This Damned House..................................

Mad Dog

Move in will on or before 1 July. 4 Years in the making. Mad Dog

Dan Foley

Nice Work

Beautiful work, MD. I still don't know how you find the time to run a business AND renovate your entire house from top to bottom! When's the party?!!! -DF

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ScottMP

Shanty Deluxe

as we used to say !

Nice looking Place Matt, it should be one big sigh of relief and a cold beer on the porch. I like the clouds, who did the painting ?

Make sure you finish the baseboards it's allways the last thing " Oh yea, lets just move in and will get to that later ". Five years later and no door knob on the bathroom .

Congratulations Matt, I know its been a long haul. Job well done. It should be one hell of a Fourth of July party.

Scott


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Shanty Deluxe

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BillW@honeywell

Lookin', good, MD!

Love that pocket door, and it's obvious the place was renovated the right way. A lot of time, money & skilled work went into that, and you should be proud of what you have accomplished. Next thing you know, you'll be getting calls for Victorian house renovations in addition to your P&H biz. Congratulations!

Mad Dog

Thanks Guys

Well, Dan, it took 4 years, and it was BRUTAL. I would not recommend doing both. I did the clouds scott...the wife and mom were tentative so Mad Dog said...gimme the sponge and I went to town. When the wife says its party time, I will let you know. Mad Dog

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Mad Dog

Bring it on!!!!!!!!

This time it willlbe for money. Yes, I love the Parlor doors - yes we are turning back time including names. That is once again the parlor....maybe they'll lay me out in that room some day. Mad Dog

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J Matthers_2

Looks great. I'm in year 3 of a new house. Keep in mind this old chinese proverb "House done...Man die" You will certainly find something elce that needs to be done on the house once its "done". Good luck with it.

Mad Dog

I would like to thank all the people who supported me

during this labor of love (and sometimes hate!)....mouldings will have to wait till next year scott.....I'm broke and the appropriate mouldings ain't cheap. We can do it next year. I hope to have a good heating season and sock some money away. Mad Dog

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Mad Dog

Thanks!! Are you The Beaver?

or just have the same last name? Mad Dog

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jackchips_2

Ruff,

ruff, ruff. Ruff, ruff, ruff.

Translated: Nice, very nice, very, very nice.

Mark J Strawcutter

chimney flue pipe hole

There are all sorts of period-appropriate decorative covers available like those used "back then" to fill/cover unused flue pipe holes in chimneys. Would make a nice addition to the kitchen.

Nice pocket doors - ours are 7ft high by 5ft wide singles, one between entry hall and parlor, another between parlor and dining room. They are my favorite feature of our house.
Enjoy yours.

Mark

Bryan_5

Looks Great

Matt the house looks fantastic. The pocket doors are great I have 2 of them in my house I know you will love them. The floor in the kitchen is absolutely gorgeous. What are you going to do with all your free time that you are going to have?
Bryan

Larry Weingarten

color

Somebody's NOT scared to use color! Nice tall kitchen cabinets. And with the clouds, no matter what comes along, you'll always know which way is up. Four years... I'm three years into mine. Very nice work!

hydronicsmike

Way to go, Mad Dog!!

Congratulations on a "NEW" Beautiful Home.

Murph'_5

them clouds.....

Make me think of looking up from a fishbowl, or bein on the lake waitin' to fool a fish!! Nice Job Matt do you have a plan to keep the kids from trashing it? keep the crayons locked up, ours would seek out the permanent markers for their art!! Could give them a closet for that designation!!



Murph'

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S Ebels

I don't see any..............

RADS!!!!!!!!! Where are the rads man??? Bet you found some that are rrreeeeaaaaaaaal nice for your _______ house!

DanHolohan

Looking forward

to sitting on the porch this summer!

kevin coppinger_4

what type of wood...

is that on the kitchen floor? very nice! kpc

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Mad Dog

Thanks Straw...

I know you have a sharp eye...actually we have a tiny little coal stove that we will be setting there. It will mostly be for decor, but I will fire it up in the winter for the kids to get a thrill. Mad Dog

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Mad Dog

Thanks Larry

Yep, the wife wanted "fun" colors for the kids rooms...so she aske dthem what they wanted. Matt Jr: Green with a jungle theme. Monika: lavendar with a fairy theme. Keep going Larry ......hop ethe wife is felling better everyday. Mad Dog

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Mad Dog

Thanks Jc

Mad Dog

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Mad Dog

2 things...................................

Work my toucas off to pay off the momentous bills. Spend time with my wife and kids who really have been neglected, between the house renovation and me running the business. Ok third thinbg...drink beer with Dan on the Porch. I do plan on having a real bash/open house, but it will probably be next year when the house is decorated. et cetera. Thankls Brian. MD

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Mad Dog

Thanks Mike

md

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Mad Dog

I decided to rip em all out out and put in baseboard

just kidding..here they are waiting to go back on the newly done floors.

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Mad Dog

That is wide plank pine boards that were milled from

recovered barn beams out of a tobacco barn in Kentucky from circa 1860. Mad dog

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Mad Dog

That is becoming a reality...sooner than you think

Can't wait. Mad Dog

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Steamhead

Heart Attack

almost ;-)

Can't wait to see it up close, MD.

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J Matthers_2

Jim not Jerry. But been called it all my life.

Darin Cook_3

The Place Looks Great

WoW, What a difference from the last time I saw it. The place looks awesome. When you have a little shin-dig, me and Marky will jump in the truck and come on down. The Sweeney family can be proud to call this house, HOME.

Your Upstate Brother, Darin

JB_2

house

matt- as per usual,nice work man!congrats. jb

Dave Stroman

I was hoping to see more of those radiators.

Dave in Denver

Mark Hunt

Looking good!


We will have to have a cook out when you're done!

Mark H

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Mad Dog

I will post more pics when all rads go

back in MD

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GaryDidier

New old House

MD, Good luck with the move in. The clouds blew my mind. It is the same thing I wanted to try in our old house renovation. I Am doing exactly the same thing as you. Reno an old 1880 colonial and run a full time P&H business. We just hit our second full year in June.I am shooting for a Thanksgiving move this year and the family is taking bets against me. Did you do any radiant in the house? Don't worry about the moldings, Just get in the house and enjoy it. It will be something to savor since you worked so hard for it. I will post a few pics of my project when I get some time. Thanx for sharing with us.

Gary from Granville

BillW@honeywell

Hi, HD!

I'll jump in here...Matt did a 1-pipe steam system from scratch. He got the radiators and restored them, too, in a really nice bronze finish. He published pix of the boiler & piping work before, and see the thread above for some pix of the rads waiting to be re-installed. This a very authentic job.

Robert O'Connor_7

Looking Good!

Must feel pretty good to be this far along in you labor of love. I think anyone can do this work, although few do it right. Looks like your one of the few, good looking job, post the done pictures. I would try to do as much as you can NOW, BEFORE you move in, I know your broke but getting to all the small details takes 20 times more time & $$ when your living there. Am I seeing sprinklers in there too??.........In the home stretch....it's MD by a nose!...Robert O'Connor/NJ

Matt Undy

Chimney

Was that chimney intended to be plastered? Just a little pet peve of mine, where there are many resturants here in downtown Ann Arbor that are in old brick buildings where they have striped the plaster off and left it that way...its a look but certainly much more rustic than the builders intended. Many of them still have the marks from the plaster and lath on the now open joists...(this doesn't apply to your kitchen, just reminded me of it).

It all looks beautiful, I'm sure it will be even more so once you get the finish carpenry fisnished...I think the wide moulded basebaords and window casings are my favorite part of old interiors.

Matt

Mad Dog

Actually, it was boxed in

not really plastered. Who knows what they had a originally, but this was a farm and the house is really a Country Victorian - not as formal. Thanks Mad Dog

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Mad Dog

Yes, Copper fire sprinks with silver brazed joints

I hear ya on the mouldings, but I mean, I'm really broke...scraping the bottom of the barrell. Hoping for a very busy heating season to squirrel $$$ away for the mouldings. Thanks For the compliments, Mad Dog

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Mad Dog

Yes Gary

The basement slab is radiant as well as the 3 bathrooms in the house. Anywhere I had tile floors. Mad Dog

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