THIS OLD HOUSE : 2013 READER REMODEL CONTEST

      holds a yearly remodel contest.

  

We've entered our Hawthorne House restoration in the whole house category.  I just got word via email that our entry has gone LIVE.  Check it out here and please keep your fingers and toes crossed for us.

BEFORE & AFTER: BEDROOM

February 2011: Bedroom on south side of house

December 2012

BEFORE & AFTER: MAGNOLIA BEDROOM

    I just came across these photos the other day and was struck by the transformation.  What do you think?

BEFORE
February 2011

AFTER
December 2012

I've been told this 2nd story room on the north side of the house was used as the family room by the previous owners.  It is now my daughter's bedroom.

BEFORE:
2011

AFTER
December 2012

BEFORE & AFTER: MUSIC ROOM

BEFORE: Music room, west wall
February 2011

Before: Music Room , south wall
February 2011

AFTER: Music room, west wall
December 2012

What used to be a radiator on the west wall of this room is now the location of a new door which opens onto a 14 x 17 2nd floor deck atop the new addition on the back of the house.  Wallace designed and Roy Hoffert fabricated the sturdy industrial shelving.

Deck off of the music room

AFTER: Music room, south wall
December 2012

No lack of auditory stimulation in this house.  You name a music  genre, he probably has at least a "taste" of it.  I hear tell there is a form of cataloging to the collection but I have not figured it out yet.

BEFORE & AFTER: MASTER BEDROOM

BEFORE
First viewing of house, February 2011

 

AFTER:
December 2012

BEFORE & AFTER: BACK STAIRS

BEFORE:
First viewing of back stairwell, February 2011

(Plaster was falling off of the walls and ceiling.  The support to the stairs had been cut to accommodate a washer and dryer below.  Window sill and trim had been chewed past repair by some creature...Can you say squirrel or raccoon?  Kind of scary.)

AFTER: Back stairwell
December 2012

It is now safe to traverse this stairway.  In fact, it is my favorite route to take each morning to the kitchen below.