Thursday, February 13, 2014

Brass Door Knobs Unearthed!


 The doors throughout the house are covered in tons of paint...  A little hot water, some elbow grease, and some stripper there is a new look.



 Took the paint off a door knob and plate and look what was underneath! 


Now we just need to strip and repaint the door.

Monday, February 10, 2014

Scullery Kitchen Renovation

 We recently got pretty close to finishing our scullery renovation (yep, thats where we keep the skulls)

Before

 

On the wall you can see the remnants of the California Cooler - or San Fransisco Cooler.  The wall opened to the outside to keep food cool.  Long ago removed and now it just adds a draft to the room.




After






The counter top is a solid oak from Ikea - the two pieced were butt jointed with the edges routered to remove beveled edge and make the pieces fit together.






Saturday, February 8, 2014

Front Porch Renovation



A while back we did a great new front porch renovation! 

Before, the front porch was concrete, so we thought we would bring it back to what it might have originally looked like made of local redwood.




Time to get to work!





We took the porch down, but then Pam couldn't leave the house! So we added a ramp!











This dog made our porch! 

We had a some redwood railings made. Had the porch constructed, and then got to painting! 

Here's the finished product!