Complete
Restoration
Exterior
The owners of this historic
house, built in the early 1800's, wished to restore the house to its
former elegance. Here we will show some of the details we uncovered
and restored. We were even able to repair old windows with the old "wavy
glass" made during the 1800's by using windows from the barn.
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With new cedar shingles,
we restored the details of the original.
This corner section shows the careful matching of new shingles
on the right side to the old shingles on the left. |
In an upstairs bathroom,
we kept the old bathtub and old
surround shower curtain rod, but installed a new sink
and toilet. The wainscotting was meticulously restored
and repainted. The floor is new linoleum, but with
a pattern from the period of the house. |
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The owners wanted
the convenience of a downstairs half-bath, but where to put it?
The space under the stairs, while tiny, has been used for this
purpose in other houses of the period. By cutting off the top
corner of a door, we were just able to squeeze a tiny half bath
into the space. |
There's just enough
room for the ammenities. The mirrors
help give the feel of more space. In keeping with the rest
of the house, we installed period wainscotting. |
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The fireplace itself
was in good shape. There was nothing intrinsically wrong with
the wooden facade. It just needed some tender loving care. |
We restored the decorative
detail carved into the wood
between the fireplace and the mantle with careful sanding
and cleaning and a master paint job. |
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| Three years after
the house was restored, we began work on the
barn on the property. |
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