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So, I decided to forgo the cheap IKEA couch and just deal with more Frebreeze.
BUT, there's a grant available for the historic districts to repair the outside areas of the houses- i.e. roofs and porches. Our porch needs some serious help- like there are boards buckled and I primed most of the exposed wood but I have counted three layers of paint so far based on the huge chunks of paint coming up.
My main man Vincent and his main man George (who are my new best friends) came over today to take a look and are going to draw up an estimate for the porch. I will have to go to the historical society and look up this house and get some pictures of this house over time to see how the front has been modified (if at all- we think the columns are original- they need to be stripped and have some minor repairs but those babies are solid!) We need ballisters and railings and new boards and an entirely new paint job and all of the windows need new screens. but...they'll match up to 15k for the redos. I think it'll have to be done before next winter. We get freezing rain and ice a few times a year and most of the porch wood has maybe a coat of primer...
and while George was here today, I decided that before we have the interior painted, we need to have some custom bookcases and a window seat installed in front of the picture window in the office. That eliminates the need to keep the crappy bookcases that I bought at the Crate and Barrel outlet in '99 and we will have some display area, too. The window seat I plan to have will have either drawers or a hinged top for extra storage.
Well, you can't do new installed bookcases without painting the ceiling and walls. and really, since there are pocket doors separating the office (former parlor, FYI) and the dining room and THEY need to be refinished, we calcluated that they're going to have to be removed and stripped, too. (actually if they can remove them for me, I'd love to have a go at them. I love refinishing furniture, provided that there are no kiddos to deal with.)
and well, the only other way to get to the office is from the former vestibule (they removed the doors) and the spackle from previous crappy paint jobs is falling onto the floors. So, George is calculating how much it's going to be to paint: Vestibule, hallway (one color) + ceiling and trim. Dining room, office, living room (which will entail removing previously mentioned mustard colored non-chair rail and crown molding (not historically appropriate for this house, anyway.)
and we haven't even started talking about the eating area and my room and the kitchen...
gotta love the old house.
oh, and all of my floors are going to have to be refinished at some point.
like when Nikolai graduates from high school.
Jenn
PS- Rick loved this house...because he said, "oh, we've never bought a house that's 'done'." Riiiiiight. and we still haven't.
BUT, there's a grant available for the historic districts to repair the outside areas of the houses- i.e. roofs and porches. Our porch needs some serious help- like there are boards buckled and I primed most of the exposed wood but I have counted three layers of paint so far based on the huge chunks of paint coming up.
My main man Vincent and his main man George (who are my new best friends) came over today to take a look and are going to draw up an estimate for the porch. I will have to go to the historical society and look up this house and get some pictures of this house over time to see how the front has been modified (if at all- we think the columns are original- they need to be stripped and have some minor repairs but those babies are solid!) We need ballisters and railings and new boards and an entirely new paint job and all of the windows need new screens. but...they'll match up to 15k for the redos. I think it'll have to be done before next winter. We get freezing rain and ice a few times a year and most of the porch wood has maybe a coat of primer...
and while George was here today, I decided that before we have the interior painted, we need to have some custom bookcases and a window seat installed in front of the picture window in the office. That eliminates the need to keep the crappy bookcases that I bought at the Crate and Barrel outlet in '99 and we will have some display area, too. The window seat I plan to have will have either drawers or a hinged top for extra storage.
Well, you can't do new installed bookcases without painting the ceiling and walls. and really, since there are pocket doors separating the office (former parlor, FYI) and the dining room and THEY need to be refinished, we calcluated that they're going to have to be removed and stripped, too. (actually if they can remove them for me, I'd love to have a go at them. I love refinishing furniture, provided that there are no kiddos to deal with.)
and well, the only other way to get to the office is from the former vestibule (they removed the doors) and the spackle from previous crappy paint jobs is falling onto the floors. So, George is calculating how much it's going to be to paint: Vestibule, hallway (one color) + ceiling and trim. Dining room, office, living room (which will entail removing previously mentioned mustard colored non-chair rail and crown molding (not historically appropriate for this house, anyway.)
and we haven't even started talking about the eating area and my room and the kitchen...
gotta love the old house.
oh, and all of my floors are going to have to be refinished at some point.
like when Nikolai graduates from high school.
Jenn
PS- Rick loved this house...because he said, "oh, we've never bought a house that's 'done'." Riiiiiight. and we still haven't.
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