Five Panel Door

Here is a before photo of the five panel closet door in the master bedroom. Here is what it looks like finished. I stripped the layers of paint off the original hinges. I made a door jam out of douglas fir for the old hallway access that has been covered by drywall for over 25 years. It will eventually be a closet once we move the furnace.

Master Bedroom Progress

Stripping the paint is so far the time consuming part of this bedroom. It is moving right along though.

Master Bedroom

Finally getting the ball rolling on the master bedroom. My friend Chuck came over to help me do the texture. We decided to go with a two tone color scheme. The ceiling and above the picture rail will be a vanilla white. Beneath the picture rail will be a Breezeway Blue. The pan light is an antique. I rewired it so it is good for another 100 years. The original colors of this bedroom are nearly identical to what was here in this bedroom in 1915.

Pantry light

After two years of the pantry completion, I decided to get the most period appropriate light fixture. The globe has daisys that were painted. However I decided to repaint the daisys because half the paint was gone. Ironicaly, I found another identical shade on ebay for the mudroom which I will post pics of pretty soon.

Bathroom Cabinet

We found this cabinet at an antique store. It was covered in 6 to 7 layers of paint. I sanded it down to the bare wood. I primed and painted the cabinet after sanding. I also removed the hardware and placed them in a jewelery ultrasonic to remove the paint. The cabinet looked to be once a built-in cabinet in a 1920's home.

Hommade Tacos

Jovita is a good cook. We both enjoy making different things on this 100 yr old stove.

Master Bedroom

After loosing my domain, blogging has been a bit frustrating. This is the first time in about 7 months I have been able to access my blog... The master bedroom has been underway on being completed. I had to do a lot of re-wiring etc. I used 5/8 drywall over the lathe and plaster on the celing. I rented a drywall lift that came in real handy. I spent two full days re-wiring the bedroom abd the main line that runs underneath the house. Six straight hours it took me to re do the wiring in the crawl space. My wife Jovita has been a big help through our renovation. Here are the Master Bedroom windows before stripping. I had to remove the glass to do this job. I wound up breaking the glass and installed thicker glass on all four windows. New sash cords are installed. I also oiled the pulleys. Here are the finished stained windows. I will install the trim after the paining and texture is complete. My friend Chuck came over to help me mud and tape the drywall. A fisheye view of what it looks like today.

New Built-In

Jovita and I found a built-in from the 1920's at an antique store. It had wood grain paint that needed to desperately needed to be removed. So we both grabbed our sanders and went to work. Here it is in the antique store with that ugly wood grain imitation paint. Here it is during sanding. Here it is done exept for the shelves and glass.

New Quartz Countertops

Sorry about the lack of posts. I sort of took a hiatus but I am back now. We finally bought new countertops for the kitchen and pantry.

1915 Western Electric Oak Telephone

Here is our newest toy. It is a 1915 Western Electric oak telephone. It has a subset on the inside with a rotary dial so we can use it. It works perfectly!! We felt our kitchen needed a period appropriate telephone, so we sought this one out. Below is an antique telephone operators stool which is barely visible. The stool is the right height if you want to sit and talk on the phone.





Here is what the inside looks like with the subset box.

New Shelf For The Kitchen

Here is our latest addition to the kitchen. Jovita has been wanting a shelf next to the stove with our various cookbooks. It took me six hours to build from start to finish.




I felt it was appropriate to have a 1920's fire extinguisher behind the stove. It has been completely refurbished and polished to a mirror shine. It is made from brass and copper. I thought it was very nostalgic.



Here is a closeup of the antique fire extinguisher. It is not charged, however it is more for looks. It is one of the few antiques that is not ready to use.

Dishwasher and Can Opener

Here is our new Bosch Dishwasher that takes a panel. We are trying to keep our kitchen as period correct as possible. In doing this we decided to buy a dishwasher that is not visible. Here is what it looks like with the door closed.



Here is a view of the dishwasher partially open to give you a perspective on how the panel is mounted to the dishwasher door. Basically you select your settings with the door open like this and once you shut the door, the dishwasher starts.



This can opener we bought from ebay. It was made in the late teens to 1920's sometime. It is made from cast iron and mounts firmly on the wall. I had to strip three layers of paint from it which took me about six hours. I painted it in its origional finish.



Here is what the can opener looks like in the "ready to use position".

Master Bedroom

I am finally taking on the task of remodeling the master bedroom which is long overdue. After all the plaster is removed, I will add insulation and drywall. All woodwork will be stripped, sanded, and stained as it once was many years ago.



The floors have floorpaint on them. I am guessing that these floors have been painted since the house was built. They have had carpet over them since the late 1950's is my guess.



This door leads to the dining room. The door is not origional to the house. I put this here to keep the dust from going everywhere. The door came from a neighbor who did not want it. It was his bathroom door and his house was built in the early 1920's. I am not going to use the door when I am done. Our house came with the five panel doors which is what I will be replacing it with.



OK. If you look closely, there was a door here on the left of this wall. It led to the back hallway. It was boarded up about 20 years ago because the central heat and air is right on the other side. I have contemplated moving the central heat and air to the attic someday.