Excited About A Bump-Out
Way back in 2017 I wrote a mind-bending post, here. If you are sober you might enjoy reading this ancient post. If you are a bit drunk your mind may not recover.
Caveat emptor!
In 1999, there were two curious ‘bump-outs’ in the south hall, pictured here just in front of the non-original wood door frame in the foreground. The bump-outs were trimmed with gold trim. When I purchased the house in 2014 the trim was missing and the bump-out to the left (east) had been removed.
To my astonishment, I found the gold trim in the basement. This is looking west. The wallpaper to the left is an 1894 fragment.
The bump-out today, looking south. I had to lower the ceiling for an AC trunk line. I can live with that. The lost east bump-out has been recreated (left). I could not continue living otherwise. And a bump-out was created on the ceiling.
Looking north. The left bump-out is original. And you can see how the bump-outs create a kinda arch.
Note 1894 wallpaper next to the east bump-out. I plan to retain this fragment in situ. The edges of the bump-out reveal newly applied contact cement…
…an easy way to attach metal corner beads.
Once all this is mudded and painted, I can then re-attach the 1894 gold trim.
Ross will be VERY excited on that day. For, being able to restore…mostly…an eccentric feature of the Cross House, no matter how minor, is the type of endeavor which always fuels me with a ridiculous amount of joy.
Small moves, Ellie, small moves.
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Very interesting. Why is the bump out there?
Quoting George Mallory “Because it’s there!”
The Cross House is a palimpsest of installed, superimposed, removed and restored decoration and design. Ross, your deductions and extrapolations are fascinating.
If you look at the arch on the left to the main hall, that wall sticks into the back hall slightly- I would venture to guess it was installed to balance that protrusion on that side- whether it was a builders miscalculation or an intention design feature, who knows?
It is a baby step and one more aspect that is making things right again!