Lee Ann and I spent a cool but sunny day today at an estate auction here in Lebanon. Among a (few) other things, we got the pine stepback cabinet and metal plant stand pictured.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
A Recycling Project Disguised As A Porch
A few more weeks have gone by, and there is a bit more progress to show. I have been framing for windows, making the door latch and painting as I go.
I am using six old window sashes to "glass in" the porch. Originally these were halves of very large double-hung windows in the train depot at Hillsdale, Michigan, which was built in the 1870's. I got a big stack of these when we were living in Hillsdale in 1993 (most with the glass still in them) as the depot was being remodeled into a tae-kwon-do studio. A remodeling contractor was removing all the original building elements and tossing them into giant dumpsters, but we were able to save these sashes and have been dragging them around with us ever since, looking for a new use for them.
I already posted that the door came with a stack of old lumber I got at a barn auction a month ago. A lot of the trim molding from that auction is going into the porch too.
The flooring is that 1 inch oak left over from the big project we did at our last house, where I replaced termite eaten floorboards in two downstairs parlor rooms. The cedar siding is also a leftover, from the lovely garden shed I built in Georgetown five years ago.
We move pretty often and a big part of the move is relocating the huge collection of old house parts and miscellaneous building materials we always have. Lee Ann jokes (well, she is sorta joking) that we need our own warehouse.
I am using six old window sashes to "glass in" the porch. Originally these were halves of very large double-hung windows in the train depot at Hillsdale, Michigan, which was built in the 1870's. I got a big stack of these when we were living in Hillsdale in 1993 (most with the glass still in them) as the depot was being remodeled into a tae-kwon-do studio. A remodeling contractor was removing all the original building elements and tossing them into giant dumpsters, but we were able to save these sashes and have been dragging them around with us ever since, looking for a new use for them.
I already posted that the door came with a stack of old lumber I got at a barn auction a month ago. A lot of the trim molding from that auction is going into the porch too.
The flooring is that 1 inch oak left over from the big project we did at our last house, where I replaced termite eaten floorboards in two downstairs parlor rooms. The cedar siding is also a leftover, from the lovely garden shed I built in Georgetown five years ago.
We move pretty often and a big part of the move is relocating the huge collection of old house parts and miscellaneous building materials we always have. Lee Ann jokes (well, she is sorta joking) that we need our own warehouse.
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