It has been quite a while since I have updated the masses re the goings on at the Funny Farm – I hope to do better in 2017 as I plan on bringing my camera with me on each trip up to our little slice of the state in Leon County.
Approximately two years ago, we had all the original sash windows (late 1800s) replaced with more efficient materials. This undertaking took place around the same time we had the house reskinned and reinsulated; however, we had not go around to finishing out the interior window sills and trim – that was our objected over this past three-day weekend.
We started in the living room which has five rather large windows. In the photo below, which is of two windows facing the front porch, you can see the state of the interior walls – exposed insulation and framing.
And here is the after. The sills are new lumber but the capitals and surrounding trim are original to the house. It is going to need a bit of cleaning as the trim has been in the barn for who knows how long, but it sure does have a lot of character.
Speaking of character, we left this door chain on this one piece. All of the capitals had the curtain hardware (which we left on) and about a dozen paneling nails. My elbow and hands are feeling it as the nails did not come out without a fight.
Here is a shot of four of the five living room windows finished out (we still have to stain the sills and clean up the surrounding trim)
Murphy and Maxwell were champs this weekend – they weren’t fans of the air compressor but could, somewhat, tolerate the nail guns, the power saws and drilling. By the end of the weekend, they slept through most anything.
After completing the living room, we moved into the entry hall and did the front door along with two side lights that we added when the outside was getting rehab’ed.
We took a little break on Saturday when Mason and his girlfriend, Makayla, made the trek over from College Station. We had a nice visit over dinner and enjoyed seeing these two love birds interact with one another.
In between chats we tackled one of the bedrooms down stairs – it has two windows facing the front porch and two more facing East.
Then it was on to the kitchen, which I knew was going to present us with a few more challenges. One of which was relocating a light switch that was over the sink? Cutting, chipping and drilling shiplap is always a chore, but after a half hour or so, the switch was in its new location and it was on to more trim work. The before photo below is of the two windows in the kitchen that face west.
Same set of windows after (apologies for the photo being so “dark”)
We have one more downstairs bedroom to go, but said room is full of “stuff” at the moment. So Shannon opted to work on the trim work around the stairs leading up to the second floor. This is turning out really nice and with some paint and/or stain, it will look much nicer. We do have some “creative” cuts coming up though…
We knocked out a ton of work over the past two-and-a-half days and our bodies are feeling it! But, we can’t wait to get back up there in a couple of weeks and chisel a few more things off our to do list. Until next time…
Approximately two years ago, we had all the original sash windows (late 1800s) replaced with more efficient materials. This undertaking took place around the same time we had the house reskinned and reinsulated; however, we had not go around to finishing out the interior window sills and trim – that was our objected over this past three-day weekend.
We started in the living room which has five rather large windows. In the photo below, which is of two windows facing the front porch, you can see the state of the interior walls – exposed insulation and framing.
And here is the after. The sills are new lumber but the capitals and surrounding trim are original to the house. It is going to need a bit of cleaning as the trim has been in the barn for who knows how long, but it sure does have a lot of character.
Speaking of character, we left this door chain on this one piece. All of the capitals had the curtain hardware (which we left on) and about a dozen paneling nails. My elbow and hands are feeling it as the nails did not come out without a fight.
Here is a shot of four of the five living room windows finished out (we still have to stain the sills and clean up the surrounding trim)
Murphy and Maxwell were champs this weekend – they weren’t fans of the air compressor but could, somewhat, tolerate the nail guns, the power saws and drilling. By the end of the weekend, they slept through most anything.
After completing the living room, we moved into the entry hall and did the front door along with two side lights that we added when the outside was getting rehab’ed.
We took a little break on Saturday when Mason and his girlfriend, Makayla, made the trek over from College Station. We had a nice visit over dinner and enjoyed seeing these two love birds interact with one another.
In between chats we tackled one of the bedrooms down stairs – it has two windows facing the front porch and two more facing East.
Then it was on to the kitchen, which I knew was going to present us with a few more challenges. One of which was relocating a light switch that was over the sink? Cutting, chipping and drilling shiplap is always a chore, but after a half hour or so, the switch was in its new location and it was on to more trim work. The before photo below is of the two windows in the kitchen that face west.
Same set of windows after (apologies for the photo being so “dark”)
We have one more downstairs bedroom to go, but said room is full of “stuff” at the moment. So Shannon opted to work on the trim work around the stairs leading up to the second floor. This is turning out really nice and with some paint and/or stain, it will look much nicer. We do have some “creative” cuts coming up though…
We knocked out a ton of work over the past two-and-a-half days and our bodies are feeling it! But, we can’t wait to get back up there in a couple of weeks and chisel a few more things off our to do list. Until next time…
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