The Historic District

Looks great.Would the original shingles been stained from new or done after?

I needed to put shelves up for the hairdressing stations and was luck that the PO had left me 20 or so wooden joists he had salvaged somewhere. From what I can tell they were wooden beams at one point that had been resawn. All of them were axe hewn on on side and sawn on the other. They are 22' long...

I had my helper roll out membrane to go over the concrete and again drilled 300+ Tapcons to hold down the OSB subfloor. http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/SteveAdams41/Feb282013025.jpg The PO had the fomer outside stone wall repointed I guess as an accent and it looked really good, so it stayed. ...

When I started on the porch, the ceiling was blue polystyrene board that was put in when they poured the roof slab, so I had to tapcon furring strips to attach the drywall. Drilling 300+ holes overhead with a hammer drill into the concrete is enough to make your arms fall off! I studded and insulate...

The pantry turned out really well, I was super happy with the results, but what to work on next? With the wife to be off work again to have our 3rd, she wanted to be able to continue working part time from home as a hairdresser. We had this large closed in porch the previous owner had put on we didn...

I wanted to keep the original shelves and they were a ton of work. A lot of the parts were well mouse eaten so I got a carpenter friend to copy them for me. Since this room was done I have bought a router table and cutters and figured it out for myself. http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/SteveAda...

I have restored 6 sets of sashes, and I don't think I am any better at it than when I started. I is usually a whole weekend to strip, sand re-glaze and prime 1 set for me. Makes me question my saving the old sashes when I know I still have 17 sets left to go. http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/St...

So what was supposed to be a quick 2 week project turned into 7 months. I didn't work on it much during the cold winter so that slowed progress, but got rolling again in the spring. Once the walls were done it was time for window and trim. http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/SteveAdams41/Jun520120...

Great choices in colors and trimmings.

Very cozy looking.