We Have Made a Little Progress on the House & A Few New Pieces!!

We have made some progress in the demolition of the house....but have a LONG Way to go!!  I will show some of the before and after so far...

This Sweet Vintage Rocker Has a White Denim Slip Cover and Couple of Pillows  $20

Remember this?  All Wall Papered and Terrible Carpet.....

OK, the carpet is gone and all of the upper wall paper have been removed....the lower stuff is a real pain.  But, Alysa (my grand daughter) and I are slowly getting it off.  For those who do not know, hot water in a spray bottle with just a little dish washing detergent helps, as long as you have loosened or scored the paper.  I didn't want to score because it is really hard to cover, but I think we are going to go with a textured wall and scoring is the next step!!  An old house is WORK!!!

This is the Dinning Room.  1970"s Paneling is everywhere, all over this house.  The Door is a Beautiful Exterior Door with all the Original Wavy Glass.  We have removed it for safe keeping.....

Thomas is beginning the removal of the paneling.....Hope It Is Tongue and Grove or At least Lap Board!!!

Looks like it might be....Thomas and I both worked and worked at getting this paneling off.

Then Mitchell started working and WOW...his is quick and YES!!  Lap Board it is!!  We will clean, sand and paint!!  YEA!!

He is a work horse...almost all the way around the dinning room.

We found the Old Door that entered the main hall which is a Master Closet now and  the Old Fire Place but, Sadly the Chimney has been removed.  See the Seam in the Wall?  That is coming down so that the Foyer is not so cramped.  Thomas and Mitchell are really working hard.  Let me show you what the ceilings looked like...

Drop Ceiling with Beautiful Stars...NOW....

Beautiful Tongue and Grove.  Same thing....Sand, Clean and Paint.  The Wall Color is Lioness.  It is between a Green and a Gold.  I will mix 4 part Linen and 1 Part Lioness and this will be the ceiling color thorough most of the house.  Just a hint of color.

Sadly the original hardwood floors are in really bad shape and nothing I can do about it. Can't be refinished and have some rot from water damage.  Not in the budget for new hardwoods so...I have decided to Use the Thick Stain Grade Plywood,  Paint the floors a satin black...sand them back ever so lightly to bring a little wood grain in and then tape off the large Diamond Pattern and Paint them in a Gloss Black.  A  subtle difference but enough impact.  One day hardwoods can be replaced but for now I can be happy with this.  Do you remember what the Kitchen Floors will be?? Let me show you again and you can see how they 2 Rooms will play off of each other.

This gives you a little better vision of what is to come.

The bottom Kitchen Cabinets could not be saved,  so we kept the top and are having new ones built on the bottom and expanding the pantry.  Our island will be in a Black Distress.  The Cabinets I have decided will be a Linen color in Shaker Style.   The Walls will be one step down on the color chart from the Dinning Room with the same color on the ceilings.

Before any demo....

After we have begun.  The Hood Vent is coming down and Thomas is building a Large One with details and Bead Board.  Forgot to mention, the Shaker Style Cabinets will have Bead Board Front with the Simple Trim out.  The Cut out which was above the sink will be removed. I changed my mind about the counter tops, I had thought a White Marble but I decided a Black Slat works better for me.  We found an Old Cast Iron Sink that is 66 inches!!!  Drain Boards on both sides and a Bullet was shot into it from behind.( It was used as someones outside sink to clean fish.)  There are 2 places where the porcelain has come off, and the black shines through.  I actually love it the way it is.  And the bullet, it stays!!! I will have a surprise around the stove for you.  You will just have to wait and see.

The Square Fluted Columns will be installed this week. I plan to try to get all the shutters down, sanded and painted black.  Looks like the windows have some rot around them and the 4 old Original ones have to be replaced...but we found some that had been removed from another old home that are in perfect condition but are just a tad smaller.  Thomas says these will work and so I guess they will.  I am excited about the house, ready for it to be finished.  Almost forgot...This is what the floors in the dining room looked like in pieces

I love it!!  But it is mostly just pieces!!

Now on to a few new things....The Farm Table and Benches Sold and A Ton of Other things I was going to be offering this week ...Thanks Melissa and Barbara for Helping me to clear some of the storage unit...It is still FULL...you can just sorta of walk...

Oak Art Deco Vanity $35....Great Details.  The Pair of Botanical Framed Prints leaning are $20 for the Pair.  The Silver Plate Footed Tray is $10.  Merci in Black is $12.

This is the Bed I showed you in the last Post with the Spindles Attached.   Great Detail, Oak $65.00. Look at the earlier post to see it put together.

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Door Secretary $100, Great Off White Lamp with Lots of Details...$10. Silk Pillow Leaning $8.00.

A large Compilation of Charles Dickens Novels $10.
Lots of small stuff to offer and will show more things later with the updates on the house.  If there is something you are looking for, chances are I have it!!  Just ask!! 

You can have a Warm and Welcoming Home without Spending Tons of Money....I Can Help!!!

Try to Stay Cool in this Horrible Heat and Please Stay in Touch!!!!!!

K