Another Notch in Hick's Bargain House Belt

Hick has been spreading himself thin these days, and progress on Bargain House has suffered. He DID get the new electric box installed and approved by the electric company. This week, Hick and Old Buddy have been working on the underside of the back porch roof. You may recall that they closed in part of the original back porch to create a laundry/mud room.

That's the state of the under-roof when they started on Monday. I guess you would technically call this a ceiling. On the right is the wall that formed the laundry/mud room.

Here it is completely covered. Nothing that takes a lot of skill. Just mundane fixes that must be done, which take up time. Time which amounts to about 3 hours a day, four days a week, which Hick can spare from is everything-but-Bargain-House schedule.

This is from Wednesday morning, as the sun was coming up. Looks like Hick had to use the light he installed, when putting some trim over the seams. Heh, heh! Since Hick wants things that "draw attention" to the house, maybe he should have hung his chandelier that he put in his storage unit! Makes just as much sense here.

I asked Hick if he was going to paint this "ceiling," perhaps white, to brighten things up. He said no, he didn't plan on painting it. It's just a back porch.