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I agree with both the insulation and caulking suggestions. I had some (horrors!) replacement window put into my 1915 Vic a couple of months ago, and needed insulation put in because of course there wasn't any. It made a big difference. Also about the trim, I naturally retained the originals inside, ...

Never mind, I found them. Your place is just great. Oozing character would be an understatement.

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Love your house! Any inside shots?

Rick Wik

I really appreciate this update, since I've read the original thread you started regarding your windows several times. I thought the pocket doors were beautiful before, but now I'm even more impressed, especially since the linseed/turp made such a difference even after you applied several layers of ...

Daina, Thanks for the tip! I'm (still) in the process of stripping white paint from a type of beadboard wainscoting (wide board type) that wraps around three walls of my kitchen. Then I will strip all the windows and doors in the kitchen and an adjoining bedroom. The heat gun is working wonderfully ...

Boy, you'll be busy! I just saw your post about the Arts and Crafts cottage. You sure don't waste any time, either. I can't wait to see how this project turns out. It's a great place!

Rick Wik

Congratulations! I have some slight familiarity with Belfast, having lived for a while in Stockton Springs in the 1980s. My bride-to-be at the time owned an old farmhouse there, but I couldn't find a job, and ... well, so it went. Beautiful area, though.

Interior pics?

Rick Wik

Yes. I tried to tag some earlier.

I looked through your photobucket, and all I can do is echo loonline: I was in awe. I nearly went blind.

Rick Wik

Welcome! I'm brand-new to this forum, just like you. I've been in my 1915 Victorian for only two months, and had the great good fortune to stumble on OHW within one month of moving in, and I've already been disabused of a number of "common sense" notions I had about the value and use of original vs....