The Historic District

Catheetiem, what an interesting story, this Conrad fellow made some of his money in the fringes of respectable Victorian society until the morally conscious folks ran him out of town. Sort of a small town mafia boss, being a mason he would have known the who’s who in the area. The home is coming al...

Hey guys, thought I'd post an update as we've done a bit and I've learned some more info. We've nearly finished the basic upstairs stuff, enough to get the bed moved in, finally !!! No more sleeping on the couch and air mattress!! We've painted everything upstairs, second bedroom, which I now call t...

Love the grate!! I'm not sure what the rest of your fixtures in the room look like; maybe work off of those for black or brass.

Well of course after I said I thought the siding was replaced in the last 50 years or so I went around looking and am now not so sure lol. Found these at different points throughout the house: https://imgur.com/a/5SMgTM7 Do they look like they might be square nails? The ones that are really popping ...

Wow great job digging through records! I love trying to find out who's lived in my house, even the ones who painted the floors and doors pink :crazy: Nice choice on the paint colours and great job on the floors, I've done that job before and it can be a real chore! Thank you!! Hahaha yeah, have to ...

Gezzz, that’s a lot of research. I feel fortunate to only be the fourth owner f our home, the research is much simpler. The floors came out great, you left just the correct amount of patina In my view. As you, with the cabinet hardware, most often we find the simplest things seem to take the most t...

Thought I'd update as we've done a few things! We moved in a week and half ago, and are currently living downstairs while we work on the upstairs. Once we're all set up there we'll switch and finish up a few things we left unfinished downstairs. kitchen cabinets are on! https://www.thehistoricdistri...

Well, you have come a long way in two weeks. It looks like you will be comfortable while conceptualizing your long term projects. Once your in, sit back and relax for a while. Let your plans mellow, you may find what you want now may not be what you’ll want in a few months. You may even decide to p...

I love the color on your floors. Of course, I'm not biased. Coincidentally, we used "Espresso" on the floors for our (in-progress) remodeling project. See the "Retriever Ridge" thread over in Intros. Haha thanks so much! I went to the post to see and unfortunately those two pictures of the floors a...

Good morning everyone!! I finally decided to start a thread documenting the work we've been doing on our 1870 house in southwest CT. It'll help keep us accountable, and also serve as good documentation and a nice timeline of what we've done. Of course, being able to ask for your advice is a big moti...