Yesterday, something strange fell from the sky...........
Was it???? YES!!! it was RAIN....
There hasn't been much of that around here this whole year. Thanks to the hurricane that hit TX, we had rain!!!!



But the best part was, the trim got wet. I had left it out and a wonderful surprise, the paint was falling off!!! Who would have thought by just letting the trim get wet. The at least 7 layers of paint just was falling off with a little help from my favorite tool as shown in the pic. ( I think it is called a 5 in one or something like that. ) As you can see, mine is well worn.

Basement

This pic shows a number of mechanical updates.

New HVAC Ducts, new wiring, and new plumbing.

Architectural Details

Detail at top of Columns
I really like this detail, and believe it is original.
Great Brackets.

I have to be thinking about some creative painting details for these elements.
I am thinking about a sage green tone for the base color of the house.

Pear

We have a pear.... Well a couple of pears on our tree. There was a heavy late frost this spring when the pear tree was in full bloom, so there are not many pears this season. But I thought I would share this pear with the beautiful September sky behind it. No, Gran.... there is not enough pears for preserves. I wish there were.

Porch Fixtures

The ceiling fans and light for the porch.

Puppy

Puppy waiting at the front door.

Ol' Coal

I haven't posted in a while, not much new to share, except piles of boxes.
I was walking the dog to the back yard and thought these old coal thingies would be neat to share.
The house has two. One larger one labeled Majestic down the side ally and a smaller one at the opposite side of the house near what appears to be an old chimney for a coal burning furnice. I am not really sure what to call these openings. Hatches maybe? I tried googling with no luck. So if you know, let me know. Thanks

Ol' Coal

I haven't posted in a while, not much new to share, except piles of boxes. I was walking the dog to the back yard and thought these old coal thingies would be neat to share. The house has two. One larger one labeled Majestic down the side ally and a smaller one at the opposite side of the house near what appears to be an old chimney for a coal burning furnice. I am not really sure what to call these openings. Hatches maybe? I tried googling with no luck. So if you know, let me know. Thanks

Oldie

Picture showing the family that owned the house before us.

My interest is the porch railing.... Currently there is some 70's looking metal railing. I was told this pic was from 1962. The porch railing is a nice wooden design. Hopefully one day something like porch railing will be priority, but I don't see that day anywhere in the near future. I also noticed the 70's looking shutters are not there ( once we work on the outside, they have to go. they soooo don't go with the style of this house)and the mullions appear dark at the windows, but not the door. The same ol' monkey grass is there. But I think the steps are wooden, not brick. So maybe at this time the porch was wooden, not the slate that it is today.

Deck DOWN !!!

Yesterday.........The deck came down. YEAH !!! No one was killed, and it had to be pulled down, it just didn't fall. The first pic is of how the deck was a while back, I didn't have a picture of the Leaning deck....