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Color Selection Chart from 1920's
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Nick Wylie's blog post was featuredCabinet 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 prepremoved hinges, and any other hardware, tagging each with locationused 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 work.using an old tooth brush to get in some of the crevices I made…See More
Nick Wylie posted a blog postMaster 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…See More
Nick Wylie posted a status"Preparing to begin phase one of our kitchen remodel
Prep work here we go"
Nick Wylie replied to Fritz R. Brittain's discussion Restoring old hardware"If it is a small piece and a small area you can use bass colored spray paint. It is not a perfect solution but if the hardware is not going to handled I have used this method. Brass plating "washing" can be expensive and you…"
Nick Wylie replied to Richard Pryor's discussion door sweeps? draft beaters?"I agree with Andy. Our back door has a similar issue we found in a big box supply store a metal strip with a plastic "sweeper" it does not sweep the floor but does sit tight against the threshold and keeps the drafts down. In a…"
Nick Wylie replied to Red Queen's discussion "Strips and Storm Windows" article"Lynne did you like the Penetrol product? We have a simliar issue with window frames and muttons showing signs of finish failure and are looking at several products to refinish the window sashes. Have friends that have used deck sealer/stains that…"
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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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