A new transom!

The New Windows are In!

And they are beautiful..... The Craftsmen Group did a fabulous job.

 

 

Starting to take shape

Garden Inspiration

The Garden Weekend 3 and some commentary

Saturday's Progress

Garden Weekend 2

The Window Project

The Garden Begins

This is the before shot - well the garden was already cleared by this point with all of my herbs put in pots in the hope of saving them.

And then the footings for the cement to build the raised beds were dug......

Jefferson Doors ????

We have recently turned our minds to the dreadful brown vinyl windows with matching brown security bars that someone saw fit to install on ALL of our windows!   We also turned our attention to the wooden panels under our front windows which appeared to have hinges on the sides. After several hours of stripping we uncovered hinges on either sides of two panels which appear to swing inward (you can see the stripped results above). The wood looks pretty original and we resisted the temptation to pull out all of the caulk and nails and actually open them (for now). Instead we decided to call a restoration expert for some advice. He is coming out this week to give us some advice on how to proceed, but he did tell us that they are called "Jefferson Doors" and probably would have lead out to a front porch. We had been told that the house originally had a front porch so that makes sense.

Floating Shelves

We put up some floating shelves in the dining room. Our inspiration was a picture we saw on apartmenttherapy.com.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/house-tours/house-tour-carl-and-laurents-bright-white-livework-loftnew-york-058792

The Stairs

Before

One of our first big projects has been the stairs and the banister.

Interim Solution for the GREEN kitchen

Well, as you can see the kitchen was small and GREEN - a very particular shade of green. But at least everything (except the gigantic fridge) was new and clean.  So we have made some interim changes until we do a big renovation somewhere down the track.