1/2/2006 – There are myriad decisions to be made, and it’s so overwhelming. I use the analogy that we’re like a kid with a $10 gift card for Toys R Us. So much to pick from, so little money! I don’t want to go to the $10 aisle!
Kevin has a pretty solid floor plan drawn out now that involves re-doing everything. All I want is a couple new bathrooms, get rid of the carpet, scrape off wallpaper, make Cait a dance room, re-do the kitchen, etc., etc.! Hopefully once we identify the support walls we’ll know if his floor plan will work.
On Thursday 12/29 we went to visit Ken and Linda Wirtz. Ken’s mother, Helen, was a cousin to Rachel Bushong, the previous owner of our house. Rachel passed away in 2003, and we bought the house from her grandson Eric.
The Wirtz home was on the 2004 Marshall home tour. It’s a wood frame Greek Revival, built about the same time as ours. Ken’s father completely re-did the house in the 1970s. It was in really rough shape, having been abandoned for many years. Vandals had stripped out things and someone had actually started a small fire upstairs. Fortunately the place didn’t burn down. Ken and Lyne redid the kitchen not too long ago. He is very handy and has made many pieces in the house out of salvaged wood, doors and decorative hinges.
The “sitting room” is wonderful. It has a working fireplace and the walls are paneled with wood wainscoting. A door to the left of the fireplace reveals a bread oven. The steps leading upstairs are to the left of the fireplace and wrap around behind it. Like our house, the steps are very steep. There are two small rooms upstairs; one they use mostly for storage and the second one is set up as a bedroom with wonderful old rope beds. The picture here is from our house, and the Wirtz's steps are similar.
Kevin has a pretty solid floor plan drawn out now that involves re-doing everything. All I want is a couple new bathrooms, get rid of the carpet, scrape off wallpaper, make Cait a dance room, re-do the kitchen, etc., etc.! Hopefully once we identify the support walls we’ll know if his floor plan will work.
On Thursday 12/29 we went to visit Ken and Linda Wirtz. Ken’s mother, Helen, was a cousin to Rachel Bushong, the previous owner of our house. Rachel passed away in 2003, and we bought the house from her grandson Eric.
The Wirtz home was on the 2004 Marshall home tour. It’s a wood frame Greek Revival, built about the same time as ours. Ken’s father completely re-did the house in the 1970s. It was in really rough shape, having been abandoned for many years. Vandals had stripped out things and someone had actually started a small fire upstairs. Fortunately the place didn’t burn down. Ken and Lyne redid the kitchen not too long ago. He is very handy and has made many pieces in the house out of salvaged wood, doors and decorative hinges.
The “sitting room” is wonderful. It has a working fireplace and the walls are paneled with wood wainscoting. A door to the left of the fireplace reveals a bread oven. The steps leading upstairs are to the left of the fireplace and wrap around behind it. Like our house, the steps are very steep. There are two small rooms upstairs; one they use mostly for storage and the second one is set up as a bedroom with wonderful old rope beds. The picture here is from our house, and the Wirtz's steps are similar.
In the sitting room they’ve taken down the plaster from the ceiling to expose the wood beams. It’s one of our favorite features in the house. In the kitchen, which was totally rebuilt, including the floor, they raised the ceiling to cathedral style. Ken made several cabinets; most everything he and his father built from salvaged doors, hinges and old wood. They also have a fabulous collection of graniteware and iron grates.
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