AMAZING TALENT

Cabinet from Caravati's

   
    Check out this facebook link.  Our kitchen cabinets are being installed and our cabinetmaker Roy is doing a fantastic job.  He has incorporated an early 1900 kitchen cabinet from a home on Three Chopt Rd. that we got from Caravati's  and 4 old corbels I picked up at Paul's Place, both local antique and salvage shops.  In addition, Roy has used the last bit of bead board, original to the house and leftover from building the stair well wall, to line the back of the book shelf area on the kitchen island.

Original bead board recycled as backing for bookshelves in kitchen island

Corbels shelved at Paul's Place

My kitchen is going to be so beautiful I am eager to begin enjoying it all the time.

*  Roy, if you are reading this, look at the shamrock corbels on the shelf next to the ones you put in my island!  Are they calling out "HOFFERT,  TAKE ME HOME!" ?

THE MAGIC OF BONDO

    Having sung the praises of Gorilla Glue,  I will now give homage to Wallace's favorite product.....

BONDO .

     We have used said product for several fixes around Hawthorne House:  replacing rotten wood in a window frame,  merging old trim with new trim, repairing a deep cut from the saw, and now, most impressively, molding the stair rail joints.

Look closely at this BEFORE picture

Here is the beautiful AFTER shot

 Ahhhhhhhh, BONDO !

* What a difference this product has made in the making of the stair rail.

DONNIE PICKED UP WHERE I LEFT OFF

The other day I ended here.

The next day, when I arrived at the house, Donnie had continued the project.

 Remember I said I would reveal Wallace's favorite adhesive/filler...bondo is it.  

The half inch gap between the hand rail and the new drywall is filled with Bondo .  Hardened, it becomes part of the wood and when sanded it can be molded to any shape.

Once painted it will look like one continuous handrail