My opinion about the front door…the handle is sort of neat. Can it be used elsewhere or with a different door? The hinges on the door, and the door itself might be old, and have character…but they look like a barn door to me. I would ditch the door, but maybe try to find a home for that handle.
I don’t see anything special about the bedroom doors at all…and for over a million dollars, I personally would want all of my interior doors to match.
Not sure how you would be able to plug the holes in the front door for staining…if that was a choice. Those numbers will leave some holes, right?
How DO water and sewage pipes get THAT corroded? I lived in a bliss with extremely old…like 100 years…plumbing…cast iron, and it was in excellent condition.
Is it the salty air that contributes to the corrosion?
I dont think the pipes were made of cast iron, and in addition, they probably had not been flushed out in years…
I am just assuming that the sewer drain pipes in the walls and under the house are cast iron. I cannot imagine what else they would be made of from that era. The water lines that are rusted out in the shower wall are old steel water pipes.
I have just loaded some photos of the old light fixtures and some fireplace irons we found when we took off the brass surround. I’m not planning to keep these light fixtures in the house (maybe the fireplace things … which I don’t even know what they are called).
Does anyone know if these are vintage fixtures that I should take down to the antique stores? Or are they just reproductions that should be tossed (like the Made in Japan switchplate covers!)?
The andirons are interesting. I have no idea about the light fixtures. Do they work? If not vintage…maybe sell on Craigslist.
I would Craigs list them and call it a day. Again, sooooooo dated!
The Antique consignment stores I know of are all going out of business and the only other local consignment store that does take furniture and lighting fixtures wont take anything antique these days.
If you really do have the time to take them there , then do so, but do you want to spend precious time trying to get pennies for out of style fixtures ?
Regarding original doors, archways and stuff. There is a high premium paid by buyers in San Diego to have a thick plaster older home with character. For example… the craftsman and Spanish style homes in Kensington and North Park bring top dollar, even though they are smaller square footage than a similar priced home. Retaining some of the character such as the wood windows (even if replaced with new wood windows with dual pane glass), the arches and original floors is desireable. Recently, a French Normandy in same style (albeit located in La Jolla) fetched top dollar.
However, I agree that opening everything up and replacing kitchens and baths brand new is required. But, taking the interior to contemporary modern style is probably not where the design is going to go. It’s going to be more like the Guizot transformation with higher end finishes.
Still on the fence about keeping wood front door, but I don’t have to make that decision right now (thank God!! have enough critical decisions to make)
Today I spent more time thinking through front entry and the windows and doors in the areas of the house that are remaining the same (size and shape wise). I forgot to take a picture of the plans that are over at the project so I am not able to load those to the Flickr group today. Final decision… front door is going to stay in same place and I’m not going to bump out a French door on the eastern side of the living room. I’m going to install 2 French doors on the western side of living room out to the big deck with glass panels. And replacing the middle fixed panel on eastern side of living room with a French casement window.
That blue hanging lamp in the living room may well be a Victorian era hanging kerosene lamp with an opalescent hobnail dome that was refitted with the bulb. So don’t throw it out! Some of them are worth decent money. The usual color of the glass was cranberry; blue is less common. https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/43650935_victorian-hanging-parlor-lamp-blue-opalescent-hobnail http://www.rubylane.com/item/807463-L-160/Antique-victorian-hanging-oil-lamp-glass http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Ornate-Brass-w-Cranberry-Glass-Hobnail-Shade-Hanging-Library-Oil-Lamp-/381530125499?hash=item58d4f7b4bb:g:GhkAAOSw-dBTvYwu
(You knew I was going to look this up! At least run it by the antique store in town. http://www.antiquesinsandiego.com/Ocean_Beach_Antique_Mall_619_223_6170.php)
Yay, I can see the photos on my phone (for some reason I can’t view them on my kindle fire). Though I misread the words at the top of the page as “group poo” so was hesitant to look until I reread it as pool!
Can you replace the twin windows on either side of the fireplace with bigger/ taller ones? that would help to open up the room even more.
I am going to replace the twin windows on each side of the fireplace back to original wood grill windows (like the ones near front entry). According to neighbors, they were originally like that but the owners put in some cheap aluminum single hung windows for energy efficiency. I am not sure whether I shared this before, but that room gets like an oven in the late afternoon. For some crazy reason all the windows on the left and right are fixed panels with no ventilation at all.
Forgot to mention that I am going to cut in a new window on westerly side between the French doors. This will also be a French casement window that provides ventilation (with screen). No grills, but nice casement style to capture even more view from the living room.
I just cannot believe that someone is going to pay $895 (per links given above) for the old kerosene lantern? I think that Victoria style is just not in favor right now… unless you are trying to restore a really old Victorian somewhere.
There’s always someone somewhere who is restoring an old Victorian. Maybe not in Point Loma . . . .
Why not put in a wall of sliders instead of a casement between sliders?? like you had thought about using in flip #4?
And If it gets hot in that room then a big ass ceiling fan is in order!
May I suggest you paint the ceiling in the LR a light color, and leave the joists unpainted?
It will help to “lift” the room up visually but not remove all of the “older” elements. Having both a wood floor and ceiling can make the room seem smaller than it is.
When we bought our older ranch home 30 + years ago we had a natural redwood vaulted ceiling in the LR that looked much like # 5 flip, as well as a knotty pine ceiling in the DR. Painted both and added french doors in both rooms to open up them both the backyard… So much lighter, without looking too “modern” .
Yes, thinking of painting ceiling pine white and a nice stain on the beams. Ill lighten up the floors with a slight wash like the Hoarder House
Big sliders will probably go upstairs somewhere out to view deck. Trying to keep original character in living room
what if you can’t go up ? because of Historic designation or because you wont be able to go high enough to visually ignore the house below you?
If the deck is not going to be elevated by more than a few feet above that shown in the pix, id think twice about spending the $$ to just get a view of that house.