Progress Report/Index
Updated July 10, 2004
This page will give you an idea of what we've done...and what's left to be done.
Click on any link and you will be taken to a page in our journal where you can read about that project.
(It may not be the only page related to that topic, but is generally the start of the project.)
| Room | Completed | Remaining |
| Screened Porch | Replaced spindly horizontal rails with whiskey rail | Replace decorative cornice trim pieces |
| Scraped, primed and painted exterior gable end | Paint doors leading from house | |
| Built new posts for either side of screen door | ||
| Scraped, primed and painted beadboard ceiling | ||
| Installed new ceiling fan and ran electrical in ceiling | ||
| Replaced electrical outlet with exterior outlet box | ||
| Re-screened | ||
| Parlor | Cleaned | Restore both windows |
| Replace buckling drywall with blueboard plaster | ||
| Replace rotten floorboards by hall door | ||
| Paint | ||
| Center Hall | Cleaned | Plane sticking rear door |
| Plaster repairs | ||
| Paint | ||
| Library | Cleaned | Fix corner cracks on front wall |
| Monitoring corner cracks to see if there is still movement | Plane cabinet doors so they will close | |
| Restore front window | ||
| Paint | ||
| Downstairs Bath | Removed counter and sink | Scrape the daggone window! |
| Replaced toilet seat | No stack makes sink gurgle when toilet is flushed. Solution? | |
| Removed carpet and installed vinyl floor | ||
| Installed new pedestal sink | ||
| Installed new overhead lighting | ||
| Painted | ||
| Dining Room | Cleaned | Restore all windows (exterior glazing) |
| Repaired plaster | Refinish floor | |
| Built out over mantel | ||
| Cleaned and reinstalled chandelier | ||
| Painted | ||
| Kitchen | Cleaned, cleaned, cleaned | Eventually tear it down to make room for a better kitchen |
| Tracked down and eradicated all mouse nests | ||
| Painted cabinets | ||
| Painted floor | ||
| Built lunch counter | ||
| Replaced ceiling light fixture | ||
| Painted | ||
| Carport | Replaced rotten corner post | Replace other rotten corner post |
| Eventually tear it down | ||
| Bedroom 1 | Cleaned | Restore remaining windows |
| Restored one window sash | Fix cracks | |
| Remove texture paint from plaster ceiling | ||
| Paint | ||
| Restore floor finish | ||
| Upstairs bath | Cleaned | Restore window |
| Removed tile surround and tiled | Call plumber re: rear discharge toilet. Threatens to overflow. | |
| Installed exhaust fan | ||
| Installed new ceiling light fixture | ||
| Drywall work | ||
| Refinished floor | ||
| Shower curtain solution for angled wall | ||
| Upstairs hall | Cleaned | Plaster repairs |
| Paint | ||
| Restore both windows | ||
| Restore floor finish | ||
| Guest Bedroom | Cleaned | Restore windows |
| Restored one window sash | Paint radiator | |
| Trimmed out closet, closed holes, added shelves | Unstick door knob | |
| Painted (several times) | ||
| Restored floor finish | ||
| Law Office | Tore down plywood-walled closet | Strip or repaint beadboard ceiling and wainscotting |
| Restored one window | Restore 3 remaining windows | |
| Stripped mantel | Repaint and reinstall mantel | |
| Refinish floor | ||
| Paint | ||
| Add bathroom? | ||
| Attic | Address questionable wiring | |
| Roof | Installed cypress shingles on gambrel roof | |
| Installed standing seam copper porch & law office roofs | ||
| Repairs to kitchen/carport roof | ||
| Front Elevation | Removed asbestos shingles | Finish scraping 19th century addition |
| Painted front of 18th century portion | Prime and paint 19th century addition | |
| Some scraping of 19th century section | Paint and hang shutters on all windows | |
| Build steps for 18th century door | ||
| Finish work on the dormers | ||
| Painted front of kitchen | Restore all window sashes | |
| Rear Elevation | Tore down delapidated 20th century kitchen addition | Restore all window sashes |
| Tore out porch enclosure | Paint and hang all shutters | |
| Rebuilt porch floor | Build steps for 18th century door | |
| Scraped and painted old tapered porch posts | Finish scraping 19th century addition | |
| Uncovered buried brick stoop | Finish painting | |
| Re-sided area where kitchen addition was | Address or disguise location of septic tank | |
| Tore down doghouse cellar entrance and built bulkhead | Finish work on the dormers | |
| Some painting | ||
| Smokehouse | Replaced rotten siding | Get rid of groundhogs underneath |
| Painted | ||
| Kitchen Quarters | Cleaned out | Ground-up restoration needed |
| Get rid of groundhogs underneath | ||
| Rebuild missing chimney & fireplace | ||
| Cellar | Cleaned out | Replace faulty jacks |
| Replaced rotten floor joists under parlor | ||
| Tuck and point foundation | ||
| Clean out more | ||
| Graveyard | Removed overgrowth | Restore brick wall and ball caps |
| Killed vines/trees growing in brick wall | ||
| Chicken House | Cleaned out | Put in barn doors at one end so tractor can be driven in? |
| Other | Uncovered front walk | Re-side over old law office door on end |
| Lots and lots of tree work and clearing | Line and repair all chimneys (Golden Flue?) | |
| Ground up stumps...hundreds of them | Interior wood storms for all windows | |
| Replaced windmill | ||
