Indiana Project: Mission Accomplished
Last week the deck was completed. Let’s review again… Then Now As you can already tell the windows are in too. I hope to receive sign off on the rough in inspection this week, that would mean clearance to begin…
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Indiana Project: Out of the dog house
This week at the Indiana project its all about the exterior. Repairing those cedar shakes… The carpenters named that unsightly shelter that once housed the steps to the cellar door the “dog house”. Well its gone now, the cellar door…
Indiana Project: The Wall
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” The wall separating the kitchen from the dining room was removed, one of the best decisions that has been made thus far in the project. Stage 1, Before Stage 2, Cabinets, plaster removed Stage…
Indiana Project: Exterior Repair
Checking in with the Indiana project…really I don’t check in, I should actually pitch a tent out back because I’m there so much. This week there are different sub-contractors running all over the house. Â The HVAC will be roughed in…
Indiana Project: Unmasking
In the last couple of days the vinyl siding was stripped away entirely. Vinyl was stripped from the soffits to reveal exposed rafter tails. The cedar shakes can see the light of day again. We found the receipt for the…
Indiana Project: Permission Slip
I got the permit that I was complaining about. and I kindly invited the inspectors over for a little pow wow and to take a look at the framing job in progress. They liked what they saw, they were cordial…
Indiana Project: Framing
Rearranging, restructuring and reframing–all things going on at the Indiana project this week. Â We met our interior demolition goal last week meaning–we finished demo in one week with the exception of the screened porch that will be framed in to…
Indiana Project: Demolition
Last week we introduced you to the Indiana project. Â After a week of demolition this is what some of the house looks like now. Original kitchen Kitchen now Downstairs bath & hallway and now… akward built in dresser in master…
Indiana Project: Introduction
I’d like everybody to meet the Indiana house. This is my family’s newest full scale renovation project. The Indiana house was built in 1920 and is slightly over 1,600 sq ft of living space. The house sits on a huge…
The Indiana House
The Indiana Project is a 1,600 square foot home built in the 1920’s in Sarah’s sweet North Carolina town of Southern Pines. This historic renovation took a full 8 months to complete, and got its start in January of 2013. Here on…
Midland Project: Selection
Helluva weekend everyone, the Indiana house might have a new owner by this time next month! Plus I got two club chairs reupholstered and we painted DC’s big girl bed! Let’s start off the week with a few selections for…
Indiana House Complete and For Sale
Sarah’s documentation of the Indiana House project, here on The Estate of Things, has been a severe adventure to follow. To us as readers and design/architecture lovers, we’ve had the opportunity to weigh in on lighting choices, renovation woes, and…
A Different Kind of Bathtub
In my house we have two 1940s (maybe older, maybe not) white cast iron tubs and one very average fiberglass tub. Our tubs see a decent amount of use from the adults and children in the household. Many people though,…
Our Most Popular Pins
We are always so honored to see our work on your Pinterest boards. It gives us a thrill each and every time. So, we thought we’d take a little look into the most popular pins from TEOT projects that you guys…
Decorating with Yellow
All you need is a dollop, a splash, a pop—of yellow. I don’t have any personal desire to paint an entire room yellow or a house but yellow is a fantastic accent and it makes me happy to see the…