Inching Along
Sill primed white (middle of image).
Yesterday. Sill painted!
Today. With the help of Godsend Eric (he helped Old Ross lift it back into place), the stained-glass transom is back after being worked on! Now, I will begin repairing the lap-siding to the left of the big curved window. I also really need to do something about the sheet covering the window!
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Thanks for the Cross House posts. I’ve been missing them. I understand the Carriage House focus, but still, there’s nothing like the Cross House!
Thank you Wenda. I also miss the Cross House!
If you ever feel like it, I would love to see a new “Four Facades of the Cross House” post! I don’t think there has been one for a few years, so there’s been a lot of change on the south side, and I always like seeing how everything fits together.
So crisp! so clean! I know you mentioned the column base rotted, do you know the cause of that? Also ahh! that porch lattice!
I don’t comment much but I keep a tab open to check in on your blog from my phone. Sometimes if it’s been a while and no update, I worry you’re going through another health crisis and I say a prayer, hoping you’re well and just busy.
I found you a few years ago when I was searching for info about some antique or other and your blog popped up- I think it was the one about what 1890s light switches look like. I’d found a mystery bit of porcelain on the beach I believed to be electrical in nature and was doing some research to try and identify it. After reading your very informative and entertaining post, I was hooked and had to go back to the beginning and read through all your previous posts (it was a great Covid pastime) until at some point I caught up to present day and then followed on from there.
I just wanted to say your baby step method (TM) is an inspiration to me when I’m having a hard time making progress on a project. Sometimes just figuring out the next step is the step, but little by little change happens for the better.
Hope you’re well and just wanted to stop by to say thanks for letting us share your journey.
Thank you, Jen!
BIG hug!
I’m comparatively jealous of your paint lasting a whole ten years! Over the last 4 years l resided and painted my 1874 folk Victorian, one side per year. By the time l finished last summer on the last side, the first side needed serious attention. It does get the crap beat out of it by the sun, though, and the heat forced the sap in the wood right out, popping the paint right off. And that was with 2coats of BIN shellac on all knot holes, alkyd primer, and 2 top coats of Benjamin Moore. Fortunately the other sides are holding up much better out of the sun. But yeah, Ross, l feel your pain!