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18th Century Farmhouse Reno
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Hi all!My husband and I live in the family farmhouse on our farm in NJ. We are just now working on renovating the downstairs completely. We can date the house back to around 1750. We began last night…Continue
Tags: renovation, fireplace, farmhouse, century, 18th
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andrea Csiszlak Feb 8.
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Sarah Felix Burns replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"wow - sounds like so much work, but so much fun at the same time with all the discoveries! Are you living with your kids in the house during the renovations? If so, do you find any negative health issues like asthma or allergies being kicked up due…"
Andrea Csiszlak replied to Jim Finley's discussion Share your old houses' hidden treasures and artifacts"this is a really fun idea!
we haven't found much: a broken button, millions of square nails, a box that once held razor blades, a playing card from a child's game and a newspaper page from 1929. The house was built in the mid-1700's.…"
Andrea Csiszlak replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"Hi all! long time no see!!
Time for an update. We now have sheetrock up in the living/dining room and spackling is going on now. The floors are super fun to sand down with the paint sticking to the sandpaper and rendering it useless after only a…"
Jim Finley replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"I have about 10 lbs of old square nails - just couldnt bear to throw them away."
Bill Hendrickson replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"Check out my blog here. I just put some pictures of the floors that are in the process of a light stain."
Andrea Csiszlak replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"that's what i say too. all the knots, dents, bangs and nail holes add character that can't be recreated. we're leaving them too. the only thing we'll do is repair the beyond broken few of them, sand and finish. i really…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"Antiquing the antique floors. We are not going to do much to all the nail holes in our kitchen floor. Years of lenoleum R&R has created character. At least that is what my wife says."
Andrea Csiszlak replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"We have the wide plank floors as well. I didn't get a picture of them yet though. They are all in pretty good shape although they were painted red. There are maybe a handful of them we'll need to replace, one along the edge of the room.…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"Wow, like how the fireplace looks. Boy, I am so happy we did not have to take it down to the studs. Good Luck."
Jim Finley replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"Looks good so far Andrea. Brings back lots of dusty, moldy, dirty memories or our last renovation. Its unbelievable how much debris it creates when you tear out a lathe and plaster wall! In my former house I tore out the oak strip flooring and…"
Andrea Csiszlak replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"last picture for now.
we're on to picking out moldings. i think this is the hardest decision. we can go federal or georgian and none of them in the house match each other so we'll just have to pick one and go with it hopefully then in…"
Andrea Csiszlak replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"ok, looks like it's working. these are pictures of where we are still working on demo."
Andrea Csiszlak replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"I'm working on uploading pictures and hope I'm doing it right."
Andrea Csiszlak replied to Andrea Csiszlak's discussion 18th Century Farmhouse Reno"
Here is a picture of the hallway before. The wall to the left is now gone and the living room is on the other side."
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