1800's Farmhouse Addition/ Renovation
Our old farmhouse had a makeshift addition put on sometime in the 1950's that appeared to be a sunporch eventually closed in. We removed the "old addition" and rebuilt to today's standards. Crawlspace gone, full basement, hello!
The original stone portion of the house was constructed in 1851 and has low ceilings - we wanted to make sure not to dwarf it with the high ceilings that we desired in the addition. We lived in the house throughout the renovation and had a makeshift kitchen in the sunporch... the washer/dryer were our countertops for 4 months! We got very good at grilling (everything) and now really appreciate our dishwasher.
We love the exposed stone wall in the dining area (former exterior wall), the salvaged beams on the island (pulled from the old addition). We are really happy to have been able to revitalize the house and love how the old and new parts of the house have blended.
The original stone portion of the house was constructed in 1851 and has low ceilings - we wanted to make sure not to dwarf it with the high ceilings that we desired in the addition. We lived in the house throughout the renovation and had a makeshift kitchen in the sunporch... the washer/dryer were our countertops for 4 months! We got very good at grilling (everything) and now really appreciate our dishwasher.
We love the exposed stone wall in the dining area (former exterior wall), the salvaged beams on the island (pulled from the old addition). We are really happy to have been able to revitalize the house and love how the old and new parts of the house have blended.
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I'm with Carolyn. It would be worth the project just to get your figure! *L*
@Amar - We are in NJ.
@catriona - we did not repoint the wall ourselves... we had a mason do it. My husband really wanted to do it himself, but we were wrapping up right around the holidays and were too busy with work, etc. and wanted to be in for Christmas! There is no sealant on the wall, but we have not had any dust issues. We took advantage of being outside before the addition was up and sandblasted the stone after removing the old mortar, so the stones are really clean.
We also removed the plaster from our upstairs bathroom walls to expose the stone - picture attached. Since it's interior we were obviously unable to sandblast and all this work was with hammer/chisel and wire brush. What an undertaking! We completed this before the main addition. Some dust/debris does fall from this as we have not repointed yet - possibly a project for this winter. Our mason is going to show my husband his technique :)
Susan we are putting in a backsplash - took forever to decide on tile! We finally decided and are getting into our tiler's schedule :)