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Tiny Guest House Adds Livability to Historic Home

Historic homes have plenty of charm and character, but are often short on space. This is especially true when company comes to town. Ybor City resident Judy Greer has found an affordable solution to that problem: she is installing a guest cottage behind her home. Designed and built by Historic Shed, a Brooksville-based outbuilding specialty company, the cottage complements her historic home and adds to the neighborhood character. The cottage has a bedroom and full bath, and is roughly the size…See More
Oct 11, 2011
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Tiny Guest House Adds Livability to Historic Home

Historic homes have plenty of charm and character, but are often short on space. This is especially true when company comes to town. Ybor City resident Judy Greer has found an affordable solution to that problem: she is installing a guest cottage behind her home. Designed and built by Historic Shed, a Brooksville-based outbuilding specialty company, the cottage complements her historic home and adds to the neighborhood character. The cottage has a bedroom and full bath, and is roughly the size…See More
Oct 4, 2011
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Jo-Anne Peck's blog post was featured

Pecky Cypress & Shellac

We recently completed a project for a great Historic Shed customer who had saved a variety of cypress boards that she wanted incorporated in her new home office shed. We used the wide cypress planks to build the desk and shelves, and installed the random width pecky cypress on the ceiling of the 12'x14' shed. Pecky cypress is created when a tree is attacked by fungus, resulting in lens-shaped pockets throughout the wood. Studies have not…See More
Jan 10, 2011
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Dec 29, 2010
Jo-Anne Peck posted a blog post

Pecky Cypress & Shellac

We recently completed a project for a great Historic Shed customer who had saved a variety of cypress boards that she wanted incorporated in her new home office shed. We used the wide cypress planks to build the desk and shelves, and installed the random width pecky cypress on the ceiling of the 12'x14' shed. Pecky cypress is created when a tree is attacked by fungus, resulting in lens-shaped pockets throughout the wood. Studies have not…See More
Dec 29, 2010
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Historic Wood Windows: Repair or Replace?

A slideshow showing some of the factors to consider when thinking about whether to repair or replace historic wood windows.Historic Wood Windows View more presentations from Jo-Anne Peck.See More
Oct 23, 2009
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Robert H. Wood left a comment for Jo-Anne Peck
"Thanks for sharing the Ybor city web info. I'm so glad they saved the buildings. We have so few really old builidngs in Florida. I love Ybor city but your parking meters that have to be fed even at night!"
Oct 23, 2009
Jo-Anne Peck commented on Jo-Anne Peck's blog post How to Camouflage Inappropriate Replacement Windows on Your Historic Home
"Your work certainly paid off!"
Jul 27, 2009
Lair Tienter commented on Jo-Anne Peck's blog post How to Camouflage Inappropriate Replacement Windows on Your Historic Home
"Everything,Screens, sash,jambs, and brick mold. I used the Glad "Press'n seal" you use like handi-wrap and stuck it to the screen on both sides. I also used it on the glass. I found it to be much cheaper than masking tape and paper.…"
Jul 27, 2009
Jo-Anne Peck commented on Jo-Anne Peck's blog post How to Camouflage Inappropriate Replacement Windows on Your Historic Home
"Impressive! You painted the window screen frames or the vinyl windows themselves?"
Jul 27, 2009
Lair Tienter commented on Jo-Anne Peck's blog post How to Camouflage Inappropriate Replacement Windows on Your Historic Home
"I had 15 of those ugly things installed last year. I had the windows made for the extreme length I needed. I copied the old ones as far as size so they slipped into the opening without a shim. Once caulked in I took to sanding them with 220…"
Jul 27, 2009
Jo-Anne Peck posted a blog post

How to Camouflage Inappropriate Replacement Windows on Your Historic Home

A recent forum post on an old house restoration and renovation website asked what they could do to hide the bright white vinyl replacement windows that the previous owners had installed. They didn't have the money to replace the windows, and the windows were still working fine, but were glaringly inappropriate for their historic home. For situations like this, an affordable solution is to install traditional wood window screens over the windows.…See More
Jul 27, 2009
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Tell us about yourself:
I am a historic preservation consultant with 13 years experience renovating historic buildings in Florida. Our parent company, Preservation Resource, Inc. recently launched a product line designed specifically for historic Florida homes that includes outbuildings, sheds, garages, screen doors, wood window screens and more at HistoricShed.com.
Tell us about your old-house experiences and dreams:
Our biggest project to date involves the relocation of 62 historic buildings in the Ybor City National Historic Landmark district in Tampa. The homes were in the way of improvements to Interstate-4, so were relocated by Federal Highways and FL DOT. 27 of the homes were rehabilitated after relocation and sold through the City of Tampa Housing Department. Six buildings were converted to commercial use then transferred to local non-profit organizations. The remaining 29 buildings are being relocated, then sold to parties with the provision that they be rehabilitated within a certain time frame.
Website:
http://www.historicshed.com

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Tiny Guest House Adds Livability to Historic Home

Historic homes have plenty of charm and character, but are often short on space. This is especially true when company comes to town. Ybor City resident Judy Greer has found an affordable solution to that problem: she is installing a guest cottage behind her home. Designed and built by Historic Shed, a Brooksville-based outbuilding specialty company, the cottage complements her historic home and adds to the neighborhood character. The cottage has a bedroom and full bath, and is roughly the…

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Posted on October 4, 2011 at 2:00pm

Pecky Cypress & Shellac

We recently completed a project for a great Historic Shed customer who had saved a variety of cypress boards that she wanted incorporated in her new home office shed. We used the wide cypress planks to build the desk and shelves, and installed the random width pecky cypress on the ceiling of the 12'x14' shed.… Continue

Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:13pm

Historic Wood Windows: Repair or Replace?

A slideshow showing some of the factors to consider when thinking about whether to repair or replace historic wood windows.

Historic Wood Windows…
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Posted on October 23, 2009 at 6:51pm

How to Camouflage Inappropriate Replacement Windows on Your Historic Home

A recent forum post on an old house restoration and renovation website asked what they could do to hide the bright white vinyl replacement windows that the previous owners had installed. They didn't have the money to replace the windows, and the windows were still working fine, but were glaringly inappropriate for their historic home. For situations like this, an affordable solution is to install traditional wood window screens over the windows.…



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Posted on July 27, 2009 at 2:33pm — 4 Comments

Why Save Historic Wood Windows Presentation

Historic Shed recently made a presentation entitled "Why Save Your Historic Wood Windows" at the historic Shuffleboard Courts in St. Petersburg, FL along with City of St. Petersburg Historic Preservation Planner Aimee Angel and window restoration contractor Steve Quillian. Below is the PowerPoint presentation that we used as an outline for our presentation.…



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Posted on May 1, 2009 at 10:07am

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At 5:33pm on October 23, 2009, Robert H. Wood said…
Thanks for sharing the Ybor city web info. I'm so glad they saved the buildings. We have so few really old builidngs in Florida. I love Ybor city but your parking meters that have to be fed even at night!

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