When we moved in, our attic was animal-infested, damp from leaks, and based on broken joists. It contained a huge cardboard box holding a neon pink silk bedspread, a coffee table book on the World Trade Center, and a pair of red red plastic shoes with toes that curled up. (I dearly wish we'd gotten pictures of these treasures, but alas, we lapsed that day...)
In short, useless and best avoided.
Our attic is now clean, dry, based on a sturdy grid of extra joists, and incredibly useful. That's my guy for you.
You may remember that Jack spent a lot of time laying the foundation for our attic back in the beginning, but we just finished the floor this past weekend. We used tongue-in-groove OSB from Home Depot. We had hoped to recycle more of the wood that had been taken off the roof, but in this case it was't worth it to save money because the wood really was in such awful shape. Becuase this stuff is tongue-and-groove, Jack was able to cut it perfectly to line up with the joists and it needed less support. He did a wonderful job and we had a grand ol' time moving much of our stuff into happy storage. The biggest problem storage-wise for us right now if all of our living room decorations and dining room stuff, like tablecloths and nice dishes, since we can keep nothing in those rooms right now (they're full of things like, you know, tools and front doors. Ours is an interesting house.) So, the attic now holds these soon-to-be-thankful-for-but-currently-a-hassle-to-deal-with treasures, which greatly frees up our guest room, where they were.
Cost: $88 for 7 sheets of OSB (paid for with a gift card gotten in a refer-a-friend bank promotion)
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