living room exposed floor joists mayhem

Im kinda doing things backwards. i framed the exterior walls out cause i thought i was going to hang drywall on the ceiling. why dont i step my game up and be a little more classy. so this is what i got. 

 something super secret goes here. hence the crazy framing. 

 plaster ceiling...

 lathe ceiling...

 exposed joist ceiling!

 here you can see into the attic. 

 when i framed, i screwed the single top plate to the floor joists and samiched a little plaster and lathe in between. its fun to take that all out. 

 heres the burnt section that the chimney made. its custom. custom burnt.

here is the fancy thing i made for wife. she found it off pinterest of course. and  there is my internet and phone lines hanging off it. plaster everywhere. 

Griss-dog

these are some of my favorite pictures of the past month of the baby tank chunkers.

Sump pump winterized

Its winter. and its cold. i was getting tired of the flexible sump pump hose freezing and the pump just running. time for an upgrade. 

 here is a little shot of the insulated duct work i hung last month. pain in the rumpus.

this is the winter attachment. ill unscrew this at the house and put on a 90 degree going into a tile that i'll  put in this spring. we are hillbilly, we insulate with hay.