We decided that instead of spending hours upon goopy hours of stripping the beadboard in the kitchen, we'd simply turn them around. Yes, there aren't actually any "beads" on the back of beadboard, but it's reusing the material and maybe contributing to a more "modern" look in the kitchen. We decided to start with the short wall.
However, once we pulled all the boards off, we noticed something peculiar about the brick backing of the fireplace.
Yes, you might be able to notice that there are what seem to be holes in that brick wall, which is the back of the fireplace in the dining room.
Yep, there they are. This is looking in from the fireplace opening. This whole area of masonry was totally deteriorated. One wall of the fireplace, which holds up the chimney, was not holding up the chimney. So, we did what we had to do. We went to Home Depot and bought some bricks and mortar. And we fixed it.
We took out all the loose bricks and cleared away the old mortar.
And we patched it up.
Good as new! Now back to those boards...
Ta-da! They need to be sanded down, and we'll probably paint them, but not bad, huh?
1 comment:
Reagan and Adam,
My name is Kerry (Ellis) Close and my grandparents were Jim and Kathleen Ellis, whose house you now own and are beautifully redoing. Thank you so much for sharing your hard work...it is amazing how MANY memories I have from that home. I believe that an old ship Captain once owned the home. There were many books and nautical mapping instruments left in the house. I used to love to go to the 3rd floor and look at everything that had been left. At least that is what my grandfather had told me.
Also Rose Kennedy was brought up in the corner house b/h you. Earlier pictures of the neighborhood are quite beautiful. My aunt and mom have some if you were ever interested.
Good luck with all of your work,
Kerry Close
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