It was truly a labor of love… When we got this building, it was in pretty tough shape. But the history and the charm grabbed us and would not let go. The day it became ours, we went inside and got to work. It took a year and a bit of our sanity, but today, this restored building stands proud. Here’s a look at what it took to get here.
Before
Before
The old kitchen, now Kelley's office
Before
The old staircase
The old dining room, now a conference room
The old servent's staircase
One of the dumb waiters prior to restoration
Wow! Fancy tin walls and ceiling prior to renovation
Tin walls and styrofoam insulation
Beautiful tin mouldings
The old tin ceiling
Gorgeous tin ceiling in the kitchen
Tin moulding
Tin ceiling
More beautiful tin!
Upstairs bathroom tin
Lots of critters lived in here!
Hmmm... no wonder critters lived in here.
The old kitchen, now Kelley's office
Original flooring stored in the servant's staircase
Turret before
Turret before
Front bay before
Attic windows before
Attic windows before
Before
Before
Before
That is one old roof!
One of the old back porches
Another back porch
The old foundation
Before... lots of vegetation
Before... lots of vegetation
Before... lots of vegetation
Before... lots of vegetation
Before... lots of vegetation
Before... lots of vegetation
Grapevines
Lots of fruit trees
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
Removing the overgrowth
After we removed the vegetation and old fencing
You can see the building!
Lots of outside work done
Getting closer to moving inside!
Vegetation gone!
Making progress!
The back porches are gone!
The back porches are gone!
Removing the old porch
Removing the old porch
Laying the footings for the new porch
Restoring the brick
Restoring the brick
Restoring the brick
Restoring the brick
Restoring the brick
Restoring the brick
Restoring the brick
Cleaning up the old brick from the chimneys to replace on the turret.
Cleaning up the old brick from the chimneys to replace on the turret.
Restoring the brick
Brick and stone work
New windows!
New windows and painted kasota stone sills
Rebuilding the bay
Rebuilding the bay
Restoring the turret
Restoring the turret
Restoring the turret
Rebuilding the turret
Rebuilding the turret
Beautiful turret
Getting a new roof
Ben painting the cute little attic windows
Ben painting the cute little attic windows
Working on the attic windows
Working on the attic windows
We're getting a new porch!
The new porch ceiling
Kasota stone keystones on all of the windows
The old wood floor
We meticulously removed the tin in order to restore it.
Down comes the tin!
So much tin!
The old dumb waiter
Pulling down the ceiling tiles
Demolition is fun!
Our cute helpers!
There's those cute helpers again!
We pulled down all of the plaster and lathe.
Knocking through walls
The old staircase
Paneling and plaster removed
Plaster removed!
We built a chute from the second floor into the dumpster below.
So much to do!
The original dumb waiter in the kitchen, now Kelley's office
We had to remove two chimneys
Things are starting to take shape!
The stairway is getting there!
Lattice work from the old front porch
The original dumb waiter in the kitchen, now Kelley's office
This green door is cool but it's gotta go!
Under the floorboards we found remnants of the building that burned down in the 1800s
We found pots and pans, melted glass and more under these floorboards from the great fire in the 1800s
The house was built on top of the burned building from the 1800s fire
Getting the ceiling down
Walls are down
Things are gutted!
Gutted!
Gutted!
It's starting to look cleaner!
New construction
New construction
New construction
New construction
New construction
New construction
New construction
New construction
New construction
Spray foam insulation
New construction
New construction
The old dumb waiter mechanism
A new HVAC system
A new HVAC system
A new HVAC system
A new HVAC system
Spray foam insulation from M&M
Spray foam insulation from M&M
Spray foam insulation from M&M
Spray foam insulation from M&M
Spray foam insulation from M&M
Spray foam insulation from M&M
Spray foam insulation from M&M
Spray foam insulation
Spray foam insulation
New turret inside
Staircase
Relaying the old hardwood upstairs
Relaying the old hardwood upstairs
The upstairs bathroom is starting to get some tile.
The downstairs bathroom is getting tile!
Taking shape!
Outside after
The new turret!
A little landscaping
The new porch
The grand turret
Antique chairs
Original stained glass
Open plan/staircase
An old setup stone-topped table from the old newspaper office
More antiques
After
Old filing drawers from the old newspaper office
After
Message board made from the roof tin
The new porch
Coffered ceilings
Antique vanity with copper vessel sink
After
After
