Someone had put a faux marble painted finish on the fireplace tiles in the living room. Two coats of chemical stripper revealed brilliant yellow tiles. Is it an accident that the sunny tiles are in the East facing West?
The original built-in was missing and had been replaced by a vintage oak wardrobe that had been flanked by plywood shelves and painted. A chance find at Country Comforts provided a fir built-in; the oak wardrobe is now stripped and restored.
After much effort with chemical stripper I gave up and passed the project of refinishing the wardrobe to Janine Henry at Henry Enterprises.
The tiles had been painted beige and white.
The painter discovered first green paint then brown tiles under the paint in the master bedroom
Reinstalling the repaired stained glass windows.
The old butler's pantry was divided and made into an ensuite bathroom and laundry room; the wall is now gone and the room is one large bathroom.
The door was removed to allow for an L-shaped kitchen
A closet/hallway that formerly had been part of the butler's pantry connected the kitchen with the bedroom. The placement of the door in the corner of the room made it difficult to install modern kitchen cabinets.
The former owners took space from the kitchen to make a small powder room, which is now gone.
Downs Construction removed four layers of linoleum from the kitchens and bathrooms downstairs and upstairs.
With the powder room gone and the linoleum removed, I thought I was ready to pick a paint color, put a new countertop on the 40s cabinets, and install my vintage hutch. Things didn't turn out that way...
Maybe the carpenter should have discussed this with me first....
Lance Priestly and Rob of Magnum Plumbing redid the pipes, neatly putting them into the walls where they belonged.
Tim David, Black Dog Cabinetry, installing the top part of the glass-doored hutch; the base ended up in the garage.
Al Buzzeo installing a tile from RTK Studios in Ojai California. I would have liked to have used more of their tiles but the cost of the tiles, freight, and duty made this impractical. In my view it was worth the trouble and wait for this special order item.
Barry created a laundry room between the kitchen and the garage.
Terry prepares to escort me through the crawl space for a cleanup mission.
Now replaced with carriage house doors
John Denny in his studio in Sidney. He made traditional carriage house doors for the house together with a coordinated man door.
