Author: pheckel

 

 

Most of the walls in house will not change.  We plan to keep as much of the old lath and plaster as we can, but there are a few rooms with water damage or just badly cracked plaster that is already falling off the walls that we will replace with new wall board.

The photo above shows how the walls are framed inside the stone.

More cleaning is happening around the front porches. Christopher spent the last couple of days removing old vines from the sides of the house and my mom cleared away more debris from the porches.

I cannot wait to see the house with a new roof and painted trim.

This room will be a play room for the kids.  It flanks the living room on the first floor, is spacious and has great light from large deep windows.

We decided to keep two of the three chimneys and to use them as architectural features in the rooms by removing the plaster finish.  This will be done in four different rooms throughout the house.

The holes from years of stove pipes feeding into the chimneys will be filled with replacement bricks, the mortar will be repaired between the bricks, the remaining plaster will be carefully removed, and the the bricks sealed for a more vibrant color and clean, dust free surface.

Above shows a doorway in the dining room that had been filled closed off with built in shelves.  The controls for old security system were placed in this space.  Christopher re-opened this doorway so we can use it to enter what will be our laundry room.  A wall between the bathroom and the laundry room will be moved about a foot as well since it splits the doorway a bit right now.