This was not on my list this week but I couldn’t help myself. Each day I walked on the porch and into the parlor, I saw the beautiful side window and the lower half was covered with what appeared to be some sort of paint or masking tape, or both? While driving through the town I noticed another home with the exact same window on the porch and it’s so beautiful that I had to take action. I took a…
Hi everyone. We’ve had a busy week! For starters we now have hot water. Believe me, this is exciting stuff as although we had water, every rinse off and hand washing was with cold water. That never quite feels right, lol and we’ve started to have a few cold mornings here, too. Paint Prepping – Paul also began seriously scraping the bay windows. He’s up on the scaffolding (I could never do that and still hate to see him up…
A quick tip we learned this week (many of you may already know this but it was new to us). As I worked on windows from the cellar to get them ready for painting, I pulled off the old hinges and almost threw them away but thought about it and decided to check and see how to remove the rust. The style of hinge was old and if I could keep it, I wanted to. After some research, I learned…
I just wanted to write a quick note to say thank you to everyone. You’ve all been so kind and encouraging. You inspire us more than you know. We really enjoy reading them. We’ll keep posting!
Breaking news! The electrician just left the house and we have electricity! We previously had plumbing and now we have lights and outlets working! …click in here to see pics…
Since the foundation had morter reapplied, I now needed to work on the windows to the cellar. We removed the windows carefully and I decided to see if I could sand the wood down and get the beauty back. We sanded it gently, removed the glazing and the glass and found that old wood could be gorgeous again! …click in here to see pics…