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Allan

Allan

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I've seen home improvement posts here and there on the forum and thought it would be nice to have a thread to show off your projects. Whether it be renovations, decorating or landscaping show your work here.
 
Here are some of my renovation before/after photos. I bought a heritage house about six years ago and restored it. Some of the work I did myself, some was done by my girlfriend's brother-in-law who's a very good carpenter.

This is the before and after of the bathroom. The before photo is the day I took possession of the place. The bathroom was a moldy mess. I did this room myself. When I was younger I installed flooring and tile so learned how to do ceramic tile. That came in handy.

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The kitchen was done by a carpenter. He makes everything from scratch so can customize to fit older houses which tend to have a lot of doors and windows.

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Fortunately the previous owners hadn't done anything stupid with the hardwood such as carpeting so it was in good shape. They did seal over a dirty floor as you can see from the before photo. It took me a week to sand them down. Because the hardwood is laid in a pattern I couldn't use a drum sander and had to go with an oscillating one. It takes longer but it got the job done.

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The biggest project by far was the window restoration. The house has 5 bay windows. I took each window apart, replaced the glass and points and reglazed them. That took about 2 years.
 
Allan said:
I've seen home improvement posts here and there on the forum and thought it would be nice to have a thread to show off your projects. Whether it be renovations, decorating or landscaping show your work here.
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We have several. I’ll hire someone to do most of them. However, I did jab a few solar lights into the ground yesterday.
 
This hawthorn tree was cut down last year, but the stumps weren't dead and were still sending offshoots into the yard. Today I cut the three stumps to the ground, and then I'm going to drill holes in the stump and feed it stuff to finish it off.
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The sunflower circle is growing nicely, though a few got blown over in recent thunderstorms. Propping them back up with a pole and they should be fine.
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Allan said:
I've seen home improvement posts here and there on the forum and thought it would be nice to have a thread to show off your projects. Whether it be renovations, decorating or landscaping show your work here.
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I love seeing what people do in their homes, and much of the finished results are as good or better than seasoned contractors. I've been around the business for a very long time, even when I was still in the Navy I was surrounded by contractors........ having a talented wife that worked construction. She used to be a top notch drywall finisher and tile layer until her rotator cuffs went out in both shoulders
 
I am a huge admirer of craftsman houses and also of straw bale houses. Would love to build one myself but it seems too intimidating.
 
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