Entryway & Stairs
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Above Kass works on the Entryway floor with her heat gun. The sanding only took off so much and could not get into this small area very well. Above right the main area was sanded better but still a lot of paint adhered to the floor. Right the smaller section is good to go after Kass' diligent work! |
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| On the weekend of June 7th,
2008 we re-installed the french doors between the Parlor
and Entryway. |
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| Here you can see the newly
installed light fixtures completed on March 7th |
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| After
Rick
re-wired and hooked the light fixture up to the box, Kass
climbed up to adjust it with her smaller hands that fit
into smaller places than his. <grin> We're not
sure if we'll like this fixture here or not, but we're
trying it for now. |
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| A
couple of evening shots after Thanksgiving. The
color looks a little different here. |
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| Kass
scraped all the peeling paint, bleached and washed the
walls and ceiling, repaired the cracks in the plaster and
primed and.... |
PAINTED!
The
Entryway, with no more mildew! Now we need to paint
the floor and finish the electrical in this area. |
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........................................ As you can see, a color was decided on. Kass picked out and painted this color over the last few weeks. It looks different from angle to angle with the different lighting on it. Once we have electricity in the house and the lights hooked up, we'll finally see what it looks like for certain. |
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| On
September 16th, Kass and her sister in law, Janette
Kirchhofer, cleaned, scraped, bleached and swept out the
stairs. Soon we may be painting this area...if we
can ever decide on a color to paint it that is! |
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| On Father's Day weekend,
while waiting to work on another project, Rick
reconstructed the top two pieces of the stairway bannister
post and put it all back together. |
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Just a quick update since
we havent touched this page in two years! On March
3rd, 2007 we found a replacement sash as the lower half
of this window was broken and it was actually a sideways
window sash that did not belong in the window!
We've also run wiring to do a chandelier here with a
switch at the top & bottom of the stairwell.
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| Looking
towards the Kitchen. The small alcove under the main
stairs may become the entryway to an unfinished Basement
should we have one. Right now it is just a closet
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Much of
the plaster in here will need some treating to clean it
up. We'd like to retain it and keep the true
'original' look to this whole area if possible, including
the original fir wood flooring. |
 Stairway from upper
landing to the next set up to the 2nd floor Hallway
(pictured right). Again, we want to save the
plaster if possible, and are undecided about sanding
& staining the stairs, or painting them much as they
are now.
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| Cleaned up view of the entryway, a bench seat opens for storage. Going to need a lot of Pledge to get the shine back on the stair rail though. ;-) | Closeup of the bench
seat. Just a little dusting & waxing to restore
it. Don't tell Kass but there's some Coca Cola
bottles hidden in here. Being a Pepsi drinker she
wont approve. :) |
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We cleared some the debris from the
front door area, and are now able to open it.
The remaining porch was a bit too 'soft' to
save.
The door lock fixture
appears to be brass and may be repairable.
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| Excellent condition Entryway doors. Rick's mom told us "If for no other reason, save this door!" | Shot of the stairs & woodwork. This room is in the best condition of the whole house. |
