let the games begin!
So, what have we got in store for the new abode? The exterior is being painted this saturday and the interior getting new paint this monday, and I plan on taking out all the new doorknobs in the house and replacing them with antique/ reproduction ones. I'm thinking a different one for each door! Other than that, here is a list off the top of my head, sorted by room. I'll include some of the things we've already done:
Living Room
- We are not feelin' the ceiling fixture in the living room. We bought this one to replace it.
- Over the decades, complete jackasses have installed ceiling hooks in the beautiful wood panel ceiling - five in total, of all different varieties. In time, I'd like to remove them and fix the holes as best we can.
- The rich color of the wood is a bit faded and scuffed in areas on the kick moulding and window trim, so I'd like to eventually refinish it.
Dining Room
- The former owner put in track lighting on the center beam of the incredible wood peaked ceiling. I want to take that out and do two small chandeliers (and not of the crystal variety). You can't really see much of the ceiling in this picture, but you can get a decent idea.
- A knob is missing from the built-in hutch. I can't seem to find one like it anywhere. I hate to replace them all, as they appear to be original to the house, but I may have to if one cannot be located.
Bedrooms 1 and 2
Bedroom 1 is my favorite bedroom, and it is clearly the original master bedroom. If it weren't for the fact that the new master has an en suite bathroom, I would be moving my gigantic bed in this one instead.
- That very same beautiful wood window trim, doors, and kick moulding is in both of these rooms too, but is obscured by thick white paint. I am currently researching how to best remove this and refinish all of it. I have found Peel Away 6, made for wood, but I know how paint becomes ingrained in the wood (that'll make it interesting - right? Right?!).
- The former owner installed these hella tacky wire shoe racks to the inside of both closet doors... the original doors! Eek! Off with her head. As soon as I can, I'm going to remove them and eventually get around to repairing the holes. Check out the original doorknob on the front closet door.
Kitchen
Yay! This room needs the most work (see my previous post if the "yay!" confuses you). We're going to completely remodel this room from nearly top to bottom (the chandelier can stay).
- It lacks a dishwasher, garbage disposal, and ventilation for the stove. Luckily, it still has a hole in the wall for the ventilation, which you can see in this picture. We will get all of these installed, including a trash compactor. Hey, if I wanted to be totally period accurate, I'd just leave it the way it is, right?!
- Sadly, someone took out the plaster in this room and put in drywall with your typical texturing. That's gotta go!
- The tile is all going, along with the tile floor. We're going to do a backsplash like this, and a floor like this, or maybe like these people did. The tile floor extends into the kitchen bathroom, kitchen nook, and laundry hallway. We will be using the same floor for the master bathroom.
- Lucky for us, the original kitchen cabinet is still useable, but for some reason it is totally crooked and has thick green paint on it. Also, the cute butterfly hinges are painted over, and someone put on cheapass handles. I plan to repaint it a shiny bright, deep blue (like porcelain blue), strip the paint off the hardware, and replace the handles. Oh, and hanging it on the wall straight... well, that would be good.
- Install lower wooden cabinets to more or less match the color of the wood trim inside the house, and slap on a grey/white marble slab countertop. I was thinking about doing a huge, rectangular, white porcelain basin sink.
- Drop an island on that bad boy, and call it a day!
Kitchen Nook
The nook is one of my favorite parts of the house, and for no reason I can think of. My panoramic is a little deceiving, as the middle window is actually the same size as the other two. We plan on using this space as the pantry and strangely... the office! The desk will go on the empty side. We decided to downsize to one CPU, and being a wireless house, we will make use of our laptops as well.
- This room is another example of the gorgeous wood painted over. Not only does it have the window trim, but chair rails and wood going up the corners, floor to ceiling.
- The upper section painted white is actually paint over wallpaper. Standing in front of the walls, you can see the wallpaper seams under the paint. I'm getting this fixed before we move in next tuesday.
- The cabinets here also feature the butterfly hinges found in the kitchen, which is great, only someone painted over the hinges on the top cabinets. Why those and not the rest?!
Kitchen Bathroom
- We bought this charming brass Victorian "bathroom" sign for the door.
- While the tile is cute, it doesn't match the rest of the house, and isn't well laid to start with. We'll be replacing it with the same tile we plan on using as the backsplash for the kitchen.
- The sink is totally the odd man out. It will be removed and replaced with a nice pedestal sink.
- The plaster in the bathroom was also removed and replaced with drywall, like the kitchen (except for the original shower arch). I will probably get this fixed at the same time we do the kitchen, although it isn't as much of a priority. If the additional cost is prohibitive, I may leave it. Can you hear me weeping as I type that?
- Needs paint!
- We've already bought all new hardware for this bathroom, as the old one was cheap and the towel bar fell off. Instead of linking to all the pieces we bought, I will install it and show you when it's done.
- Look at the original door hardware (outside doorknob and strikeplate)! How rad is that?! There is white paint in the grooves of the hardware, which I want to clean up at some point.
Laundry Hallway
From this point on, you have entered... the ADDITION ZONE! EEK! The hallway has the backdoor, and leads from the kitchen to the master bedroom. Yes, you read that right... you must walk through the laundry room to the master. This, the master bedroom, and master bath all feature drywall with the typical texturing and normal ceiling heights, as opposed to the lathe and plaster and high ceilings in every other part of the house. Although I wish I could fix the ceilings, but it's just not worth it.
- The doorway into the hallway from the kitchen is the complete opposite of matching. I'll be fixing that when we remodel the kitchen.
- This is the ceiling fixture in the hallway. How about NO, you freaky deaky dutch bastard?! We ordered this to replace it - in the bronze finish instead of the copper shown. While period authentic, it's not your typical bungalow lighting, but we decided we're okay with that.
- Replace the cabinets with ones matching the lower cabinets in the remodeled kitchen. That picture was taken when we originally viewed the house, so it appears as the former owner decorated.
Master Bedroom
This room has remarkable closet space, and is wired for a TV inside! My picture came out making the room look small and dark, but it's neither.
- Rip out the pergo and replace with matching dark oak hardwood found in the original house.
- Again... the ceiling fixture makes me want to put out my own eyes and vomit at the same time. We bought this today for the master bedroom.
- Replace the closet doors with ones to match the kitchen and laundry cabinets.
- Replace the drywall with lathe and plaster.
Master Bathroom
- Replace the cabinets with ones to match the master bedroom closets, kitchen, and laundry cabinets.
- Rip out the overhead cabinet and the weird decorative THING over the sink.
- Remove the panel mirror and replace it with a vintage one.
- Install an L-shaped curtain rod (already purchased - will be installing before we move in). Can you believe there has never been a shower curtain in here? I guess they all took showers in the other room, and luxuriated in the jetted tub here.
Outside and Garage
- The exterior of the house and garage are getting new paint within the month.
- The front and backyard are in serious need to professional landscaping, which I plan on doing sometime by next summer. At least there are automatic sprinklers and drip irrigation!
- The driveway is all beat to hell. All the better to replace with cute pavers.
- The workbench in the garage needs replacing. While not my priority, it is definately Dave's :)
- The driveway gate needs automating. Damned if I'm going to get my ass out of the car in all kinds of weather to open and close it.
Need a paint recommendation? Go to House Doctor Painting, Inc., located in San Jose.
Living Room
- We are not feelin' the ceiling fixture in the living room. We bought this one to replace it.
- Over the decades, complete jackasses have installed ceiling hooks in the beautiful wood panel ceiling - five in total, of all different varieties. In time, I'd like to remove them and fix the holes as best we can.
- The rich color of the wood is a bit faded and scuffed in areas on the kick moulding and window trim, so I'd like to eventually refinish it.
Dining Room
- The former owner put in track lighting on the center beam of the incredible wood peaked ceiling. I want to take that out and do two small chandeliers (and not of the crystal variety). You can't really see much of the ceiling in this picture, but you can get a decent idea.
- A knob is missing from the built-in hutch. I can't seem to find one like it anywhere. I hate to replace them all, as they appear to be original to the house, but I may have to if one cannot be located.
Bedrooms 1 and 2
Bedroom 1 is my favorite bedroom, and it is clearly the original master bedroom. If it weren't for the fact that the new master has an en suite bathroom, I would be moving my gigantic bed in this one instead.
- That very same beautiful wood window trim, doors, and kick moulding is in both of these rooms too, but is obscured by thick white paint. I am currently researching how to best remove this and refinish all of it. I have found Peel Away 6, made for wood, but I know how paint becomes ingrained in the wood (that'll make it interesting - right? Right?!).
- The former owner installed these hella tacky wire shoe racks to the inside of both closet doors... the original doors! Eek! Off with her head. As soon as I can, I'm going to remove them and eventually get around to repairing the holes. Check out the original doorknob on the front closet door.
Kitchen
Yay! This room needs the most work (see my previous post if the "yay!" confuses you). We're going to completely remodel this room from nearly top to bottom (the chandelier can stay).
- It lacks a dishwasher, garbage disposal, and ventilation for the stove. Luckily, it still has a hole in the wall for the ventilation, which you can see in this picture. We will get all of these installed, including a trash compactor. Hey, if I wanted to be totally period accurate, I'd just leave it the way it is, right?!
- Sadly, someone took out the plaster in this room and put in drywall with your typical texturing. That's gotta go!
- The tile is all going, along with the tile floor. We're going to do a backsplash like this, and a floor like this, or maybe like these people did. The tile floor extends into the kitchen bathroom, kitchen nook, and laundry hallway. We will be using the same floor for the master bathroom.
- Lucky for us, the original kitchen cabinet is still useable, but for some reason it is totally crooked and has thick green paint on it. Also, the cute butterfly hinges are painted over, and someone put on cheapass handles. I plan to repaint it a shiny bright, deep blue (like porcelain blue), strip the paint off the hardware, and replace the handles. Oh, and hanging it on the wall straight... well, that would be good.
- Install lower wooden cabinets to more or less match the color of the wood trim inside the house, and slap on a grey/white marble slab countertop. I was thinking about doing a huge, rectangular, white porcelain basin sink.
- Drop an island on that bad boy, and call it a day!
Kitchen Nook
The nook is one of my favorite parts of the house, and for no reason I can think of. My panoramic is a little deceiving, as the middle window is actually the same size as the other two. We plan on using this space as the pantry and strangely... the office! The desk will go on the empty side. We decided to downsize to one CPU, and being a wireless house, we will make use of our laptops as well.
- This room is another example of the gorgeous wood painted over. Not only does it have the window trim, but chair rails and wood going up the corners, floor to ceiling.
- The upper section painted white is actually paint over wallpaper. Standing in front of the walls, you can see the wallpaper seams under the paint. I'm getting this fixed before we move in next tuesday.
- The cabinets here also feature the butterfly hinges found in the kitchen, which is great, only someone painted over the hinges on the top cabinets. Why those and not the rest?!
Kitchen Bathroom
- We bought this charming brass Victorian "bathroom" sign for the door.
- While the tile is cute, it doesn't match the rest of the house, and isn't well laid to start with. We'll be replacing it with the same tile we plan on using as the backsplash for the kitchen.
- The sink is totally the odd man out. It will be removed and replaced with a nice pedestal sink.
- The plaster in the bathroom was also removed and replaced with drywall, like the kitchen (except for the original shower arch). I will probably get this fixed at the same time we do the kitchen, although it isn't as much of a priority. If the additional cost is prohibitive, I may leave it. Can you hear me weeping as I type that?
- Needs paint!
- We've already bought all new hardware for this bathroom, as the old one was cheap and the towel bar fell off. Instead of linking to all the pieces we bought, I will install it and show you when it's done.
- Look at the original door hardware (outside doorknob and strikeplate)! How rad is that?! There is white paint in the grooves of the hardware, which I want to clean up at some point.
Laundry Hallway
From this point on, you have entered... the ADDITION ZONE! EEK! The hallway has the backdoor, and leads from the kitchen to the master bedroom. Yes, you read that right... you must walk through the laundry room to the master. This, the master bedroom, and master bath all feature drywall with the typical texturing and normal ceiling heights, as opposed to the lathe and plaster and high ceilings in every other part of the house. Although I wish I could fix the ceilings, but it's just not worth it.
- The doorway into the hallway from the kitchen is the complete opposite of matching. I'll be fixing that when we remodel the kitchen.
- This is the ceiling fixture in the hallway. How about NO, you freaky deaky dutch bastard?! We ordered this to replace it - in the bronze finish instead of the copper shown. While period authentic, it's not your typical bungalow lighting, but we decided we're okay with that.
- Replace the cabinets with ones matching the lower cabinets in the remodeled kitchen. That picture was taken when we originally viewed the house, so it appears as the former owner decorated.
Master Bedroom
This room has remarkable closet space, and is wired for a TV inside! My picture came out making the room look small and dark, but it's neither.
- Rip out the pergo and replace with matching dark oak hardwood found in the original house.
- Again... the ceiling fixture makes me want to put out my own eyes and vomit at the same time. We bought this today for the master bedroom.
- Replace the closet doors with ones to match the kitchen and laundry cabinets.
- Replace the drywall with lathe and plaster.
Master Bathroom
- Replace the cabinets with ones to match the master bedroom closets, kitchen, and laundry cabinets.
- Rip out the overhead cabinet and the weird decorative THING over the sink.
- Remove the panel mirror and replace it with a vintage one.
- Install an L-shaped curtain rod (already purchased - will be installing before we move in). Can you believe there has never been a shower curtain in here? I guess they all took showers in the other room, and luxuriated in the jetted tub here.
Outside and Garage
- The exterior of the house and garage are getting new paint within the month.
- The front and backyard are in serious need to professional landscaping, which I plan on doing sometime by next summer. At least there are automatic sprinklers and drip irrigation!
- The driveway is all beat to hell. All the better to replace with cute pavers.
- The workbench in the garage needs replacing. While not my priority, it is definately Dave's :)
- The driveway gate needs automating. Damned if I'm going to get my ass out of the car in all kinds of weather to open and close it.
Need a paint recommendation? Go to House Doctor Painting, Inc., located in San Jose.
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