The Historic District

We get plenty of wildlife around the house. Our visitors include turkey, deer, fox, coyote, bobcat, bear, moose and one time I found trails in the snow made by an otter. The bear have been actively eating apples that have fallen off the trees. I haven't seen them this year but I keep finding piles o...

I had to replace 2 support posts for one of the main beams for the first floor. The 2 metal posts that had been there about 40 years rusted and broke below the dirt floor. My wife and I put the footing in last Saturday. This morning a friend came over and helped me jack the floor and set the new 6x6...

I just checked with my upper management and she said RESTORE!

Jeff

Today was supposed to be day one of leaf raking. A few days ago I noticed my floor settled below the hallway baseboards. Initially I thought I had a broken joist. After pulling out the insulation in that area I notice the support columns were loose. One of the POs had used jack posts to support the ...

I vote for restoring the painted finish. If you can find some pictures of similar finishes to show management you may have an easier time negotiating.

Jeff

Here's a few pictures of a project from a few years ago. The fireplace in the before picture is a 70's freestanding metal one with vents above. It was ugly. Front Living Room Before_002.JPG Front Living Room Before_004.JPG I glued up boards to make the wide ones for the wainscoting. All the woodwork...

I roughed out the headboard for a bed I'm making. I need to get it done before I tear apart another room. The bed will be similar to the picture on the bottom I found on Great Windsor Chairs website. The tester top on a full pencil post gets in the way of the hanging lights in the bedroom so I decid...

NHGuy,

Thanks for the offer on the windows. Unfortunately all my windows are new. The old ones went in the 70s. The last two times they were replaced the POs used 9/6 true divided lights and not vinyl or wood inserts.

Jeff

Here's a couple pictures from a bedroom I did a couple years ago. The before pictures are from the real estate listing when be bought the house. I call it Eliza's room because probate records show the room was willed to her when her father died in 1832. When she was older and married, her brother bo...

Re: 1806
Post by Mick_VT » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:39 pm

Welcome!

In the picture posted they look more like louvres than "indian shutters"

Mick,

On the first floor you can see Indian shutters through the windows that don't have the exterior shutters closed.

Jeff.