House Walk, Here We Come!

Guess who's house is FINALLY going to be on Sycamore's Historic House Walk?  That's right!  319 is making it's debut appearance.  That of course means Brad has been busy trying to wrap up some little projects. Before I start there, I am behind in my updates, so lets rewind to last fall....

Brad built this beautiful deck on the back of the house.

And our old and ugly "garage" was torn down.

I am happy to report our maid's stairs now have a door...now, if only we had a maid!

Our kitchen is also now officially finished.  Brad covered the steel support post with a beautiful handmade cherry column.

The pantry doors are the house's original front French doors.  I removed a lot of old paint and the very thin glass.  We  replaced it with shatter proof frosted glass.  




Although it was in very good condition, the stained glass window was restored and replaced in it's original location.  

Finally, my beautiful cookbook shelf was a Brad original, made out of original wood beams from the framing of the house. 

Thanks to the Wagner's at Wagner Excavating and Randy at Herman Concrete, the latest (and biggest) project has started! We now have footings for our new garage.  It might not look like much now, but it's progress!

So what's next?  Hopefully, reconstructing the marble fireplace surround.   Right now, it's in a lot of piece all over our office floor and is a bit of mystery.  It was much easier taking it off than it's been trying to get it back together! 

Remember to come and see our house, our neighbor's across the street, our friend's the Flaherty's house, and others on this year's Historic House Walk!