" I know how you feel, Nick; we are retired too and renovation $$ is scarce. I try to do everything I can myself. I hate hiring out and calling the plumber yet AGAIN so we will have to get by with the tiny,totally awkward but…"
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ROI in todays economic reality
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Color Selection Chart from 1920's
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Bill Hendrickson replied to Nick Wylie's discussion ROI in todays economic reality"Exactly! That is the philosophy we used as well. Our 1900 house was remodeled some in the 1930's by the owner's family that we bought it from. They added Vitrolite tiles which were the rage at the time, and an ugly bathroom off the…"
Toni replied to Nick Wylie's discussion ROI in todays economic reality"You will be selling this house in 10 to 15 years? You are nearing retirement age and might loose your job before that? What if you can't get your remodel money back? Will it affect retirement plans? Do you like your house enough now to leave it…"
KenK replied to Nick Wylie's discussion ROI in todays economic reality"Bathrooms are something you use everyday. If this is your primary and it bugs you - renovate. We also had a 1980's remuddle with gold fixtures, fluorescent lighting with a German Uber twist and Kohler sink/toilet with ultra-modern lines which…"
Bill Hendrickson replied to Nick Wylie's discussion ROI in todays economic reality"If you visit our blog here you will see how much we have done. We got the house cheap enough at the bottom of the housing decline, plus it was an estate sale and the owners were ready to dump. Timing is everything.
Prices will rebound, and 10-15…"
Randall Marder replied to Nick Wylie's discussion ROI in todays economic reality"Break down all your project into phases. If the phases are big break those down into steps. Take your time do it right and you will feel better. Learn how to do some of the projects or find a craftsman who will work with you.…"
Nick Wylie posted a discussionROI in todays economic reality
My wife and I still have a bathroom and kitchen in our 1918 prairie style home stuck in the 1980's when a previous owner did a remuddle. As we begin the planing stage we see the expense and wonder if we will ever see any of the money back with the decline in the home value since the bubble burst..Do we try to do a frugal restoration or just go for it and plan on never seeing any of the money back?We plan on living in the house for 10-15 years but my work situation is not very bright and I am…See More
James Martin replied to Nick Wylie's discussion Color Selection Chart from 1920's"I'm sorry to tell you that this brochure is practically useless to find the exact historic colors. Matching paint colors to print colors is never accurate. Paint pigments vs printing's CMYK are totally different color systems.…"
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Cabinet door painting
So over the last few days I have removed all of the cabinet doors bagging and tagging all hardware along with a location tag on each door.
steps taken so far in door prep
- removed hinges, and any other hardware, tagging each with location
- used a commercial strength degreaser to clean doors. I was amazed at how dirty the doors were upon close inspection.
- set the doors aside so they cold dry and the degreaser would continue to…
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:57am — 1 Comment
Kitchen remodel begins
As mentioned in an earlier posting, my wife and I have opted to create a master plan for old home and one of the focuses was to look at what to do with our 1980's kitchen redo by a pervious owner. We are doing most of the work ourselves i have found this article as a great primer for the project http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/article/0,,202424,00.html
here is the inspiration for our current…
ContinuePosted on October 31, 2011 at 11:49am
Master Plan
A year ago my wife and I attended an old house expo in Decatur Ga we stumbled across a presentation by an architect that really got us thinking. A master plan, the idea is to work with an architect or design professional to create the long term vision for your house. How many times have you completed a project to only change it later on or worse have to rebuild something you removed early when you change the next room. Since this is our 4th and final historic home we decided that we would…
ContinuePosted on October 15, 2011 at 12:47pm
The fun of a catalog home.
One of the joys of living in a catalog home is knowing that someone else is living in a home very much like yours.
Imagen our surprise when on another forum we saw a recent posting for some one with the same house wondering if there were any others still out there. Below is exterior shots of our house (Blue) and their house (Brick). We have spent the last couple of days talking to the other owners about our houses.…
Imagen our surprise when on another forum we saw a recent posting for some one with the same house wondering if there were any others still out there. Below is exterior shots of our house (Blue) and their house (Brick). We have spent the last couple of days talking to the other owners about our houses.…
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 4:20pm — 2 Comments
Wood floors
Well, we ripped up the old carpet upstairs and at first were shocked by the condition of the wood floors in the test bedroom but after some time and a lot of looking around we have made our decision about our floors upstairs. We looked at carpet but just could not find a style we liked or could afford. We did look at linoleum but found no styles that appealed to us. We looked into Angie's List and found a wood floor refinisher in our area that came recommended and invited him to our house for a… Continue
Posted on October 22, 2009 at 8:45pm
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- Tell us about yourself:
- My wife and I recently bought a Gordon Van Tine catalog home built in 1921. We have a passion for older homes and look forward to being a steward to our "new" home.
- Tell us about your old-house experiences and dreams:
- This is our fourth historic home and the first in a designated historic neighborhood. Our hopes for this house is to add the details to the house to make it a true example of what an arts and craft / prairie style catalog home can be. My carpentry and electrician skills combined with my wires fabric and art skills give us the necessary background to tackle all but the largest preservation projects.
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