Talking with one of my neighbors yesterday, and getting the grand tour of her house, inspired me to revisit this blog. Like me, my neighbor has apparently done quite a bit to restore and improve her home to get it to the amazing condition that it is currently in. So many striking similarities between our homes. Hers built in 1920, mine and 1861, but construction methods, dimensions, roof pitch, type of windows, etc. were all so very much alike.
So, I got inspired to post some of the most recent completed projects at my house. By far, the one improvement that I'm most proud of was the reinstallment of the original 1861 arched front doors. An earlier blog entry covered the discovery of the original doors down in the garage. Our friend and incredible carpenter Andrew, restored the rotted remains and then I assisted him with reinstalling them into the original jambs which were still intact(buried under plaster)!
I also finally got around to replacing the garage. The old one collapsed before we purchase the house, there is an earlier blog entry that shows where Robbie and I pulled the rest of it down with my truck and then cleaned up the site. I opted for one of those prefabricated metal garages so is to minimize maintenance and upkeep. Amazingly, the color I chose online matches the color of the house nearly perfectly!
We also tore down the room on the back of the house. We called it the mudroom, the previous owners called it the back kitchen. Whatever you called it, it was a mess!, and the walls and floor were all rotted out. I poured a new concrete slab for the floor, framed out new walls, and I hired a roofing contractor put a brand new roof on it.
