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1910 House

Postby Drew1910 on Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:54 pm

My Fiancee and I just bought our first house. With any luck it will be the only one due to where we are located,

Here are a couple pictures of it when we bought it.
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The house is almost completly original besides a few things. Lots of paneling and wallpaper. A new kitchen was added on the back and the old kitchen was turned into a laundry room. They then added a bathroom in part of the dining room area. My plan is to take that bathroom out returning the dining room to original and then making a bathroom in the old kitchen. Besides changing the kitchen a little we plan on "restoring" the bathrooms and keeping the rest of the house pretty much original. There are 4 bedrooms upstairs with the two on either side of the stairs being joined through the closets. You can then walk up to the attic from there. We also have a full basement with 3 finish-able rooms. They are partially done, but that was a few years ago. The house is a block house so we don't have any electrical on any of the outer walls. It is 2060 sqft with 910 sqft to finish in the basement.

Well I think I've rambled on enough for now. I will post up our slow progress pictures and keep this as a running journal of what we do.
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Re: 1910 House

Postby GothicHome on Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:34 pm

Well welcome, the house looks nice. Under all that carpet, paneling and wall paper I bet there'll be treasures to be brought back. Oh! The gone fishing sign might as well come down, you have a dinnign room to restore.
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Re: 1910 House

Postby Alexander on Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:27 am

Beautiful woodwork. The window seats are a nice addition and the front door is beautiful with those great hinges. All that great wood gives the house such style and I love the staircase! I bet there are great hardwood floors under all that carpet and a little paint goes a long way. You will have fun with this beauty.

Congratulations,

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Re: 1910 House

Postby Lynners on Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:38 am

Ahaha, the carpeted window seat makes me laugh!

Beautiful home.
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Re: 1910 House

Postby kathyd on Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:07 pm

I do love those window seats and wood columns. Can't wait to see your progress.
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Re: 1910 House

Postby Drew1910 on Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:01 am

Thanks guys. All of the carpets upstairs have been torn up and there is great hardwood floors there. We have torn off the wallpaper, paneling, and more wallpaper in the master. They decided to try to nail the paneling onto the outside block walls which left a lot of divots.

I don't have up to date pictures, just the in progress pictures. I'm in the process of researching plaster patching so that I can get started on that.

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We will be removing the carpet from the window seat, but i figured it will protect it for now while we work.
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Re: 1910 House

Postby Hoosier Foursquare on Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:41 am

Drew,

Welcome to Oldhouseweb! Good to see you posting over here about your recent acquisition. Saw the other pictures that you posted on the Garage Journal and was happy to see that made it over here. This place is filled with years of experience and excellent advice. Looking forward to seeing and hearing more about your "new" house!
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Re: 1910 House

Postby Lauren674 on Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:57 am

Your house is beautiful! I especially love the original woodwork; I'm trying to imagine not having to strip and replace! What a great bonus! Love the huge colonnades! Again, you are so lucky they are still there in their original state.

Looking forward to seeing more!
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Re: 1910 House

Postby Drew1910 on Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:20 pm

Hoosier Foursquare wrote:Drew,

Welcome to Oldhouseweb! Good to see you posting over here about your recent acquisition. Saw the other pictures that you posted on the Garage Journal and was happy to see that made it over here. This place is filled with years of experience and excellent advice. Looking forward to seeing and hearing more about your "new" house!


Thanks. This is a great site.

Lauren674 wrote:Your house is beautiful! I especially love the original woodwork; I'm trying to imagine not having to strip and replace! What a great bonus! Love the huge colonnades! Again, you are so lucky they are still there in their original state.

Looking forward to seeing more!


Thank you, the woodwork is the main thing that sold us on the house.

On to the most updated pictures. Hung sheetrock on the ceiling today. I know some wont like it, but it was the best thing to do. We are also rewiring everything. I want grounds on my outlets and I am also into technology so I would like to do some home automation, therefore I need neutrals at my switches. We are adding a light in the closet and a outlet in the window corner for the AC since there are no outlets in the outside block walls.

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Re: 1910 House

Postby lisascenic on Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:05 pm

Very nice!

(What does "home automation" mean?)
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