May Madness- Laundry room

This tiny space will ultimately hold "the control center", stacked washer/dryer, charging station, pet area, electrical sub-panel and serve as a alcove for powder room and master bedroom.  The "most complicated room in the house".

View from master bath, Pocket door on left complicated running water and electrical lines.

Circular hot and cold water lines to accommodate the hand held and shower head. Multiple turns and joints make this area really complicated.

From laundry room side, control center box on left, metal strips are put in place to avoid accidental puncture from nails.

Pocket door for master bath is secured. 

Closet side of pocket door.

Sub-Panel shows the many electrical lines running from new house.

Dry wall and taping makes laundry room appear quite subdued.

Four out of the eight Eastlake doors will live in this 4 by 8 foot alcove. Laundry room doors are matched 7 foot, 200 pound beauties joined together with dowlings and glued together while hanging in place. They won't ever move unless the wall is removed. Extra strong hardware, perfect balance and squaring makes them glide along with ease.

On the right we see the structure that supports and encases the two huge laundry room doors.

Powder room door and sub-panel finish the busy alcove. Both bedroom and powder room doors were saved from the flames in a San Francisco fire. Smoke and ash can be seen along to upper edges. We expect them to finish up beautifully.

May Madness- New meets old.

We will soon be bringing the old and new together.  

We have made the 650 sq feet original house our little home for over a year.

This temporary wall has protected us for months from the dust, cold, rain, heat and made our little home secure.

Drywall going up tells us the "reveal" is coming soon.

We will have a "long view" from the front door to the back.

May Madness- Back porch

The carpenter created a mock-up to help us "see" the future posts and ceiling casing he designed for the back porch. 4-inch square vertical beams make it hard to do the original turned posts, so we choose a decorated square post with graduated sizes.

Stage 1, vertical support beams look naked and lanky.

Mock-up gives us a hint of the vision. Dropped casing will shorten and warm up the high porch ceiling.

Classic pillars have the extended cap. This feature isn't pleasing to any of us, but sometimes you just have to follow the 100- year tradition and let the crown overflow the casing.

Finished ceiling and moldings start to warm up the porch and create that classic look.

May Madness- Kitchen progress

Windows, door, insulation and drywall make May a month of progress.

Windows and doors

Shelf brackets are measured to make sure backing blocks are in the right spots to support these restored brackets.

We make landmark measures to ensure proper placement after the drywall covers the electrical and plumbing lines.

Pre-drywall center divider.

Day 1- Drywall

Day 2- Drywall

Nearly there

Ready for taping

Ready for taping

Dry-waller loads in equipment for a long weekend of work.

May madness- Front door transformation

From Ebay to installed, this 1890's stained glass window was salvaged by a dealing in the East. The original door was cut in half to save the window. It was sent to us with the original door frame still in tack. There are 5 types of glass included. Clear beveled and glue chip along with the prism leaf pattern makes this piece a real find. Installation required removing the old glass and several levels of old framing.  The final hole in the door was made to fit the window frame in order to preserve the integrity of the old window frame.

Thea installation is nearly complete in May. The final touch will be molding around the frame and prime and paint.

Packaged for delivery

Front door with glass and framing removed.

Cut to fit and sanded to remove the old paint.

From the inside, morning sun sends rainbows to the walls.

April 2017 Busy month

Porch ceiling

Dining room ceiling

Exterior walls closed up

Dining room bay window taking shape

Kitchen plumbing goes in and corner west facing window gives us the sunsets.

Roofing material gets escalated up to the top.

Decorative moldings on the crown start to get installed.

The team adds one layer of molding at a time.

Existing fish scale pattern will be mimicked throughout

Addition is wrapped and we are almost "zipped up"

Roof goes on in three days.

South facing wall is wrapped.

Complicated plumbing assemblies in the laundry room. Water is under pressure.

Shower side shows the many connections required to give us the hand held.

Finding space to put towel bars is a challenge with the water and electric lines everywhere.

Ceiling will hold fans, chandeliers counter weighted work light and recessed lights.

Above the kitchen is the reflective sub roof, this layer should reduce transfer of heat in and cool out.

Electric sub panel, even the upgraded  main panel wasn't enough to manage the levels of light.

Reconditioned Eastlake door  arrives from storage. All of the glass panels have been removed, joints cleaned, remounted and the entire door has been straightened and re-glued. It feels like new, but looks it's age.

From the west, it is really looking like a house.

Front door inset glass arrived. This was salvaged from 100+ year old house and will be placed in our front door.

Roofing layers went up to seal roof. Rain is on the way.

Even the front dormer got a new roof. The original pattern and paint have been preserved.