Grab a drink settle in try not to get vertigo trying to decipher this photo word dump.
Manhattan nest com second floor.
Restoration is a funny business.
Hi i m daniel and i love houses.
You work so hard for so long but the success of the final product basically hinges on making it look like you ve done nothing at all i ve fantasized for plenty of years about the day when i can just welcome friends and family into a nicely restored house one that doesn t bear years of neglect deferred maintenance and general mistreatment on its sleeve.
If you read my post last week you already know that i m in the process of slowly destroying my house.
Protect the floor as well as the walls or the objects in the surroundings with newspaper cardboard or plastic.
Apparently these nooks were pretty common in 19th century row house stairwells.
Deeper then modern tubs so you can take a really deep bath.
Can your second floor bear the weight of a clawfoot tub.
Let it dry again for 30.
Then spray the second coat.
Follow along as i bring my 1865 greek revival back to life and tackle my 30s to varying degrees of success.
If you really want a larger pantry look around your home and consider your options.
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They re sometimes called coffin corners a name that originates from the misconception that these nooks were built to provide extra room for pallbearers to.
I m warning you from the get go that this post is word and picture heavy.
In most homes the space under the stairs is a small cramped first floor half bath for guests.
Big projects require thorough explanations.
Included in the entire project is the front door refinishing the floors painting all of the woodwork and the staircase.
Using that space would require moving the guest bath to a potentially roomier space on the first floor.
In some ways it would have been very nice to have had the money to do all of this when i bought the house three years ago but of course three years ago i wouldn t have had the same plan i.
The good news is that we.
Prepare the place where you are going to paint outside or in a well ventilated basement.
Consider custom pantry shelving ideas.
I m a serial renovator diy er and dog cuddler based in kingston new york.
The staircase restoration is part of the more extensive foyer overhaul.
See ya second floor bay window thing.
Anyway it sat in our garage for 6 years until we eventually built our.
The solarium is gone.
As far as we can tell the couple who owned the house lived exclusively on the first floor and according to some neighbors they rarely had tenants in the second floor apartment.
As i keep mentioning the house was split into 2 units in the early mid 70s.
Kohler brockway sink in the cottage bathroom.