Helen’s putting in flooring and painting the back bedroom in the old house. Our old home had a smoke house on the back porch. When Daddy got old he made it into a bedroom and he slept out there. It was old and only had room for his bed and a foot or so on each side.
Brother Clayton knocked out a wall and made this smokehouse room part of the back bedroom.
Clayton did not think his remodeling through before knocking out walls. He put white carpet in this room. Carpet covers lots of mistakes. The smoke house room is on cement and the back bedroom has a wooden floor.
Helen has to make the transition between the rooms merge. Quite a big job. Brother did not ever sparkle all the joints and nailings. Another big chore. Helen enjoys a challenge. She has half the floor down. She moved the stuff in the room to one side and now she’ll move that to the finished side and floor the rest.
Another big deal is the smokehouse part has a sloping ceiling and the bedroom has a normal 8 foot ceiling. So Helen has lots of trouble to conquer, but she’s getting it all done. The room had two ceiling lights. She’s removing one. As she works, she dreams of someone in the future enjoying this home where one can live without paying rent. It’s a pay it forward home.
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