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Project 13a: Preparing the New Building.... Project 13b: The New Building-The Farmhouse.... Project 13c: The New Building-The Barn |
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Project 13c: The New Building-The Barn The Owner's Quarters |
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Once the property had become known as a vacation rental and the site for destination weddings, and had begun to earn some income, it was time for me to take my newfound skills--tiling, carpentry, textured wall-plastering, painting--and begin to finish the Owner's Quarters in the Homer Jones Barn building. |
| The public areas are always the first priority, so the first project was the office and waiting room, put into service for my Maine psychotherapy and life coaching clients. This was my first experience with a slate floor--very demanding and frustrating, but very beautiful when finished--with barnboard walls and with my own version of the painter's textured wall-plastering. See what you think. |
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Finally, it was time to complete my own private kitchen! I searched the
Green Demolitions site in Norwalk, CT, where wealthy people who are
re-decorating, donate their kitchens....month after month. Nothing that
would quite work in my plan.
Then finally, a warm red oak kitchen with lots of cabinets came in, at the same time as I was bargaining for two large and elegant oak hutches for the upstairs kitchen and dining room. Perfect. A huge Penske truck would carry them all north. |
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| The kitchen called out for more slate floors....oh my aching knees and back! But, again, they were worth the trouble. The color of the natural slate tiles is glorious, especially after covered with Behr's Wet Look Sealer. This is just after finishing the mortaring and first coat of sealing, before the grouting. |
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