Floored

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr25DQgyeZW3HJZ0Kqtf0hYW23zkEt9FRMPrae7aZEFa3-pmovJiE97jEo9_SGWWqSk00IGjZ-yLUFW5nYhWn5srvsOLyzhq-GvafaXbgJ_wWnGHHmDU_tdJtL2bn2tmocDntddTl5cyY/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr25DQgyeZW3HJZ0Kqtf0hYW23zkEt9FRMPrae7aZEFa3-pmovJiE97jEo9_SGWWqSk00IGjZ-yLUFW5nYhWn5srvsOLyzhq-GvafaXbgJ_wWnGHHmDU_tdJtL2bn2tmocDntddTl5cyY/s640/13.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know I'm a little strange but I love the look of exposed lath.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If this were my summer cottage by the sea, I would keep it like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just hang a few paintings on the wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, the demo is done.  Well, I think the demo is done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's why I'm not sure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG_sBoyQvSrlK-CNA57-BKwPbWLws_u7iwD0o6Ai_WANtfPAaVVTQpTr-mvBVhxg570DgdlmUeiZm7f6CinNBFoPUVARdcddBk7g9dXWatkn16HcGXrxhKb0ny9VIooeIRmWWKwxKLx4/s1600/darryl+carter+kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG_sBoyQvSrlK-CNA57-BKwPbWLws_u7iwD0o6Ai_WANtfPAaVVTQpTr-mvBVhxg570DgdlmUeiZm7f6CinNBFoPUVARdcddBk7g9dXWatkn16HcGXrxhKb0ny9VIooeIRmWWKwxKLx4/s640/darryl+carter+kitchen.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darryl Carter</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was toying around with leaving a few of the old beams exposed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like in this Darryl Carter kitchen (which is one my favorites)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but until everything was gutted, there was just no way to know whether or not</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anything would be pretty enough to leave exposed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I was looking forward to getting home and walking around the space</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to make an assessment.  I unlocked the back door to step in and found...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9plhlXdgwavFEwO-SSBNJpzaQYOsknivuuSIff7fcf8IKBtWUFxsGcRwOni60cWSIRvkD5IrvCPtLs-gEK0W6TEAGLwZrMUKnyAYiltQXDdXTLUwRgtlWsL-dxnq-h9xTELLpBvXbD8/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9plhlXdgwavFEwO-SSBNJpzaQYOsknivuuSIff7fcf8IKBtWUFxsGcRwOni60cWSIRvkD5IrvCPtLs-gEK0W6TEAGLwZrMUKnyAYiltQXDdXTLUwRgtlWsL-dxnq-h9xTELLpBvXbD8/s640/8.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No floor at all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess the subfloor was just so crazy and at all different levels, it </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just didn't make sense to save it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5W7lPDvtIA_nloRewciQu6XqXaJhzzzfK_DefcOm0-ygyNliWK7ITk88wOR3EC71U-wRhKLiLpRu_VQZmGQMSjgoCqoZM2XCgpBEi4yfPigWT6ZnTvT5BBqhP3u103M8cpfHhvh_Xx3w/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5W7lPDvtIA_nloRewciQu6XqXaJhzzzfK_DefcOm0-ygyNliWK7ITk88wOR3EC71U-wRhKLiLpRu_VQZmGQMSjgoCqoZM2XCgpBEi4yfPigWT6ZnTvT5BBqhP3u103M8cpfHhvh_Xx3w/s640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's nothing left but the floor joists.  <a href="http://heresmygarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rosemary</a> left me a comment</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on the last post that the house looks so vulnerable in this state.  I think that's a great word.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also discovered a second foundation, in about three feet from the outer one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just was I had suspected.  Why?  We'll get back to that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-r2q8BC2qirqfLFLveBFdVrAAqsBeWCBMca_rA6lFlDdPCxAG76916UYTeXFkG68YFp0NZX6UfZcySQ78frq6kkpNu4LTDbBx3tNRrkR_yHd-2HBBULZuFAeCoEto0DynPRCsRazGdQ/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-r2q8BC2qirqfLFLveBFdVrAAqsBeWCBMca_rA6lFlDdPCxAG76916UYTeXFkG68YFp0NZX6UfZcySQ78frq6kkpNu4LTDbBx3tNRrkR_yHd-2HBBULZuFAeCoEto0DynPRCsRazGdQ/s640/2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The joists under the old bathroom don't seem too bad.  New 2x6s have been</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sistered alongside the old 4x5 joists and additional pairs of 2x6s were also</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">added in between.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElayCHakOydQu-aso3JgliUoiX8meKXp9mtCbR-fMw76PxssVwpyGFAjfdD-v0ZmNE_fa7o3cMVePM543lerCN_mEHVoRIR4Ygr-nUylJPZKS14Ucy9IEVupkm2wgR9QSw-ZKj9w8Y0Y/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElayCHakOydQu-aso3JgliUoiX8meKXp9mtCbR-fMw76PxssVwpyGFAjfdD-v0ZmNE_fa7o3cMVePM543lerCN_mEHVoRIR4Ygr-nUylJPZKS14Ucy9IEVupkm2wgR9QSw-ZKj9w8Y0Y/s640/10.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In other places joists were spaced about two feet apart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sixteen inches is normal and probably code.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmngtKxxS0ZKI1BMOnpFs7Cnl5JPX_v7gLOWlmzrGBvdGA1TAgo5Cule8Y8NoAilvgsQqKbyY4c3WOTaJ4ivHwh_zLWnTu-KOV8p0Es8BtSurQChNTGwB8iwiPe117a4rVKTYdIQhWBUk/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmngtKxxS0ZKI1BMOnpFs7Cnl5JPX_v7gLOWlmzrGBvdGA1TAgo5Cule8Y8NoAilvgsQqKbyY4c3WOTaJ4ivHwh_zLWnTu-KOV8p0Es8BtSurQChNTGwB8iwiPe117a4rVKTYdIQhWBUk/s640/6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And between the two foundations, the spacing is over 30 inches!  Many of the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">joists are at different levels and the entire floor is just way out of level.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could certainly beef up the structure with new joists and pad some of the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">joists that are too low, but it just might make more sense to rip it out and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">start from scratch.  There's certainly no better time to fix it properly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From a purist point of view, I would love to leave anything original intact because</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's an historical document; on the other hand, the perfectionist in me would like</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it all to be new.  I have a little bit of a stomach ache about it but I'm  not going</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to shed any tears or lose any sleep over it.  Just gotta figure it out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is what it is, as they say.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViO0UsSq0Dk3j9xSYub2YGirWKHqeotU3rL1kjZpm7d_CRM6mRsev5o5CyLsNkrCjBXozGxT0zg8EtfqlFwUhZ8-vW3Z1IZCe1PdsAnfq-7YtXupRp630b-4Rz28tt-nRNZ1lCc_KExg/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViO0UsSq0Dk3j9xSYub2YGirWKHqeotU3rL1kjZpm7d_CRM6mRsev5o5CyLsNkrCjBXozGxT0zg8EtfqlFwUhZ8-vW3Z1IZCe1PdsAnfq-7YtXupRp630b-4Rz28tt-nRNZ1lCc_KExg/s640/6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But let's talk about the two foundations.  As I said, there are two foundations</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">about three feet apart but notice the center floor beam goes all the way</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">across to the outer foundation.  There appear to no bones, no treasure,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no stash of Paul Revere's silver although it would be fun to poke around with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a metal detector.  The inner foundation seems a little better built and made</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of gray fieldstone...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjNdM8OtdfcPjbo2S57M1R2pCb7majfgMxfTi9Yt0EFNhzi2IUawYDXf9d-LdxJJN5v_zOcW_-B5zzBILdcud-yhdj5vfsijxXCNy0WAhg2vm8QDxs4P5D1B4-m6SyEVjtIPZUuR_Nhw/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjNdM8OtdfcPjbo2S57M1R2pCb7majfgMxfTi9Yt0EFNhzi2IUawYDXf9d-LdxJJN5v_zOcW_-B5zzBILdcud-yhdj5vfsijxXCNy0WAhg2vm8QDxs4P5D1B4-m6SyEVjtIPZUuR_Nhw/s640/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-r2q8BC2qirqfLFLveBFdVrAAqsBeWCBMca_rA6lFlDdPCxAG76916UYTeXFkG68YFp0NZX6UfZcySQ78frq6kkpNu4LTDbBx3tNRrkR_yHd-2HBBULZuFAeCoEto0DynPRCsRazGdQ/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>...just like the foundation on the rest of the house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhv32VjE6tKQu61bR6QQIuLE9tyw1jVyTDPNPFw-8tAs1ZPGv4SWUO0QcaOXjUTnj06g_yKg7epVdsG7nEiReZQFRN6v4IlDgyTGL2-I7K_IBSguSFK5mAL3Mcq5RPo33byiS-zWuqACY/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhv32VjE6tKQu61bR6QQIuLE9tyw1jVyTDPNPFw-8tAs1ZPGv4SWUO0QcaOXjUTnj06g_yKg7epVdsG7nEiReZQFRN6v4IlDgyTGL2-I7K_IBSguSFK5mAL3Mcq5RPo33byiS-zWuqACY/s640/4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The outer foundation has a few wooden piers that have been filled in with brick.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's much more makeshift than the inner foundation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ns2OtgTfj8Ya7GNRZl1bJteOVkAp_kuP2mzmkMcaMbVifYWry9W6PCShyphenhyphenPm3aelXhkK5dGP8GtMNIUaRFjjIou4b9BYuC9hz1dJlVhSaK85N4ZOJQLKhLM_2ExtUCnZ3pik4xhTVHxQ/s1600/12B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ns2OtgTfj8Ya7GNRZl1bJteOVkAp_kuP2mzmkMcaMbVifYWry9W6PCShyphenhyphenPm3aelXhkK5dGP8GtMNIUaRFjjIou4b9BYuC9hz1dJlVhSaK85N4ZOJQLKhLM_2ExtUCnZ3pik4xhTVHxQ/s640/12B.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The ceiling joists (and the second floor) go all the way across but notice on the back wall,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the sheathing is different on those three feet between the two foundations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But why?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiBvRWoKm3qrvfBkJU5M0DhQiqHAHrVoSO2fb02F3C8yIKWoxFPFif0GVsTcx4mSVv5Aku1S9Gm5cRVOS1YMlukVZd4NdAFM9S5bjeKAZhWxtIU8mkIWgDzrMBoKNm-P4s9gkOvaJUHo/s1600/then+and+now.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiBvRWoKm3qrvfBkJU5M0DhQiqHAHrVoSO2fb02F3C8yIKWoxFPFif0GVsTcx4mSVv5Aku1S9Gm5cRVOS1YMlukVZd4NdAFM9S5bjeKAZhWxtIU8mkIWgDzrMBoKNm-P4s9gkOvaJUHo/s640/then+and+now.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">     1856 drawing                                                      2013 diagram</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you look at a few key measurements between the 1856 drawing and its current dimension,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you'll see that the house has gone from 61 feet to 42 feet on the right side and from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">37 feet to 18 feet where the porches are.  Nineteen feet is missing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I suspect there was a barn attached to the back of the house.  A place where horses and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">firewood might have been.  But the double foundation?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yxaEuP9nUTQmjYfaV9FjMEaOWMFdAs17MkupLouIgEq1hpEw2gkX-lkr_zWZ3hrTfVR7WUbiSRPI1dW4GcxA1DYeYPFdyrlySm-SXdQD-BNIBKrEghrD2-7_uOiI7xPOLCP39DQAoGM/s1600/inverted-porches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yxaEuP9nUTQmjYfaV9FjMEaOWMFdAs17MkupLouIgEq1hpEw2gkX-lkr_zWZ3hrTfVR7WUbiSRPI1dW4GcxA1DYeYPFdyrlySm-SXdQD-BNIBKrEghrD2-7_uOiI7xPOLCP39DQAoGM/s640/inverted-porches.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo:  <a href="http://ourlittlebighouse.com/greek-revival-inverted-porches/" target="_blank">Our Little Big House</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My guess is there was an inverted porch on that side of the house.  Perhaps just wide enough</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to provide cover from the rain or snow to get firewood.   I think that explains the more</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">solid inner foundation of the house and a porch foundation that was most likely entirely on piers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If I didn't lose three feet of my kitchen, I would love to recreate that.  I think it would be </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">really nice detail on that side of the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yWdWgpUVQzdGi2DCvUNbgwwj9mbfW2x6tlRXHK5_VBbBIT_y3fKfUF7TX9WSc7fIWFMd97BJPh2gW4MioF_4maUqQ5lww7YNVqZtiU6zS-ZyBMivqSjCbkhk_PXSYvubPOJ01BSVzyY/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yWdWgpUVQzdGi2DCvUNbgwwj9mbfW2x6tlRXHK5_VBbBIT_y3fKfUF7TX9WSc7fIWFMd97BJPh2gW4MioF_4maUqQ5lww7YNVqZtiU6zS-ZyBMivqSjCbkhk_PXSYvubPOJ01BSVzyY/s640/5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Up next is dealing with the plumbing and heating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This plumbing stack serves the upstairs bathroom.  It would probably</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">make sense to renovate this bathroom at the same time but I have my limits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cast iron is famous for splitting open.  This is most like over 100 years old</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so it's time to replace it with PVC.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJd0VYGHt5IgWBQFwcIMRWF9n82-1bF5jL3GI8fsWSFBOMjid3bZwqVbt5tA9yAB2ggIGNhb_Mx5dvVykC4dM3kNJr6Q_453JeSA1xwMTGIO8XvGJOTzHwIEbXBS43Lu3_836Sb2I6tO8/s1600/plumbing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJd0VYGHt5IgWBQFwcIMRWF9n82-1bF5jL3GI8fsWSFBOMjid3bZwqVbt5tA9yAB2ggIGNhb_Mx5dvVykC4dM3kNJr6Q_453JeSA1xwMTGIO8XvGJOTzHwIEbXBS43Lu3_836Sb2I6tO8/s640/plumbing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yWdWgpUVQzdGi2DCvUNbgwwj9mbfW2x6tlRXHK5_VBbBIT_y3fKfUF7TX9WSc7fIWFMd97BJPh2gW4MioF_4maUqQ5lww7YNVqZtiU6zS-ZyBMivqSjCbkhk_PXSYvubPOJ01BSVzyY/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The plumbing stack was boxed in just beside the old kitchen sink.  In the new plan the kitchen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sink will be placed right in front of the window.  The challenge will now be to move the plumbing stack back into the outside wall as far as possible so I can get a nice expanse of countertop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having plumbing in an outside wall can be a little troublesome in the wintertime</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I'm being told if the pipes are wrapped in foam and then foam insulation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is blown in around them, there shouldn't be any issue with freezing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can I get a witness?</div></div>

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Demolition, Man

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvIB5hyknN7DY7PL8YpIkEbcHfySxbyNUGVOxrJt7NRry6TdZod1QPEEEIIcj8A69MD_oAmqAvorqc1IaPZvukA6LXNVGsycCMNRZCh6lY0_eOTWTnTR8TXOUyQSBUsbgxSRZ8aORTLE/s1600/IMG_0813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvIB5hyknN7DY7PL8YpIkEbcHfySxbyNUGVOxrJt7NRry6TdZod1QPEEEIIcj8A69MD_oAmqAvorqc1IaPZvukA6LXNVGsycCMNRZCh6lY0_eOTWTnTR8TXOUyQSBUsbgxSRZ8aORTLE/s640/IMG_0813.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Demolition has started.  Three hours, two guys, one dumpster...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cjf7PJJ-C3ZIyCM0s6SZQmn4c2TZrwDWmk-A9rWwurV-vGMGlsPkf4pdkRBAmXVdI5HnMTldYHJtZ2EtfKuEz-wLuoZFTv4hCZV50LdVTExgUVgxX-YlG_KInDLx-8NWUkeroWEymAQ/s1600/IMG_3315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cjf7PJJ-C3ZIyCM0s6SZQmn4c2TZrwDWmk-A9rWwurV-vGMGlsPkf4pdkRBAmXVdI5HnMTldYHJtZ2EtfKuEz-wLuoZFTv4hCZV50LdVTExgUVgxX-YlG_KInDLx-8NWUkeroWEymAQ/s640/IMG_3315.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from upstairs</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">...and the porches were history.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecy1oaS0bNfMhXHnK2zz_K5Fq2zQUYwSkDq0H081m9Dunit43jX_gFxu5DvCd68NmS9aRt3V1_S7bs3JNxN7qDhOE_BZ-wdxqi-sz4uthNTK0Qi1d2Y1DgbDclcWFN9yX9qmbi7ZC9lw/s1600/IMG_0821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecy1oaS0bNfMhXHnK2zz_K5Fq2zQUYwSkDq0H081m9Dunit43jX_gFxu5DvCd68NmS9aRt3V1_S7bs3JNxN7qDhOE_BZ-wdxqi-sz4uthNTK0Qi1d2Y1DgbDclcWFN9yX9qmbi7ZC9lw/s640/IMG_0821.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The house looks better already.  Those porches were just bringing the house down.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWTbQC9EoR2IPwaUKWXcYlxtMvnQxrhJu2jzvj0LFphgBjPa9YDL45L8I2j5ZfNyeVVnTB1hBHRS8tT-F2wa0m15vGHnPkUa_iS5cfaby5bPuQ_frPjBFx2U7qac6ixWjl77tdjiUBlo/s1600/IMG_0824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWTbQC9EoR2IPwaUKWXcYlxtMvnQxrhJu2jzvj0LFphgBjPa9YDL45L8I2j5ZfNyeVVnTB1hBHRS8tT-F2wa0m15vGHnPkUa_iS5cfaby5bPuQ_frPjBFx2U7qac6ixWjl77tdjiUBlo/s640/IMG_0824.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Under the porch were five shovels and a pitch fork.  There is no visible gap under the kitchen<br />but we still can't figure out why there's three feet between the outside of the foundation<br />and the inside of the basement.  The basement walls under the kitchen are poured concrete - so<br />much more modern than the rest of the basement - so it just may have been dug smaller than <br />the outside foundation.  I think this is where coal was shoveled in to the basement.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0AT5BfZEGzgaSSVQzhQehYNC018tcmRwdsMisw2_FRYA1Uv_Ky0znRRB8PWbFyVONzbToR_KBuvlZMrzvMJ9goiAmTpOtZSQt2jzCSr8t2ogdTazDMgoiHx109DK6rVmo3XhvvwskVU/s1600/IMG_3325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0AT5BfZEGzgaSSVQzhQehYNC018tcmRwdsMisw2_FRYA1Uv_Ky0znRRB8PWbFyVONzbToR_KBuvlZMrzvMJ9goiAmTpOtZSQt2jzCSr8t2ogdTazDMgoiHx109DK6rVmo3XhvvwskVU/s640/IMG_3325.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><br />Inside the going is a little slower.  The kitchen tile is set in a bed on thick mortar<br />on a metal lath that's like a cheese grater.  Watch your fingers!<br /><br />Above the tile is evidence of the stove flues that went in to the chimney.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcbsfVRi6K41MrEy6yBKm_R_p34Q28z0GU46wbHdklC1Xln65yS-y2V-EVeJtLcZPl_wYDPeGjtGwy6ajfQhYrVsV5bWQ9BvcPMEx0SSzaa9wYkhRFSWqoOaPKY3eHXDF4fUDBSpELU4/s1600/IMG_3331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcbsfVRi6K41MrEy6yBKm_R_p34Q28z0GU46wbHdklC1Xln65yS-y2V-EVeJtLcZPl_wYDPeGjtGwy6ajfQhYrVsV5bWQ9BvcPMEx0SSzaa9wYkhRFSWqoOaPKY3eHXDF4fUDBSpELU4/s640/IMG_3331.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><br />The floor.  Ceramic tile on plywood on linoleum tile on plywood<br />on hardwood on subfloor.  It was a good two inches thick, maybe more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3Jdnu15GVc_vqE6_urU_hahivSzYElbrjEo3AWfKi8xZp17Mkiid1HTVbPpreRzUr5F2x_p7UdOwnxwFilFXA3AL-g91FKd9AIVImq8Bzw8TI3h7h9pAOWvE8XkpQltCpiBDaXXNY-k/s1600/kitchen1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3Jdnu15GVc_vqE6_urU_hahivSzYElbrjEo3AWfKi8xZp17Mkiid1HTVbPpreRzUr5F2x_p7UdOwnxwFilFXA3AL-g91FKd9AIVImq8Bzw8TI3h7h9pAOWvE8XkpQltCpiBDaXXNY-k/s640/kitchen1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a few before-and-now photos.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YdZ5FVn8yA4o63HpUazCxc_9V50hIllS9x0YElYS7S6ZkSWSFRfaYANEXyFeewWKZJFDMmRsDdl2I38jeinopZi2d_oXfurnEHZTwoTAdGNzBIv5r3JBxLVZ8j20VZZBIAj11PuRZuY/s1600/kitchen2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YdZ5FVn8yA4o63HpUazCxc_9V50hIllS9x0YElYS7S6ZkSWSFRfaYANEXyFeewWKZJFDMmRsDdl2I38jeinopZi2d_oXfurnEHZTwoTAdGNzBIv5r3JBxLVZ8j20VZZBIAj11PuRZuY/s640/kitchen2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />One of the cats took up residence next to the sink after it was emptied out.<br />He seemed kind of sad about the old kitchen going away.<br />(Maybe that was just me.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOjSGTGzYSPgH0WZo-VmiS6XNFRIY6FJl_Un6Bz2MzC7FOhOglnXFd9IkjynBxqW37LW5iM3-B-aTrmMuOuw6Gcg8L9oJYIhQvvxWiQ4lFpWKEEk6DOSbMZ0YxOCpbPtNOZ30Cpq-ZGw/s1600/IMG_3338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOjSGTGzYSPgH0WZo-VmiS6XNFRIY6FJl_Un6Bz2MzC7FOhOglnXFd9IkjynBxqW37LW5iM3-B-aTrmMuOuw6Gcg8L9oJYIhQvvxWiQ4lFpWKEEk6DOSbMZ0YxOCpbPtNOZ30Cpq-ZGw/s640/IMG_3338.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the same kitchen window that was next to the sink.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bathroom window is in the distance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty, right?  It's so old!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZIgbFT5dm8R0JnTHP2atj2H1_C1Ed-8PtbZ_q_4BWE6-jqDmm-K5aj8694b6QumzZPb9hEj50rai-D2wpq38BgnNJ9azvZys3eAVWFhUs7kVhmlyCcDCmOZAYv5P8FZgTZUnFwbcbJ4/s1600/IMG_3336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZIgbFT5dm8R0JnTHP2atj2H1_C1Ed-8PtbZ_q_4BWE6-jqDmm-K5aj8694b6QumzZPb9hEj50rai-D2wpq38BgnNJ9azvZys3eAVWFhUs7kVhmlyCcDCmOZAYv5P8FZgTZUnFwbcbJ4/s640/IMG_3336.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's an old drum trap circa 1900. All lead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The claw foot tub and sink drain to this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNQmFph4FkBL57kR-vuIjMZnfRQbNOE2b-jGwZWANm3jm1OWvzNOdiMvtlwG0Opro6jGSJZHxdM0bO4_nPUlGbZHMUWkiL8wbXjjUS1Iw_S2K6wNvsYbJWxAh5itm_m_3RyvOMkF7yl0/s1600/IMG_0852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNQmFph4FkBL57kR-vuIjMZnfRQbNOE2b-jGwZWANm3jm1OWvzNOdiMvtlwG0Opro6jGSJZHxdM0bO4_nPUlGbZHMUWkiL8wbXjjUS1Iw_S2K6wNvsYbJWxAh5itm_m_3RyvOMkF7yl0/s640/IMG_0852.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The old pantry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJuR4MY8iqvO3wK4nq6Zxb2l1B-S4yWTyWvz43NKHk2hRQMZGX7OY6IwKteZlMV6FybfbTVxudZ4xv2oB8fU0cJ_npYUjINteV83ovLsnFv8scSv9DzuKbmOyiCH8Ksh6uXnxgS_F4UA/s1600/IMG_0853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJuR4MY8iqvO3wK4nq6Zxb2l1B-S4yWTyWvz43NKHk2hRQMZGX7OY6IwKteZlMV6FybfbTVxudZ4xv2oB8fU0cJ_npYUjINteV83ovLsnFv8scSv9DzuKbmOyiCH8Ksh6uXnxgS_F4UA/s640/IMG_0853.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back door to the <strike>porch</strike> air.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuhydQMXq5ql88Rzkvq4BtZsCSIUCoNfhWf4nE1r1U8PH0g6Wl-STjH_T-FZHxAP6pf0awdKORb4SWCr6r83U9NQPhyS-usc81KKDecSl_E9FTEX5f_p0A-48XDTXhKw85hLCv877ao4/s1600/IMG_3330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuhydQMXq5ql88Rzkvq4BtZsCSIUCoNfhWf4nE1r1U8PH0g6Wl-STjH_T-FZHxAP6pf0awdKORb4SWCr6r83U9NQPhyS-usc81KKDecSl_E9FTEX5f_p0A-48XDTXhKw85hLCv877ao4/s640/IMG_3330.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How's this for an example of bad construction technique?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A charred joist between the kitchen and bathroom that's about a foot shy of being</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tied to anything.  I was told there had been a fire in the house - I saw evidence</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of fire up above the ceiling where the new bathroom is - but this burned joist seems</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to have been put here later.  Nothing around it or attached to it is burned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always find demolition both nauseating and exciting.  I always fear that something</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">horrible will be revealed, something will spring a leak, start a fire or fall down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the same time, it's the beginning of something new.</div></div>

Demolition, Man

Demolition has started.  Three hours, two guys, one dumpster... View from upstairs ...and the porches were history. The house looks better a...

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Back Porches

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVgo7f1OAX8xqrzqz87WR1t8piKEBiXLTs-5yqSmRY1Nf7OfQeKWcc6iQM9Eu9-awF_7_qcpRqFQ-pP2apVIUdOLOm-L40CmQXQXTpHDE2LXaMWgNSVrkhzYvgH7A3PqJNeEpQKe8cUU/s1600/porches+header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVgo7f1OAX8xqrzqz87WR1t8piKEBiXLTs-5yqSmRY1Nf7OfQeKWcc6iQM9Eu9-awF_7_qcpRqFQ-pP2apVIUdOLOm-L40CmQXQXTpHDE2LXaMWgNSVrkhzYvgH7A3PqJNeEpQKe8cUU/s400/porches+header.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just off the kitchen and master bedroom are my back porches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdIn-lM5HZRkJpcdd1y5KkW28yav6X-UqfOHd2y4HoLbJyuTHXiBLY2MKCqux73_GtjMiIA3VplQORkjobCfi01ypBHUNa3xcaAHjPk6ElJ1cA647FQOUqJYr17nW-nr6LERbRRDJLpY/s1600/house+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdIn-lM5HZRkJpcdd1y5KkW28yav6X-UqfOHd2y4HoLbJyuTHXiBLY2MKCqux73_GtjMiIA3VplQORkjobCfi01ypBHUNa3xcaAHjPk6ElJ1cA647FQOUqJYr17nW-nr6LERbRRDJLpY/s400/house+002.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My renovation strategy since buying the house has always</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">been to tackle the ugliest thing.  I started here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ooj6GsgkfSEolJBVajUPbP4zTImZV6-7PUPXMaN3GIKYgCHUq_qm4S7Q5KKYXHnxBjyEkN6MfZx5pH2jj2C8LKnwn3WFgHzjERjy8zKFcYzlCtSAkf747UxLXy4xWJqgJ_rsvYbV8jE/s1600/b&a3+back+porch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ooj6GsgkfSEolJBVajUPbP4zTImZV6-7PUPXMaN3GIKYgCHUq_qm4S7Q5KKYXHnxBjyEkN6MfZx5pH2jj2C8LKnwn3WFgHzjERjy8zKFcYzlCtSAkf747UxLXy4xWJqgJ_rsvYbV8jE/s400/b&a3+back+porch.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've ripped things off.  I've added new things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've painted them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQjylLcCQxqIQEMDzXpFMH0mmRBOnhyphenhyphentSVeL2vU7GtGaEriyVn1bTlLqKBpdTQi3j9yU9gFuhVhhvi5SyVF9PlEEU6YF-xNp3sAYKaz2SLekSU2A8GjBOuF_96gOnkEXfseTRxehmG_k/s1600/porch1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQjylLcCQxqIQEMDzXpFMH0mmRBOnhyphenhyphentSVeL2vU7GtGaEriyVn1bTlLqKBpdTQi3j9yU9gFuhVhhvi5SyVF9PlEEU6YF-xNp3sAYKaz2SLekSU2A8GjBOuF_96gOnkEXfseTRxehmG_k/s640/porch1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And painted them again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it's all been lipstick on the proverbial pig.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmB6OMWIHFd_vwwxc8BfBkQv2mNGTOOMhUor7CKMOhK1MCLoPCxCJxWiD2CB6j246o0tXxqVcvc9XlnxBqjZ2MxWSaowc1rRpwBKhbub8HKoIXMDEUdxLvla_x0UJH9erHURF07UunlEk/s1600/IMG_3272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmB6OMWIHFd_vwwxc8BfBkQv2mNGTOOMhUor7CKMOhK1MCLoPCxCJxWiD2CB6j246o0tXxqVcvc9XlnxBqjZ2MxWSaowc1rRpwBKhbub8HKoIXMDEUdxLvla_x0UJH9erHURF07UunlEk/s400/IMG_3272.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I was out last weekend cutting back overgrown plants</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and shrubs and I discovered new problems.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyiL0A7QmJ9wBpE4EwTc2gQ9sKJ5nRq4bHlw_BtjFmKrAHbPg-RMeq-A7B_zZMiANMc6ZI3-a48vdOV143esQFBhkr4sn8n2Isp3vun5-P6MHGFd6XUxQVOz4o0k1JAOjq8f3jJgnNQYc/s1600/IMG_3269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyiL0A7QmJ9wBpE4EwTc2gQ9sKJ5nRq4bHlw_BtjFmKrAHbPg-RMeq-A7B_zZMiANMc6ZI3-a48vdOV143esQFBhkr4sn8n2Isp3vun5-P6MHGFd6XUxQVOz4o0k1JAOjq8f3jJgnNQYc/s400/IMG_3269.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The center post is rotting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtSYZw88YDQ_lPtmY8ixDCXOgDzOqCPgIaVXwmKMbzpGrghnNDm2XHHPG4_uOQ07QLOOIuNouTuUUumtggf4esZlFFn2cpoLph5cMpLGg7xTjZIsU0_QZdRJTawxEvxCcwAeYma103i0/s1600/porch2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtSYZw88YDQ_lPtmY8ixDCXOgDzOqCPgIaVXwmKMbzpGrghnNDm2XHHPG4_uOQ07QLOOIuNouTuUUumtggf4esZlFFn2cpoLph5cMpLGg7xTjZIsU0_QZdRJTawxEvxCcwAeYma103i0/s400/porch2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can actually see the lower porch is sagging in the center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrM_MtKYgEL29SGR4jCimbSt2ikkrJ6xsXq64QdZZRzlUfraB7vYeyZPOUqSsl31bp_brPE-WZu3IWByzFF8GpGi5Ega7PNyXZCqJ5EY6jJPZHyKDAKEWyjIHmy9G_0XkR-7ABqnYHwdk/s1600/IMG_3270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrM_MtKYgEL29SGR4jCimbSt2ikkrJ6xsXq64QdZZRzlUfraB7vYeyZPOUqSsl31bp_brPE-WZu3IWByzFF8GpGi5Ega7PNyXZCqJ5EY6jJPZHyKDAKEWyjIHmy9G_0XkR-7ABqnYHwdk/s320/IMG_3270.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The brick piers are crumbing...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei0LD12iPKPz9qxdN61ZLwPaNf5bQCz9Bi9ce2ARoyYftGQ2UFuvmuJUB2GaEv4VdLPHzH8t9A2338X1GfKi-Bah0uOCJ7WrhgatWF8Eq6001LlwjMes9CFjw8Xmv9ZzZ47SaIcfHH94/s1600/IMG_3271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei0LD12iPKPz9qxdN61ZLwPaNf5bQCz9Bi9ce2ARoyYftGQ2UFuvmuJUB2GaEv4VdLPHzH8t9A2338X1GfKi-Bah0uOCJ7WrhgatWF8Eq6001LlwjMes9CFjw8Xmv9ZzZ47SaIcfHH94/s320/IMG_3271.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...along with the porch foundation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The time has come to replace them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT18DvaqVG5Exj1TUkhvcctn7-BUJIulrp4Myi6FKChzGt-KFJBsgqZIyK7mEaz1Xj2aWg9KQILHfTi9ohbLjptuOgYyGaWUyd_AEuezrDdJ4-RinRDLI5FoK7-aDaZWnX06h4e8D1lZs/s1600/rear+elevation.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT18DvaqVG5Exj1TUkhvcctn7-BUJIulrp4Myi6FKChzGt-KFJBsgqZIyK7mEaz1Xj2aWg9KQILHfTi9ohbLjptuOgYyGaWUyd_AEuezrDdJ4-RinRDLI5FoK7-aDaZWnX06h4e8D1lZs/s640/rear+elevation.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The thing that worries me most about the porches (and the kitchen)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is I don't know what is under one-third of the kitchen.  There is basement</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">under only two-thirds of the kitchen and the rest is unknown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Might it be on piers?  It's a mystery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Historical documents don't help.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrmxG8RCo0oDcmKJnnq4rliomOHM_sel80AvSwxjpL6wBJxcHHghqCEg0sfJ9SUKWqTSmX7rTHC7IIXUGvhKG9cqNoddjhIALGlKEOgZsKYaE9i9VbPMBwcAOn5DyK7QThdxa0B9LzLg/s1600/1854+map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrmxG8RCo0oDcmKJnnq4rliomOHM_sel80AvSwxjpL6wBJxcHHghqCEg0sfJ9SUKWqTSmX7rTHC7IIXUGvhKG9cqNoddjhIALGlKEOgZsKYaE9i9VbPMBwcAOn5DyK7QThdxa0B9LzLg/s640/1854+map.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On an 1854 map of the neighborhood, it almost appears like</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there were porches, or at least one porch, on the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7NzsL72wcGOiC74ToaPP4wpLvXfvK5c-8wdJlGbLsIwUu7GX6VNKGuFHpg-4yZr29xxIJMh2rJy_O84dnrLo9OaynKMMuIUB5bqM63QLv2aTbLorI_R7ySSt0O4QQ46jPioyEMMYj3M/s1600/1856+drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7NzsL72wcGOiC74ToaPP4wpLvXfvK5c-8wdJlGbLsIwUu7GX6VNKGuFHpg-4yZr29xxIJMh2rJy_O84dnrLo9OaynKMMuIUB5bqM63QLv2aTbLorI_R7ySSt0O4QQ46jPioyEMMYj3M/s640/1856+drawing.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But on a drawing of the house from 1856, it's clear</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there's only a small staircase leading from the kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The woman from whom I bought the house told me her father </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">added the porches in 1940.  Whether or not there were ever porches</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on the house prior than 1940, I don't know.  But these porches just don't look</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">correct to me.  I wanted to see something with more formal balance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The porches may not be original but I want them to look</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like they might have always been there,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhNhY7WCt4JPyeM5d2RG26yjvkcwicSi9ZOQZGRZV9teTy3le80A07OwN27wGMmjh5WCqbIBOWWV3n_UU29W2XV1En5HZYzLXLkcUcN5XiEdEsLa97nuusN1f1nC7xTdbhlkNfkDNajg/s1600/Old-Wayland-Town-Hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhNhY7WCt4JPyeM5d2RG26yjvkcwicSi9ZOQZGRZV9teTy3le80A07OwN27wGMmjh5WCqbIBOWWV3n_UU29W2XV1En5HZYzLXLkcUcN5XiEdEsLa97nuusN1f1nC7xTdbhlkNfkDNajg/s320/Old-Wayland-Town-Hall.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Wayland Town Hall<br />Photo:  <a href="http://mass.historicbuildingsct.com/?p=737" target="_blank">Historic Buildings of Massachusetts</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">The closet thing I could find locally to what I think my porches</div><div style="text-align: center;">should look like is the front of the Old Wayland (suburb of Boston) Town Hall</div><div style="text-align: center;">built in 1841, just a year older than my house.  I don't have the triangular</div><div style="text-align: center;">pediment above the porches, nor would I want the back porches</div><div style="text-align: center;">to compete with the front of the house but it's the symmetry</div><div style="text-align: center;">that my current back porches lack that I'd like to add.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Co-lfkR61eTb24xXPjUV0KFmp3WmuOt8QcSHqphnrD7BVuZEimb1Xuq681F9-X_dqCpuPhKqOz3cxBq13bIXgr5YK0tyvAWxcqKJBjuDlDx615m0lTqpneYEgGK-zOhPHeyY03vAVCg/s1600/Side+elevation.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Co-lfkR61eTb24xXPjUV0KFmp3WmuOt8QcSHqphnrD7BVuZEimb1Xuq681F9-X_dqCpuPhKqOz3cxBq13bIXgr5YK0tyvAWxcqKJBjuDlDx615m0lTqpneYEgGK-zOhPHeyY03vAVCg/s640/Side+elevation.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I've split the columns into two one-story sets that are thinner</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">than the columns on the front of the house and with no flutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This creates smaller-scaled bits that won't compete with the front of the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To create the symmetry so quintessential to a Greek Revival, you'll</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">also note I've created a center entrance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT0Rgk_WJdhC09KjuCfc9hPLILIxYuKQK80aohnOikI2SH7NzlBuLBdUK5h_hzX8A1RmUX0L5La6Q633x-ybl33VvmP3LtQvuOK20fNZ4o9BPEKoXI0q7maB_E6YuoAOlqhoq33PIZYg/s1600/driveway+side+elevation.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT0Rgk_WJdhC09KjuCfc9hPLILIxYuKQK80aohnOikI2SH7NzlBuLBdUK5h_hzX8A1RmUX0L5La6Q633x-ybl33VvmP3LtQvuOK20fNZ4o9BPEKoXI0q7maB_E6YuoAOlqhoq33PIZYg/s640/driveway+side+elevation.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adding the back porches to my kitchen has consequences:  the budget.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've decided not to add a second window above the kitchen sink.  The</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cost of removing the old chimney, repairing and residing the house just</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to add one window without an attractive view, just no longer made sense.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also need to take a look other places where I can save money without</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">holding up the progress.  Right now it's appliances, lighting and cabinetry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Work should start tomorrow.</div></div>

Back Porches

Just off the kitchen and master bedroom are my back porches. My renovation strategy since buying the house has always been to tackle the ugl...

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Guest Bath Details

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvi1MVeQe-YCFyJEZjft2Bin8W9URU_OBrjSAUxXMf9yba5lCK0Mowf-x5FPDFOCTv9T4UUerTgKxvL7b2vNnbfUjyQoS53AzLi9z4DP0oDHSMZEkjpCqtHob2fBWgYwd6kebLpq0OzQ/s1600/IMG_0753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvi1MVeQe-YCFyJEZjft2Bin8W9URU_OBrjSAUxXMf9yba5lCK0Mowf-x5FPDFOCTv9T4UUerTgKxvL7b2vNnbfUjyQoS53AzLi9z4DP0oDHSMZEkjpCqtHob2fBWgYwd6kebLpq0OzQ/s640/IMG_0753.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you all for the compliments.  You're all the best!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoUt5-E5WcYJ14tMI7vuUilIH3yHhGG1g80A6MyS4kZe6Sv_4LhNJEHdomGS4tUpfh-SqZF_ysvTrtfGZkW0BGZJOvObPcKwZAh53Tc3uFFOxjIXYvADq6-KpcGw-gOHylwYfX-tZzX8/s1600/bath+before.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoUt5-E5WcYJ14tMI7vuUilIH3yHhGG1g80A6MyS4kZe6Sv_4LhNJEHdomGS4tUpfh-SqZF_ysvTrtfGZkW0BGZJOvObPcKwZAh53Tc3uFFOxjIXYvADq6-KpcGw-gOHylwYfX-tZzX8/s640/bath+before.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But let's take a step back for a minute to a request by Claudia to see a "before" photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's no real "before" because this new bathroom was created by</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">borrowing space from my dining room, two closets (where the cat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just lost a toy down a hole in the floor) and about two feet of my kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The door to the kitchen (behind the chandelier) was moved</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to the left and an area about 5 feet by 8 feet was closed in for the new bath.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfpAJqP8D6j-ZJBghgqt4jH6eDiQXcutz2mCIiqRPzob_999bVugKKRMvbieQGrcjF8tCAsusunEM3GWx-v0NY3YNU_WibMWmSncm-0PSrH_lq7EL31SNlr5uL7Nrm8Udd8Xz7IstlvY/s1600/bath+before3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfpAJqP8D6j-ZJBghgqt4jH6eDiQXcutz2mCIiqRPzob_999bVugKKRMvbieQGrcjF8tCAsusunEM3GWx-v0NY3YNU_WibMWmSncm-0PSrH_lq7EL31SNlr5uL7Nrm8Udd8Xz7IstlvY/s640/bath+before3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This created a sight line from the front of house all the way to the back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The old bathroom is behind the sliders in the kitchen and that will now</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">be demolished so the kitchen can be expanded.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqoDajWmQyPj5F_kJYkhwkafAP_uZTtezkYN5pftH_mecz6AW6AUA5ibu2qq4l0gMZCkbdEP_IdEtlAp3-2SzUIBSh2_yqvoDaZsS7lqZCOd2DH0zmTwh6uRWYQkwzbccMjvxii0-5rY/s1600/bath+before4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqoDajWmQyPj5F_kJYkhwkafAP_uZTtezkYN5pftH_mecz6AW6AUA5ibu2qq4l0gMZCkbdEP_IdEtlAp3-2SzUIBSh2_yqvoDaZsS7lqZCOd2DH0zmTwh6uRWYQkwzbccMjvxii0-5rY/s400/bath+before4.png" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the floorplan of the new bath. Just big enough to fit everything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcpRjcwQtsDSVIvXn0GI7XR36lM-GURc9Sxpx3vU5plXDOj9tVoLGxZB611lJ5ciW927spNhBLd8kPktMnYOs4enIejX6h4ioncXcD7et-bvFiv5Y2dOWgI9dglQUhSTmQDKibqCQogI/s1600/IMG_0668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcpRjcwQtsDSVIvXn0GI7XR36lM-GURc9Sxpx3vU5plXDOj9tVoLGxZB611lJ5ciW927spNhBLd8kPktMnYOs4enIejX6h4ioncXcD7et-bvFiv5Y2dOWgI9dglQUhSTmQDKibqCQogI/s640/IMG_0668.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The guest bath door is a salvaged four panel door that <a href="http://anurbancottage.blogspot.com/2013/05/silent-paint-remover.html" target="_blank">I stripped using the</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://anurbancottage.blogspot.com/2013/05/silent-paint-remover.html" target="_blank">Silent Paint Remover</a>--a much bigger job than I expected--primed and repainted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It does look great though.  The porcelain knob is from House of Antique Hardware.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The artwork is a contemporary collage by Massachusetts artist </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bernd Haussmann.  I already had it and it fits the space perfectly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2xwC9OQnvMxvx_nRsKK_FbuQBveLFoaBw2d4nrPVk5Y57z1msEv_oFpuyvUmgTGZ8cGC5VzpK58ZKJyvTlRhIEOGgtzdr-2NIHrTCaypnN0xJkUvgnURGQlz5bDPEn4OSbQppefKxqs/s1600/IMG_0679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2xwC9OQnvMxvx_nRsKK_FbuQBveLFoaBw2d4nrPVk5Y57z1msEv_oFpuyvUmgTGZ8cGC5VzpK58ZKJyvTlRhIEOGgtzdr-2NIHrTCaypnN0xJkUvgnURGQlz5bDPEn4OSbQppefKxqs/s640/IMG_0679.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The floor tile is Sant'Agostino porcelain tile, color is Ferro Black.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the 6 x 24 size and I used a 1/3 stagger that, along with the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">linear striations in the tile, gives it the feel of wood.  It's a bonus that the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">price point is $9 per square foot.  The grout is Permacolor "Raven."</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYFbfggIyhS5-TiuyXzto85UOlVshHnt6QN7UT9z3DQ-j90fheOiiBDpvgOjUg02I6uuihhvUaDX9ZiYuSG30QlgSowwU4z02wvg29Ooy4n-C3vRu3YRDkj0ksRbaxG87dJX9C0A0cJ8/s1600/IMG_0734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYFbfggIyhS5-TiuyXzto85UOlVshHnt6QN7UT9z3DQ-j90fheOiiBDpvgOjUg02I6uuihhvUaDX9ZiYuSG30QlgSowwU4z02wvg29Ooy4n-C3vRu3YRDkj0ksRbaxG87dJX9C0A0cJ8/s640/IMG_0734.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The small halogen light on the ceiling is probably a place holder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a problem with most flush-mount lights and this one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">didn't give me any adverse reactions.  I wanted something modern</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and inexpensive and this fit the bill.  I threw out the box with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the name but it came from a local lighting chain called Wolfer's.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-auIKW3zCM-F19hyBKyx4cFNzBttMz6HMJ5C-bbEDWYMWO7ghQea4RMfJlu8RjOLBao8hfVmLvhBFjJY6uYwq3ulvBzWM0AbOFo-GCHri-x7xg5Y7L4Uk4rLx0w5H7JY3dfgziJmigs4/s1600/IMG_0697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-auIKW3zCM-F19hyBKyx4cFNzBttMz6HMJ5C-bbEDWYMWO7ghQea4RMfJlu8RjOLBao8hfVmLvhBFjJY6uYwq3ulvBzWM0AbOFo-GCHri-x7xg5Y7L4Uk4rLx0w5H7JY3dfgziJmigs4/s640/IMG_0697.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This shows the junction of all the materials.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The glass towel rod is vintage.  They can be found on etsy and ebay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 3x6 subway tile is American Olean in Ice White which is really</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">inexpensive stuff.  Available at Lowe's or locally at Roma Tile in Watertown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The grout is Permacolor Bright White.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The small shelf is cararra marble (see sink info for source).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Greek key mosaic border is Walker Zanger, Tribeca collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adelphia border in Flatiron gray, honed marble.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The planks are shiplapped Southern yellow pine painted with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Benjamin Moore "Icicle," #2142-70.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The chair rail was custom made to match the width of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the marble mosaic.  The paint color is Benjamin Moore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stonington Gray HC-170.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xELYOh24-nkNfWgVD6ifQE38AfIHuGKa1Sfw016GUTSfSEzVxcp54-qX6gkQBgaPcHHIZ0xPxKKLE9Ca1Uin5taorESDqHmxAaNVEObgMjZu9drt6mh3eNguzwBUm-lP0ukHHBSQEeI/s1600/IMG_0736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xELYOh24-nkNfWgVD6ifQE38AfIHuGKa1Sfw016GUTSfSEzVxcp54-qX6gkQBgaPcHHIZ0xPxKKLE9Ca1Uin5taorESDqHmxAaNVEObgMjZu9drt6mh3eNguzwBUm-lP0ukHHBSQEeI/s640/IMG_0736.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tub is the Kohler Bellwether.  I liked this model because of its</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">straight front edge.  I thought it was a nice match to the modern</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lines of the sink and a counterpoint to the more traditional elements</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZQjVwme-AJ6fVaanCYnlM96bQ72r_2B6PxtviCxfNiJMi-sZjCabT7KP9i23ScoxRMW22G-0-xCZIfLmA-3NaGQr-nIxpKl5rxrsRWVe0MWMCAWozZbM814qxDbtPSKlGTC5R5e-gyM/s1600/IMG_0745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZQjVwme-AJ6fVaanCYnlM96bQ72r_2B6PxtviCxfNiJMi-sZjCabT7KP9i23ScoxRMW22G-0-xCZIfLmA-3NaGQr-nIxpKl5rxrsRWVe0MWMCAWozZbM814qxDbtPSKlGTC5R5e-gyM/s400/IMG_0745.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of the shower jewelry is Rohl from the Country Bath collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The shower curtain is Restoration Hardware diamond matelassé in white.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary suggested I move the shower curtain rod up to the ceiling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tried it and I love it.  It adds a little drama.  Restoration Hardware</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">makes the same shower curtain in extra long and I think it will be the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">perfect length.  Thank you for that suggestion, Mary. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquok1K-3mmFM0slXl5mGiMco5TlNQ4SBvc7ckT7WMF10Tv6gs7x0VZoRXKGp_hZL6jC_T4-4soUqPwq71FiGK30Y9HrKtfVWYdHy5eI0opOg7sv2gs6iggo12yrKdBeQVnhFI2PH8ik4/s1600/IMG_0706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquok1K-3mmFM0slXl5mGiMco5TlNQ4SBvc7ckT7WMF10Tv6gs7x0VZoRXKGp_hZL6jC_T4-4soUqPwq71FiGK30Y9HrKtfVWYdHy5eI0opOg7sv2gs6iggo12yrKdBeQVnhFI2PH8ik4/s640/IMG_0706.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The vanity table is an antique Swedish console table from <a href="http://www.darbyroad.com/" target="_blank">Darby Road</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in Waltham.  It was too long for the space and had to be cut down in</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">length to fit but I really loved the turned legs so wanted to make it work.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqxtqFPJ7pZsGV4kzj1clSPeYbwOXYseQGPo5YZXwMQ8tEi5PVfz3-Rzbjynix4wyCrzgnUR45HJwiHIHnRpsyhRTfyTOMsEzbRHsZ9_KUNJKFn1cBoVZqoAhwwmPOG8flL4Rta54_gU/s1600/IMG_0725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqxtqFPJ7pZsGV4kzj1clSPeYbwOXYseQGPo5YZXwMQ8tEi5PVfz3-Rzbjynix4wyCrzgnUR45HJwiHIHnRpsyhRTfyTOMsEzbRHsZ9_KUNJKFn1cBoVZqoAhwwmPOG8flL4Rta54_gU/s640/IMG_0725.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The original wood top on the table was removed and cut down to make a lower shelf</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for additional storage.  Because the side of the shelf had to be cut down, Sam used</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a similar routed edge and I did a little faux finish using brown stain and gray paint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to simulate the original worn edge seen on the front of the shelf. </div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykvFe6j411DsMVt5yFF1zwWluh649zmtrgTa6LAZcy6S9oeuJjzbuPvvrqDpmOHfqeXg8YAXCvaAGwEZvkeAFZr2OBjix8kyDgf3SKHKd_29YGDfZeB8P0DUJZxYtlrDbc3tNnSL_Ksc/s1600/IMG_0719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykvFe6j411DsMVt5yFF1zwWluh649zmtrgTa6LAZcy6S9oeuJjzbuPvvrqDpmOHfqeXg8YAXCvaAGwEZvkeAFZr2OBjix8kyDgf3SKHKd_29YGDfZeB8P0DUJZxYtlrDbc3tNnSL_Ksc/s640/IMG_0719.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The plumber did a great job of tucking the turnoff valves way up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">under the vanity table to keep the look as clean as possible.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would have like to have used a bottle trap but they're not</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">approved for use in Massachusetts for some reason.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The turnoff valves are made by Jaclo.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6O89DFjDqNpan96ucLXJCf1p8PAKhyGWy_Z35hQ4sZIsrwqAqmRqJpiM2WFhw-GemURl3bHNuve2ceEIm66sZ6GVOw1ew1JFoa2Fm4e47DN9bWkzRuNASkEG1Uv9jy6nW-SwNGNtzSq4/s1600/IMG_0731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6O89DFjDqNpan96ucLXJCf1p8PAKhyGWy_Z35hQ4sZIsrwqAqmRqJpiM2WFhw-GemURl3bHNuve2ceEIm66sZ6GVOw1ew1JFoa2Fm4e47DN9bWkzRuNASkEG1Uv9jy6nW-SwNGNtzSq4/s640/IMG_0731.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sink is Porcher (made by American Standard), the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">model is Semplice which unfortunately has been discontinued.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The price was really reasonable so it's a line you should check out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new marble vanity top is cararra marble that came from a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">remnant from International Stone in Woburn, MA. The people at</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">International Stone were great to work with and I think their prices are</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">reasonable so if you're local, it's a place I would recommend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The basket is from Crate & Barrel.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnmVrkZjL-qkCgOloX7piQF40hfj5_TfXG3oj_ONSLSSv0LuiiiJTXO_i9uhbRvWZ0iJEcdJw_bphD0BoL8BHzjXNlCdu4A9LWaeIPEfABe4ubr1g9zTA0mB44K0G-4U4EcVWbCCeyBk/s1600/IMG_0744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnmVrkZjL-qkCgOloX7piQF40hfj5_TfXG3oj_ONSLSSv0LuiiiJTXO_i9uhbRvWZ0iJEcdJw_bphD0BoL8BHzjXNlCdu4A9LWaeIPEfABe4ubr1g9zTA0mB44K0G-4U4EcVWbCCeyBk/s640/IMG_0744.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took this photo to show the corner details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The clipped corner was originally on the Swedish console top and leg</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so when I found a toilet that had the same corners on the tank and base,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought it was a perfect match.  I had the same detail cut into the marble top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wKVU3ITtFfKw9O3JiyPfcOELcKF2RUhIvQ6yzhsVTNOYAQtiRZjNY7FfKIwWAGOS6tH68ImsCOyatwDRaMYztz9VBARLlvwuaOJgLVMPvEmlPTvAw8AeWhpJ19yuLC3JOi_B5bJD3rM/s1600/IMG_0718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wKVU3ITtFfKw9O3JiyPfcOELcKF2RUhIvQ6yzhsVTNOYAQtiRZjNY7FfKIwWAGOS6tH68ImsCOyatwDRaMYztz9VBARLlvwuaOJgLVMPvEmlPTvAw8AeWhpJ19yuLC3JOi_B5bJD3rM/s400/IMG_0718.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The toilet is the Porcher Lutezia.  I splurged for a fancier</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">seat with nickel hardware which is by Lefroy Brooks.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYYYWipkZoONWihvKbkeyDVoyB2mENx_Ak9fVUeOeQ0UTix8Bw5vzeFNLIlfCjtqAId1384XOvMng9qqqLRlNJzrtsuvhpwLUb13gDuRp7fKH7hhyXeLXP2dJuk6k82mRDEGuvGceQsI/s1600/IMG_0673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYYYWipkZoONWihvKbkeyDVoyB2mENx_Ak9fVUeOeQ0UTix8Bw5vzeFNLIlfCjtqAId1384XOvMng9qqqLRlNJzrtsuvhpwLUb13gDuRp7fKH7hhyXeLXP2dJuk6k82mRDEGuvGceQsI/s640/IMG_0673.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because the chair rail ran right in to the faucet, I designed a bump up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with a little integrated shelf.  The lights are the Bryant sconce by</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thomas O'Brien from Visual Comfort in polished nickel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The antique Brasscrafters mirror has a nickel frame.  It's unfortunately</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">too small.  I wanted the top to hit above the level of the sconce shades</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but the bottom needs to be lower to make it useful for people shorter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">than six feet tall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bottles are the handiwork of Artie Vanderpool from <a href="http://niagaranovice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Color Outside</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://niagaranovice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the Lines</a> a/k/a the <a href="http://crossbottleguy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cross Bottle Guy</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicO7C6d4vBwv6uh2KctuEZhwxlq80BRUPhiB-gN7LLklC6VwhZFAlbKvFZ_8-if5s2KwJdRq6h5zYFNwg8iyuBM6ERe215UAkR5OLk_hJ5_-u6EhPmZwrY-fvGQkHLFSKKoABdvKRbWz0/s1600/IMG_0672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicO7C6d4vBwv6uh2KctuEZhwxlq80BRUPhiB-gN7LLklC6VwhZFAlbKvFZ_8-if5s2KwJdRq6h5zYFNwg8iyuBM6ERe215UAkR5OLk_hJ5_-u6EhPmZwrY-fvGQkHLFSKKoABdvKRbWz0/s640/IMG_0672.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The faucet was my biggest splurge.  It's the St. Germain faucet made by Horus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(from France) in polished nickel.  It comes with either lever or cross handles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of the fixtures came from <a href="http://www.water-spot.com/index.html" target="_blank">Waterspot</a> which has five showrooms in the area</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">including the Boston Design Center.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46C_n1HjUNTe8wms6Pml9Kf6Gy0DDmKwrAT3J6-YYQXwBzboPx600zziNFcG0rgX0ybEHKnxTXOBqjAEztBrxS61v6AkIzQ2piJcP9VqydKtEVHKtxx5lrzqvsvPw7vr8u9haE3TG-qQ/s1600/IMG_0711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46C_n1HjUNTe8wms6Pml9Kf6Gy0DDmKwrAT3J6-YYQXwBzboPx600zziNFcG0rgX0ybEHKnxTXOBqjAEztBrxS61v6AkIzQ2piJcP9VqydKtEVHKtxx5lrzqvsvPw7vr8u9haE3TG-qQ/s640/IMG_0711.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To the left of the sink is a little shelving unit that is built between the studs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The little painting was a lovely gift from a long-time follower Dianne Ballard</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who says it's a portrait of me.  See more of her work in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dianneballardstudio" target="_blank">Dianne's etsy shop</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's another bottle of Artie's, a small vintage unmarked vase,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a few beakers for supplies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7xT6HSODwHD1WVedveX_Vgj3JB4woLhYJigoFQ-UZYb-fNtIgaiccvedpbwFjyrzUykytk_rWrP43fZP_aLVVotpfvyaqJtVyw-eVfFDUcZdB0r71953qzZ9aiyIAclaGqNNUYqtyI0/s1600/IMG_0703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7xT6HSODwHD1WVedveX_Vgj3JB4woLhYJigoFQ-UZYb-fNtIgaiccvedpbwFjyrzUykytk_rWrP43fZP_aLVVotpfvyaqJtVyw-eVfFDUcZdB0r71953qzZ9aiyIAclaGqNNUYqtyI0/s640/IMG_0703.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think that covers it.  The bath is now open for guests so I put this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">little arrangement of milk weed pods, hydrangea, caladium, ferns and ivy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">together to welcome you.  It's always nice to have <a href="http://flwrjane-smallbutcharming.blogspot.com/2013/07/flowers-in-house-of-hydration-july-2013.html" target="_blank">flowers in the house</a>.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me know if I missed anything and thanks again for the great feedback!</div><div><br /></div></div>

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