Rehabbing A European Colonial Revival- Part Two

When I ran my little survey
several of you said you liked the 
pictures of the rehabbing we did 
on the homes we lived in.

This is another area of the house we rehabbed

in the Hysterical Historical District.

You can see the front porch and foyer here

If you remember the front looked like this after we painted.

I am not sure what happened to two of my

photo albums so I am reduced to using the few

free-floating pictures that I did not put in an album.

So- these pictures are sketchy, at best.

After you step through the vestibule

there is a center entry hall.

As you can see it was in pretty sad shape.

You will notice if you look into the back entry

that we moved the door to the far right side.

That is because the porch was hanging away from the house

and open on both sides.

I used the radiators as opportunities to decorate

for the Season.

Formal living room is to the right.

Dining room is to the left.

Notice the GREY drop leaf desk?

Was I ahead of my time, or what?

This was 15 years ago! lol

I am not sure WHAT is in the back hall

propped up on slats.

Some project I was working on....

More pictures coming as I get them scanned in.

Meanwhile,

Happy Friday!

I am spending the day alone-Whoo Hoooo~

Backyard Makeover You Won't Believe

I spent two days sorting

through old pictures.

Take a seat and a cuppa

coffee cuz this is a 

LONG post!

I think most of  you know

that we have moved

14-or is it 15 times?

We have NEVER bought

a house that 

DID NOT need work.

This house was no

exception.

The inside was a 

big makeover that I will

share later.

Today I want to show you

what can be done with

a neighbor's garage that

 looks like crap

has some serious issues.

First I want to show you 

the fountain in its very

first setting.

He has been moved a total of

8 times.

I still love him even though he is

showing a bit of age...

but -hey-so am I.

Too bad I can't use 

PATCH CRETE

on myself.

Anyway,

This was in an old historical 

neighborhood where the yards

are not large but the houses are.

This was looking out the back

kitchen window at the 

crazy drinking lady that was certifiable

neighbor's garage.

Yeah- How would you like to 

look at THAT every morning?

FENCE to the rescue!

Ah....so much better

Now as you go back along that fence

which we put RIGHT ON the 

property line-CRAZY LADY'S

the neighbor's garage is built

ON the property line.

LOOK AT IT!

Uh- Not so great, huh?

So, I take cookies over and

ask, ever so sweetly,

"Can I paint the side of your garage

that is on the property line?"

What color-she wants to know.

Well, I thought we would just 

match your peeling, nasty paint

that is already on there.

Sure-she says-just don't

paint it white.
Lord forbid we cover that
beauty with white paint...
it would just look so so
sooooo awful!

Okay...and, oh- by the by-

Can I hang a few things on

that side of the garge?

Sure!

NO PROBLEM.

Thanks!  Here's a gin and tonic

and you have a good day now.

Mama'sBoy scrapes and paints

the garage and we add a

shorter picket fence 

with an arbor that 

spans the back of the yard

dividing it in two "rooms"

Now-THIS IS WHERE

it gets interesting.

WHAT did I HANG

on the side of the repainted garage?

I took two old windows,

spray painted the backs black,

an old door-spray painted the

back black and I

HUNG THEM ON THE

side of the garage.
After these pictures were
taken I painted the
shutters white.

I put another arbor over the

FAKE DOOR

and the year after this there was a

New Dawn Rose that scrambled

right up over the side of the

garage.

Pretty danged cute, huh?

I'll tell you something really funny.

Sometimes I would hear something

in the garage and kind of 

peer THROUGH the windows

(which were spray painted black

and just screwed on, mind you)

to SEE what was going on

inside.

DUH!

Yeah...and 

WHO was the crazy one in the

neighborhood?

Not Me! I'm just blond! 

So...do y'all want to see

more projects like this in the 

future cuz I found a 
ton of my DIY projects?