels (of bookshelf building, anyway)
Full Sail Brewery, Hood River
There are many cases of good beer down there!
Off the clock at Hopworks, Portland

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