Our trim crew has been working for a little over a week now, and things are looking beautiful! They are really talented. For a while, when it was just sheet rocked, it seemed like a new house-not a 100 year old house. Now that the trim is around the windows and doors, it looks like its old self-only better! We put the exact same kind of trim back that was there originally. Check out the following pictures...
This is the "girls sleeping porch" on the west side. You can see the beautiful trim around the windows and doors. The double doors are to the laundry room, and the other door is to the elevator. The bottom of that door is not complete yet, because the blocks have not come in yet.
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| My laundry room is upstairs. I can walk right around the corner and put up the clothes! |
MMM, MMM, MMM! Can't wait to cook in this kitchen...
We had these made from quarter sawn oak, or tiger oak. That is the same kind of wood that lots of antique furniture is made of. You know what I'm talking about? It's striped, sort of. When the stain is applied, it really brings out the differences in the wood. Granite tops are being made for the kitchen and the bathroom tops.
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| First meal in the new kitchen was ham, green beans and mashed potatoes! | |
Speaking of the bathrooms....
This vanity was made to look like an antique chifferobe. The door on the left will be the linen, and the sink will go over the door on the right side. It's made out of tiger oak, also. We could have just used an actual antique piece, but we didn't want to have to deal with the drawers for the next 50 years. Old furniture drawers just don't move freely like new drawers.
The next is a picture of the vanity for the master bathroom. It's also made to look old--notice the claw feet.
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| The knobs and pulls are Bakelite. |
