"I would simply try one in one corner and see how it looked. Maybe put the paint on light so as not to cause much trrouble if you decide its too close or too far out from the wall. I would think a smaller room the border would be closer to the wall,…"
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Pecan Place up for sale.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Donald Mitchell Dec 19, 2010.
A house we are trying to save.
Started Mar 13, 2010
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Donald Mitchell replied to John K.'s discussion Suggestion for this Forum"Two of the easiest to use forums that I can breeze through without much fuss.
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Donald Mitchell replied to PStewart's discussion New discovery of hidden ceiling --- original crown and ornate ceiling anaglypta paper preserved over 100 years."A fantastic find indeed, Mr. Stewart!"
Donald Mitchell replied to Donald Mitchell's discussion Pecan Place up for sale."Thanks, We love it here but our jobs have caused us to realign our furure plans to remain living indoors. Alas all good things.... It`s not a failure, If I had not tried it would have been a failure. Looking foward…"
PStewart replied to Donald Mitchell's discussion Pecan Place up for sale."
Wow. Are you happy moving? Its not really my business why you are moving....but I would hate to leave that house!!!
Its so beautiful!!"
Phil replied to Donald Mitchell's discussion Pecan Place up for sale."Wow. Someone is going to get an awful lot of beautiful house for the money."
Donald Mitchell posted a discussionPecan Place up for sale.
We have decided to move and have listed Pecan Place. Heres a link to the MLS. Thanks, Donniehttp://cwtar.fnismls.com/publink/default.aspx?GUID=711b5526-295a-4901-aad7-eb2cc604e58b&Report=YesSee More
Donald Mitchell replied to Lair Tienter's discussion Is writing down history a waste of my time?"If nothing else it is your contribution to the community`s history. A couple of ladies in our town researched all the houses in our historic dist. several years ago and it has been a big bonus to those who want to research their home or the town. So…"
Donald Mitchell replied to PStewart's discussion Cool victorian "archeological find!""This is a nice find! Something interesting to me is that while stripping the details like this I often find pencil marks and lines and even sometimes writing from 116yr ago."
Donald Mitchell replied to Brenda Price's discussion I’m looking for advise on the servant steps."I would leave them as a fire egress."
Donald Mitchell replied to Chris DiMattei's discussion Do you live in a George F. Barber "pattern book" house?"The Palliser brothers had a couple of homes with the wide low rooflines like this. I haven`t seen all their plans books, so this might have been one."
Donald Mitchell replied to Red Queen's discussion Porch paint peeling prematurely"Thats an interesting paint, Phil. I am begining to think its more the New Wood thats causing my problems. I had some old mouldings on a side porch that I stripped and primed last year that still look great, and We had a new insurance agent that came…"
Donald Mitchell replied to Red Queen's discussion Porch paint peeling prematurely"It`s mostly the weather. The wood expands and contracts and eventually moisture finds a place to get under the paint. If it was new wood its even worse. I replaced my porch and backprimed every peice and even the toung and grooves with oil base…"
Donald Mitchell commented on margaret moose landers's blog post Hi, I'm a new member from North Carolina"Absolutely gorgeous! Definetly has the Tudor feel to it, I think at the time they were built they called them Old English in style. Welcome!"
Donald Mitchell replied to Charles J's discussion Setback for cast iron fencing around 1880 Victorian home"Also check Lowes. I think they have something slose to this that might be used to fill in an in an areea out of view. I took some of theirs and built a frame out of angle iron and attached the fence sections to it and made our drive thru gate.…"
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3yr + Dinning room project
Yup, you red it right. This is one of the first projects we started simply out of curisoty because of a door that was walled over with drywall. Christie wanted to see it opend up and theres no stopping that woman when she gets a bee in her bonnett. I come home from work one day and she and her friend had a large of debris piled on the rear deck. to my surprize they had nearly gutted the place. Never undeerestimate the power of women. So what we found after the unveiling of the door was that the… Continue
Posted on January 10, 2010 at 4:09pm — 9 Comments
Eight month parlor project
Posted on June 15, 2009 at 8:23pm — 13 Comments
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 10:27pm on June 21, 2009,
Lynn Sharbutt said… - Thank you, we will be moving in around the middle of July. I have more pictures I will be posting soon, and maybe a few 'before and after' pics once I am more familiar with posting. Thanks again for your positive feedback.
- At 10:56pm on July 10, 2009,
Dan Miller said… - Thanks!
- At 3:44pm on August 15, 2009,
Charles J said… - Thanks. You too.
- At 1:09pm on January 10, 2010,
susan surplus said… - Donald,Thank you so very much for the kind welcome! i am honored after looking at your palor phot.It is georgeous.Tell me about your house if you have time.
Thanks again,
Susan
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