As mentioned by others.. it is cute!!
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As mentioned by others.. it is cute!!
Wow, very nice! I know you were a little disappointed with the size of the garage relative to the rest of the house, but probably the siding helps, because I think it's fine.
It's lovely, and the color is wonderful. And I don't think the garage looks weird or dwarfs the house, but then I am now in New England with the big house little house back house barn setup.
Very nice! Is there a connection - like a screened in porch or patio - between the house and garage?
That is very cute. Once you have landscaping the garage will fit right in. The siding color appeals to me!
There are 3 yellow one-and-a- half story houses on my block in Hermann. It is middle America at its finest!Quote:
Originally Posted by nswef
Attachment 3935The new garage leads directly into the new kitchen.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
The new kitchen was originally built as a garage in the 1940s. But by the time we bought the house it had been “finished “and acted as a bedroom.
The original breezeway is now a wide spot Leading from living room to kitchen with a bathroom at one end and the new sunroom at the other end. This doorway has the original French doors which are heavy and very nice.
Something that showed up recently: exterior walls of this house have boards that run in different directions. They are “straight but not level “according to DH. These boards have a dusting of cement on them. These boards were originally used as forms for the cement foundation of the basement, and then later pulled up to make into walls of the house. These Germans didn’t waste anything!
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Lumber is now dropping greatly in price. because of course it is! After we have purchased all of our framing pieces, most at the height of high prices.
Gotta love the things one finds/sees in old houses.
The house is really cute! I also love the color.
Great house, IL! Thanks for sharing pictures.
Classic cottage--and I love your airplane hangar! ;)
I am a big fan of old houses. I owned 2 houses that were newer and everyone had one of 6 floor plans. Ugh! They were both bought in hot markets when we needed somewhere to live with kids. My last house was a 1950’s ranch but they weren’t all the same because people had changed them through the years. With no Hoa even yards were unique. My 2nd husband is still in the house that we bought new and loves it.
I’ve been thinking to myself this week that if I were to build a new house from scratch probably the floorplan would look very similar to what we’ve ended up with in this Hermann house. I would probably make two of the bedrooms bigger by a couple of feet and add walk-in closet to one or two of them. I would make the bathrooms a bit bigger. But overall, I like the idea of a one and a half story house. Everything is on the first floor and extra rooms are on the upper floor if you need them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
Two of our close friends who moved away from our neighborhood ended up with modern one and a half story houses, also with walkout basements. So all of us went from our 1880s houses to 1950s style houses.
As much as I love my small house, sometimes I wish we had more room for guests. In my dreams I consider the possibility of bumping up the roof and creating dormers and two small bedrooms. Our zoning restricts us from expanding the footprint, so building up would be the only possibility.
But that will probably never happen, as saving money now is more important to me than indulging in a wish list.
We went to a flooring place near Hermann. We are installing oak floors throughout the entire house except for the living room which already has a nice oak floor. Well, we are also keeping one old pine floor in one bedroom because, well, I like it.
Anyway—The flooring people who sell nothing but floors with a little bit of wall tile had this to say about oak floors: “ you want WHAT? You want oak flooring that’s laid and then someone comes in later to finish it? WHY!?? We never do that normally, that’s a special order. You’ll have to talk to the owner of our store about that.”
Sigh, it is hard to be an old person and have Olde ideas of quality. Yet, we had no trouble getting that product in the city for my condo, the flooring guy did not look at us like we had two heads.
Real oak floors are beautiful. I have however a fan of laminate for the durability factor. Our last house had real wood in the original part of the house. I don’t know if my ex didn’t put enough layers of sealer but there were places that it was worn off in 9 years.
I'm definitely hijacking this thread in the interest of the topic being about home renovations/redecorations. It's not worthy of its own thread.
You guys know the angst I've had over color in my "Crayola house". I like neutral, DH loves the wacky color. Well, I finally painted the living area from the dull green it was (and I love green, so you know it had to be a dull green) to neutral, and I've always loved the combo of sky blue and cream, so that's what I did. Here's a photo. I've bought bamboo up/down blinds, and am keeping to a blue/white overall theme, but I still have to reupholster the wing chair (hence the throw over it--remnant I found in a fabric shop that will make do until I get to business), and I'll use some saturated color in that. But for now, I'm pretty satisfied. I think it looks like me. I also am looking for a table to replace the green metal bistro table.
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Beautiful Catherine! That is so Vermont Cottage!
I love it, Catherine! I like a serene backdrop with any punches of color coming from furnishings, art, or other accessories. I think it's coming together wonderfully!
I like it also Catherine.
I love the ceiling color.
I love it too!!
The fresh paint looks nice catherine. I like that shade of dark blue.
Very nice, catherine! I kind of like the bistro table - lol.
I love the painted beams and the haint blue ceiling!
Here is the stove I am ordering today. It is red. Yesterday I went into an appliance store to get my hands on a Big Chill range and everything about them is heavy and nicely finished. Has chrome!
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nice, IL. I must say, you are the most colorful person I know when it comes to appliances!
I decided against the Italian made Hallman/ILVE stove I have been jonesing for. The lead time was 25 to 35 weeks and while I could live with that, the ultimate issue that made me decide against it was that the one model I liked was full of brass. It’s beautiful. But the burners are brass.
And I asked myself:: do I really want to be messing around with dried cooked food on brass burners? Keeping that clean would be a nightmare.
That's a beauty, IL!! I love red! And it's great to have a good quality range and have it look cute, too!
After buying two stoves and knowing what I know now, I would just go into an appliance store and say to the salesman look salesman, I’m interested in color. What do you know about the appliances you sell and colors they come in?Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
Some dealers offer custom colors for an up charge but they do not promote it. I wouldn’t have known I could get a Periwinkle colored stove without seeing one in an appliance store. These appliance manufacturers don’t promote their option for custom paint colors.
Another option is to get a Home Depot range in white or stainless steel or whatever standard finish you want, and buy aftermarket knobs in bright colors. That is much more affordable and it’s really cute.
This Big Chill stove is American, another plus in its favor. Designed in Colorado, assembled
in Pennsylvania.
I haven’t decided about a refrigerator yet. Right now we’re going to stick with the refrigerator we’ve got in Hermann which is black. It’s at least 15 years old. I’m not keen on spending $4000 on a Big Chill matching red refrigerator. The stove and refrigerator are on opposite sides of the room in the Hermann kitchen so they don’t need to be matchy matchy.
I’m talking to DH about buying a standard new refrigerator and having it spray painted by an auto body shop a cherry red color. He said he would take it apart to deliver the panels to the body shop and that is the labor intensive part.
The dishwasher will have a cabinet panel on it so it will look like cabinetry.
I love the stove. I didn’t know that they came in all those colors until you mentioned it.
Your old paid for refrigerator, what does it look like (not color)?
They make/sell vinyl based paint that are used to change car interiors (although may not be a perfect match to your stove), or you could (since working and paid for/experiment), take thin aluminum, have the body shop match the stove paint, and use construction adhesive to mount it to the fridge.
Your next fridge, they do sell some designed for cabinet doors, could have wood, matching the cabinets, with a metal stove matching insert.
i won’t paint our old refrigerator because it won’t last long, but I would buy a new, inexpensive one to paint.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
I did think about cabinet panels for a refrigerator but that is just to expensive, and not important to me.
Your idea about thin aluminum painted red is interesting. I could see that working.
If your old one can hold a magnet on it, you could use it as a template and put magnets on the back of the aluminum painted panel and transfer it.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Last Saturday DH asked our architect and neighbor if he could use their shower. He hadn’t showered for several days and our friend was coming to Hermann To check out progress on the house.
I have to say that’s pretty ballsy to ask your neighbor for use of their bathroom shower.
I am in Hermann for a couple of days planting lilies.
DH has made himself a nice little apartment in the basement. Picture follows. He has a toilet and cold running water to a sink. There is no bathing facility however. But this is an improvement over a couple of months ago.
The corner you will see his spare stove. He’s planning on making a “canning kitchen “down the basement in addition to it being his shop..
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Cute! But just cold running water - I can understand why he asked the neighbors to use their shower!
Great pics! So glad DH is making a place there for himself and his homesteading pursuits.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
One of the best unanticipated features and benefits of our little house was one of the three outbuildings, which had been outfitted with a table top and industrial lamp and 1960s era radio.
DH immediately found a home in it, especially since he smokes and I won't allow smoking in the house--so this liltle cabin is his retreat-house, sin-house, community enclave. We have fit 6 people in this little, smelly, dusty 4-8 structure, with people laughing and drinking, smoking and playing music until 4 in the morning.
Maybe that's why I get so upset with HGTV people who have to have a half a mile of kitchen island with fancy chandeliers and expensive finishes so that they can "entertain." We have proven you don't need much to have a place of your own where you can sit solo while painstakingly cutting the buds off your marijuana plant (which DH is doing as we speak), figuring out how to change a spark plug in a riding mower, or host a half a dozen neighborhood people siting on stools, stumps, or just standing.
So, think about DH's basement apartment as an entertainment space! :).