Floors will begin install this upcoming week. It turns out we have a very high grace of heart pine in our original bedrooms. Heart pine is no longer harvested as the supply was nearly wiped out 100 years ago. Therefore, the supply all comes from reclamation projects like old factories. It used to be quite [...]
I didn’t get interior shots, but the pics below show the final stucco layer applied, which is to match our exisiting pattern. We would like a more subtle look but it’s more important to match.
We met with the Oak Park Historic Board to request permission to side the house all the way around at the top only (like on the addition). We presented a rendering of what it might look like, photos of every house that surrounds us (which all are siding/stucco) and an image of the original house [...]
Not much to view on the interior. Exterior photos show the first layer of stucco having been applied. We’ll go before the Village historic board Wednesday regarding siding the top of the whole house, although it is a long shot. Also shown is the first stage of landscaping redo. It seems nutty to do it [...]
