Basement Utility Room

We removed the lath and plaster to expose the original beams and to re-route the new wiring and plumbing.

 

Some of the new wiring

Rashel amongst the hanging spaghetti 

Phase of the primary utility room before we enclosed it

To enlarge the basement kitchen we ended up moving the north kitchen wall into the utility space.  The new wall ending up where the tile saw currently stands.

Jim and Teri helping us figure out the best means to increase the basement kitchen area, seen behind where the current tile sits.

 



Original basement window trim.

Clint Cox installed a new tank-less water heating system for the house.  Seen to the left is our boiler for the radiant heating plumbed throughout the house (minus the attic).

We are grateful that at least two original doors remain with this house.  This basement door and a stairway door on the main level, that we now use for a pantry.  The Kimball Brothers will be fixing up this door the House of Glass will replace the missing window pieces.

With new glass installed, this stage shows some of the repairs to the door before priming and painting.  Note the layers of previous paints. 

Filling in about a million nail holes on the inside face of the door.

After several coats of wood filler, bondo, primer and paint

New interior side of the basement utility room door.  I left the lock hole alone as eventually I think we'll add a lock.

I painted the window trim in the same white as the door.  The window also needed numerous layers of wood filler, caulk, primer and paint to bring it back to life.

I used some of the old kitchen cabinets to make a workbench in the boiler room.  Lynn Bishop fabricated a metal counter and it fit perfectly!  Now I finally have a centralized place to store tools.

Garret (attic) remodel, starting to take shape

South bedroom

South bedroom facing East

We made a nook in the kitchen wall to place a refrigerator, in an attempt to make the space more functional.  Before, the fridge was around the corner.

Kitchen area

North bedroom

Famous round window.  On a clear day, one can easily see up to Fountain Green.

The biggest improvement to the garret is the added dormer in the bathroom (east side).  Not only does it add more natural light to the space, but it also enables a person to wash their hands without having to bend over!

East side bathroom dormer being installed

With the help of Jim and Teri Schiess, we transformed the space north of the kitchen area into a useful pantry space.  The fridge will nestle neatly inside the walled in nook.

 

 



Pantry shelving

 

In each bedroom (north and south end), we added built in shelving to leverage the vast amount of attic crawl space

This is the south end bedroom (master) showing the added shelving.

 

New kitchen vinyl flooring.  This is a water-tight floating flooring that snaps together much like engineered hardwood flooring.

 

 

To level out a high-spot in the living room space, I had to pull out a piece of the subfloor, exposing the original pioneer flooring.  Interesting to think how the early Cox family's children slept up here on this flooring.  Silk worm production was also performed up here for a while.

 

The lighter color shows what I planed off the original floor.  The wood underneath looks healthy!

 

The girls pulling up carpet padding staples, getting the area ready for new carpet.

New windows, repairing the East fascia/trim and installing rain gutters!

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See above if you can find the new window amongst the clutter of old windows..

Rashel compares the original window verses our new window.  We enlarged the opening.

Until recently, this window was buried under earth and concrete.  Jim and Teri Schiess helped us dig this out to expose a beautifully large original window opening!

The basement living room window, although original, was up until recently entombed and covered

The basement bathroom window was sized to match the original opening.  We replaced a jerry-rigged window that was about a 1/3 the size of the opening.

You can see the contrast of the ground level and second story.  The 6-over-6 design is historically accurate.

 

 

NW corner of second story... best room in the house in my opinion . . . love all the windows

Rashel had Ben Kimball use original trim to outfit this new basement bedroom window

Ben Kimball, after pulling off the older rain gutter and exposing the original crown molding

Glenn Everett and Jacque installing the new matching rain gutters, note the freshly painted fascia

 

 

As we hoped, the new gutters blend right into the trim.