The Side of House

The door became a window and then the not so attractive and strangely positioned wooden staircase outside was removed. 
We have to re-side here and do some more sprucing, but now there is plenty more room to get a car through the carport columns to garage.

Side Stairs

I just painted the side stairs the same color as the porch. Pascale helped!
 It looks great and much more updated.
Also stained that lattice and it really did come great, so had installed!
It really freshens up the side of the house.

Pic of lattice partially on, plus notice trees removed from right hand side

Picture of lattice BEFORE and blue and an AFTER picture of the new cedar lattice that I stained. 

Ripped out two closets in diningroom to open it up to what the room once was

So... 101 years ago, this house had a big dining room. 

At some point in time, someone added two closets to the house.

When you open up closet doors you can see inlay of the floor edge.

People kept trying to talk us out of opening the dining room up to what it was and keeping those closets, but.... I knew we had to do it! The room is being spackled now, but by next week I hope to get paint on the walls so I can show you what the room becomes! Once I get the paint and the light fixture and the furniture right, we'll be so thrilled.

The Door is now a Window

Another replacement window, but a window nonetheless!;)

Framed and wall painted.

Do It Myself Projects

Ripping off the carpet on the stairs, along with the thousands of staples and nails in the wood.
Partially done.

Also, purchased cedar small hole block lattice for under the porch and stained the wood!

Oh and we got ...

Air conditioning
and our Chimney Swept and Cleaned and Inspected

Wall Paper Removed from Living Room Walls

The layers of wall paper have been removed from our living room walls! The walls have been spackled and caulked and prepped and painted.  The wavy walls once were a mess but now look spectacular!

Stairs Newel Posts are taking as long as the Mona Lisa but look good

Stair newel posts being created to look original.
Different woods being used at the moment, which wont stain even like we need it to, and so these will be rebuilt.....
We will get there.

Carport Brick Piers Rebuilt from Ground Up

Our Carport Columns were looking very unsafe and bending forward.  We needed a mason to dig out and pour a new foundation for new brick piers. They were rebuilt.  A new sidewalk from pier to pier was also put in.

Here are the BEFORE UNSAFE PIER Pics (obviously the left-hand side)

These are the During Pics of Construction Work.  A permit for this work was needed.