The mud room and kitchen now have new roofs and Charlie has installed the kitchen cabinets! We chose Virginia soapstone countertops and they should be installed in the next couple of weeks. The evolution of the kitchen has been particularly satisfying---probably because it had the most damage/rot/deterioration of all the rooms in the house. I asked Charlie recently to come up with a list of everythign he had repaired/replaced/updated in the house since he began work over a year ago and there were more than 30 line items on his list! We have been invited to speak at a November meeting of the King George Historical Society. I will share this list of Charlie's with them---it will be a lot of fun talking with that group about the history of hte house.
The tours in September went very well. We actually had a few people that visited the house several years ago and therefore, had an idea of just how much work has gone into the house. We are hoping Charlie will get another couple of nice days to finish some pipe work underneath the house--then our new half bath in the mudroom will be complete! We have truly come to love this home---there are finishing touches that need to be completed all over the house but the big jobs have been completed with the exception of the two porch roofs. That work will begin in the spring. Now that Charlie is concentrating on indoor work, he wil move onto insulating the ceiling in the kitchen and installing the same bead board on the ceiling that we took off the kitchen over a year ago. The addition of the insulation and bead board will make a big difference in the temperature in the kitchen.
We continue to invite any and all to come by, have a chat about the historical significance of the house, and take a look around the house....hope to see you soon!
The tours in September went very well. We actually had a few people that visited the house several years ago and therefore, had an idea of just how much work has gone into the house. We are hoping Charlie will get another couple of nice days to finish some pipe work underneath the house--then our new half bath in the mudroom will be complete! We have truly come to love this home---there are finishing touches that need to be completed all over the house but the big jobs have been completed with the exception of the two porch roofs. That work will begin in the spring. Now that Charlie is concentrating on indoor work, he wil move onto insulating the ceiling in the kitchen and installing the same bead board on the ceiling that we took off the kitchen over a year ago. The addition of the insulation and bead board will make a big difference in the temperature in the kitchen.
We continue to invite any and all to come by, have a chat about the historical significance of the house, and take a look around the house....hope to see you soon!
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