This series of videos shows a full tour of my house (minus the basement and attic). I really hope you guys enjoy this. I tried to keep the camera as steady as possible, but it's a bit shaky. I also messed up some of my dialogue in a few places, like where I show the bed and say "no mattress" when I meant to say "no bed, just the mattress".
I'll have update photos coming later, so just enjoy these for now. It turned out to be a lot longer than I thought, clocking-in at around 1/2 hour total.
House Tour Part 1
House Tour Part 2
House Tour Part 3
So much work you have done! So much work you have to do! It looks great and I admire your stick-to-itness. I'm not sure I would have that much staying power.
ReplyDeleteI've been following your blog for a while but never commented on anything before. I admire your guts for taking on such a big project! It looks great already and will look even greater when all is finished. Love your clocks and light fixtures!
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Thanks so much Lizette (what a cool name, btw - and yes I speak French). I am really looking forward to finishing the upstairs "L Room" because it will be my clock repair room, and I'll be able to set up all my stuff in there. I'm also looking forward to redoing the living room (which will go green). So many projects to do...
DeleteComing out of lurkdom to offer congratulations on the work you have done so far. Your blog is one of my favorites and I pop in almost every day checking for updates. I admire your tenacity and attention to details. We have our own "old house" reno and I've picked up some helpful tips from your site. Sometimes it can seem overwhelming but we all have to keep plugging away.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to hear that I have a few anonymous followers, since I have such a small audience currently. My blog says only 29. I'd be curious to know about your old house as well. I also follow several old house blogs.
DeleteI'm also glad to hear that I've offered some useful hints and tips. I tend to be pretty open to giving/sharing "trade secrets" and other info. I figure that if more people know about them, more people can do a good job.
Very true about "plugging away", too. Some days it feels like the house will never get done, but then again, I've gotten a tremendous amount done since 2010.
Cool videos - this really puts the layout of your house into perspective. It must be weird having your foursquare, originally a standalone house, attached to a neighbouring building. Were the two buildings owned by the same person at one point?
ReplyDeleteI planned to do a video tour of my house in June, 2013, which will mark two years since closing on our house. I'm going to splice some of the "before" photos into the video too.
Your place looks great, and I really like all of your colour/finish choices. I'm starting to look for antique light fixtures myself, but many are way out of my price range. The upstairs is just getting "plain", bare-bulb ceiling fixtures, but I want "fancier" chandeliers for the downstairs. Same with old floor lamps - I haven't had any luck finding them at yard sales or for free.
Keep it up - I don't reply on here as much as I probably should but I do check in pretty frequently.
(nezwick from OHW)
Thanks Alan, I would prefer that the building next door not be there, but I believe it was built around 1945. I'm not entirely sure who built it, or who the first owners were, but it was done a loooooong time ago.
DeleteI was pretty cheap with light fixtures. I think the most I paid was a little over 100$ for a single fixture (dining room and living room ones). I bought almost all of them on eBay, and most needed refurbishing, repainting, and a complete rewiring. Many also needed shades, which often break, get swapped, or go missing. It really depends what kind of lighting you're looking for. I recently saw a blog where the lady scored a beautiful dark brass chandelier, off Craigslist, for 40$, and she used it in her bathroom.
If you're less picky, you could also assemble your own fixtures together. There are several styles of simple fixtures that can be easily made (and fairly inexpensively).
Hi.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your work in restaurating your home. I love the evolution of the house. You said in the video (part I) there was no wall beteween your actual office room and the hallway. I would eliminate that wall which makes the office rooom window to unbalance the whole room and the hallway to look so tight and let a whole big entrance/living room (office+hallway) and move the office room in your actual t.v.room. The white tiles on the hallway would be replace with woodfloor like in the rest of the rooms. It.s just an idea.
(Please excuse my bad english language)
Hi, I had thought about that, but unfortunately, there are several problems with why I can't (or didn't want to) do that. The main problem is that the original hardwood in the hallway is gone. I can't find more that's exactly like it, and I don't want to replace what's left of it. I could use new wood, and match the boards exactly, but I could never match the wood colour/age, and it would look bad.
DeleteReason 2: When they added this wall, they cut off part of the window mouldings (the crown, the sill, and the bottom moulding) I'd have to replace half the window casings.
Then there is also damage to the ceiling, and the fact that I already redid the crown moulding. At this point, I've decided that I will be keeping the new wall permanently.