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- Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:42 am
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Thornewood Antics
- Replies: 95
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Re: Thornewood Antics
What a difference a little elbow grease will accomplish. Sounds like you have a workable plan James. As usual I look forward to seeing your progress.
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:45 pm
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Thornewood Antics
- Replies: 95
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Re: Thornewood Antics
Well that looks fantastic James. I can see your vision for the home and I think it will be great. Well done. Earthy colour tones, the mark of all great craftsman home restoration.
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:18 pm
- Forum: Construction Zone
- Topic: When you get tired of waiting
- Replies: 5
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Re: When you get tired of waiting
Looking forward to what you have designed. A full three season porch?
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:09 pm
- Forum: Construction Zone
- Topic: When you get tired of waiting
- Replies: 5
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Re: When you get tired of waiting
Neighmond, it looks like it was intended to be a cold room/mud room vestibule. Interesting it doesn’t have access to the space underneath. What are your intensions, rebuild?
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:41 pm
- Forum: Park Avenue
- Topic: What's happening in your garden?
- Replies: 346
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Re: What's happening in your garden?
Nope, just squirrels, rabbits and a very fat ground hog on occasion. The squirrels are the main culprits in the spring taking up my freshly planted bulbs and tubers. Also because we have several mature walnut trees, in the fall we get lots of little bumps in the lawn as the squirrels hide their wint...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:02 pm
- Forum: Park Avenue
- Topic: What's happening in your garden?
- Replies: 346
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Re: What's happening in your garden?
Started clearing out the gardens for the winter. Shuffled some perennials around, thinned out the hostas, have lots of irises and lily’s to thin out as well. But that’s for another day.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:54 pm
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Villa Brugmansia
- Replies: 3
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Re: Villa Brugmansia
James, a garage sale might be n order, could be better for your wallet and your old home sanity
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:06 pm
- Forum: Construction Zone
- Topic: Gothichome, the restoration of.
- Replies: 736
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Re: Gothichome, the restoration of.
James, I paint my storms and sashes the same colour. As you may know often sashes were painted a separate colour from the storms to bring emphasis to the window details say black green or highland green, the window surround painted the major trim colour. I think both methods were used equally, maybe...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:19 am
- Forum: Construction Zone
- Topic: Gothichome, the restoration of.
- Replies: 736
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Re: Gothichome, the restoration of.
Well, I have now got paint on the second storm window, just have to paint the opening now. Doing refresh work is sure easier than the restoration work do to 70 years of deferred maintenance.
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:10 am
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Thornewood Antics
- Replies: 95
- Views: 285529
Re: Thornewood Antics
Neighmond, nice to see your name on the board. James, the work never ends, the windows will look great once again.