Tag: barn renovation

Chairs

photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.

Throughout this whole endeavor, we have been collecting wooden chairs of all shapes and sizes. The plan was to paint them white and use the lot for our dining room chairs. My Aunt Marie, Uncle Tom and cousin Emma came to help, and one of the day’s projects was to paint some of the chairs. Emma took them outside and hosed them off, and photographed them as they dried.

Details

Details
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.
photo by emma lucier.

Some detail shots of the place, taken by my very talented cousin, Emma.

Interior update.

Interior update.
the boys by the living room window.
the new light fixture that will hang over the dining room table (to be built by my brother, tom, with wood from my great aunt’s farm in pleasant mount).
front corner of the living room.
the nearly complete kitchen. (it still needs a backsplash and some finishes.)
thanks for the butcher block, aunt marie and uncle tom!
from the dining room, looking into the kitchen. (mid-level bedroom is above with the interior window.)
the dining room floors, after the sanding, wood-fill and matte poly.
living room.
kitchen floors.
we hope finn likes his new digs.

Here’s what has been going on inside the barn since we’ve moved in.

Long overdue.

Long overdue.
a view of the front door / foyer area.
the barn doors / dining room.
kitchen (the opening on the left leads to hallway to guest rooms, guest bath, and rec room).
more kitchen.
kitchen, looking into the dining room.
stairway to the midlevel, and door to pantry. (the door is original to the barn).
some more kitchen.
kitchen island / pass-through, looking into living room.
guest room 1 (also known as the brennan’s room).
guest room 2.

Here are some long overdue photos of progress that’s been made on the interior.

Kitchen Floors

kitchen floor, poly coat no. 1
polyurethane coat no. 2

So last Saturday (3/24), we had a very productive day at the barn, largely due to the help of Billy’s buddy Mike, and my brother Tommy. Lots got done including a bit of paint, light installation, and so on; but the main project of the day were the floors.

Aside from the bathrooms, bedrooms and laundry room, all of the floors on the main level of the barn are either original or re-purposed barn wood (so that means kitchen, great room, front hall, office, game room, and hallway). So we rented a belt sander, had my father’s disc sander on loan, and went to work. Most of the floors have now been sanded; just one section of the great room is left to be done. I’m lame, and forgot to take photos of the sanded floors when we finished.

Then on Sunday Billy and I put a coat of a satin polyurethane on the kitchen floor. After work on Monday, Bill went back and applied coat number 2. And the photos above show that process (while the poly was still wet).

The wide (11″) boards that run from the front door to the barn doors will get wood fill in the gaps (Billy actually started that process tonight), before they get sealed. Hopefully I won’t forget to take some “before polyurethane” photos of the other floors.

Slow and steady.

south elevation.
office.
hennessy is a big fan of the barn!
first floor hallway looking to bathroom.
reused barn wood as flooring.
first floor front bedroom.

Here are some photos of near-completed projects and rooms. Nothing is 100% done, so no photos show anything in a totally finished state. But it’s nice to see paint on the walls. It makes it feel less suitable for farm animals and more suitable for human (and canine) habitation.