| Late August!
We are now WAY behind. Lot's of people are muttering well in our
ear shot "they're not going to make it -- no way".
We're gonna show'em. Yeah.
To the right Robert Slack fits a new window apron and stool while Will
MacFarlane fits corner wire lathe just moments before Wally Lerner and
Lorenzo Brown start the final white coating.
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| Meanwhile, I'm rushing to finish the new back hall and
kitchen steps to the wing. To the right I use my new hot melt
glue and stick technique for determining the exact size of the stair skirt
and baseboard.
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| To the right, the steps, plinth blocks, casing, and paneling
are now done!
Below the white coat is applied to the wing. Finally! But
it's so close to the showhouse we are concerned that it might not be cured
in time.
Wally Lerner and Lorenzo Brown work the new chimney below-right.
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| Upstairs in the wing things still have a way to go. On
the right is a shot of the "home office"; it will be my office
after the show. Here the knee wall over the stair well hasn't been
closed in so that planking can be used to white coat the walls up high.
Below we have closed it in. Wally whites the last section in that
room.
Below right is the last plaster to be applied in the house. Hard
to believe that one person did the whole thing, and such a good job at
that!
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| Bay floors installs the beautiful re-sawn old heart pine we
got from Jack Abeel. Wonderful. We won't sand or stain it, but
will coat it with a light glaze and Duraseal. It will darken
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| The new stairs finally get a coat of paint. The old
burned floor joist looks nice as a cleaned up newel post.
Maggie does good work here in advance of the designers.
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It's finished - for the showhouse anyway. Lots'o
chickens in this treatment!
The second floor wing home office is below - Hemmingway
room, they called it. I'll show you how I'm turning it into my real
home office soon (I'm in it now as I type this)
There are two baths on the second floor wing, one of which
serves the main house and is now our laundry. The washing machine
work REALLY well. 1200 RPM spin!
The artwork in the bathroom is lovely - very much of the
tidewater area. |
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