1900 Farmhouse

A pile of pre-cut wainscot sitting outside, ready to be stripped. For Halloween this year, my costume consisted of a breathe respirator. No...

The long, tedious process of finishing the drywall begins.... The drywall hanging came at a perfect time, since I was off to Colorado for a ...

Here is the ceiling, all hung with care (with drywall). About five hours was spent this Sunday hanging drywall. Starting with the ceiling, w...

H and nailing the 3’ strips to the sheer panel. In order to meet code when I did the attic remodel, sheer panels were install at the corners...

The bathroom walls finally see some insulation after over 100 years of nakedness. Before installing the insulation, I remembered a few impor...

Exhaust fan - all ducted up and wired. Ready for action. Bring it, stink! About an hour job, but another line item crossed out, the exhaust ...

Here I am nailing in the studs for the new window to attach to. I rushed home after work and started this endeavor at 5:30, know ing that I ...

Okay, if you survived that last post on the plumbing, may you be rewarded with a post on...... roughing in the electrical! As I write this,...

Plumbing. What can I say? So important, but pretty boring to blog about. For this part of the remodel, I hired out. If anyone needs a sharp...

A view from the bathroom into the kitchen sans wall. In order to relocate the bathroom door opening, I pretty much had to remove the entire ...

The base plates installed and ready for some stud. This is my first framing attempt ever. It seems so simple in concept but when it comes to...

More potential beadboard wainscoting uncovered on the ceiling as the nook is demolitionized. From my previous post, I mentioned that I reali...

The floor taken up to get access to the joists so we can double them up to minimize deflection. Since a clawfoot tub will eventually be inst...

Another shot from the kitchen into the bath and part of the bedroom that we’ll steal from to add a little breakfast nook. Gary had a brillia...