Our House

In 2004 we purchased a 1927 colonial in Irondequoit New York, not too far from the shore of lake Ontario. We have been working really hard on making it a home for ourselves, and Asher, and I thought that I would like to preserve as much of the work and the change as possible, so I am creating a page of our house as it evolves with our work. We are always changing something, either with paint or mass construction. A lot of people ask us about what we are doing, or how we are doing it within the idea of style. We are homebodies, and the space that we live in is very important to us. Not in a braggadocio sense, more in a sense of how our space is an extension of our style and our personalities. I will update the spaces that are constantly evolving into our "home".

EXTERIOR

Front & Back: (Work) We re-sided the back "bump-out" to use the siding to cover where the side (driveway side) kitchen window was, and are constantly planting and changing the flowers and bushes. We have changes planned in roofing, color and windows- but not yet.

Patio and Garden: (Work) Removed bushes along the fence and behind the patio, tilled and re-seeded the back near the garage, removed hundreds of pounds of concrete from old town of Irondequoit walkway from back yard, created a small BBQ area, planted and moved multiple vegetations. We are improving, adding, and moving things every year.

INTERIOR- 1st Floor (Basement [below w/1/2 bath] Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, Sun Room)

Basement/Side door and Living room: (Work) Lighting and painting the basement, painting and re-finishing the side door, living room carpet, living room furniture and flat screen, drapery, planned painting of the brickwork to the fireplace, cleaning polishing woodwork...we have plans for the rest of the basement.

The Kitchen: This was gutted and remodeled (mostly by us) 2 months after moving in, these are before , during and after pictures.

We removed both windows, kept one, and took out everything walls-flooring-ceiling-plumbing. There was 1.5 tons of debris, and it took us (with professional help on a few things) 4 months. It took another 3 before the shelving, exterior siding, and windows were finished. We added a wrap around counter, shelving, lighting, an archway replaced the swinging door, a lot of extra cabinetry, dishwasher, and slate floor with glass accents. For good measure we also faux finished the side entrance (which leads to the kitchen) and revamped the pantry.

The Dining room and Sun room: (work) The dining room door and wall were removed, and a wrap around counter added to open up the dining room, repainted the dining room, painted the paneling in the sun room, drapery, table re-finishing . We have plans for more.

INTERIOR- 2nd Floor (3 bedrooms, full bath, attic access)

Asher's room, Guest room, and the Master bedroom (Which contains the access to the studio/attic). (work) Asher's room used to be the guest room, but in the Spring of 2007 we moved him to the larger room and remodeled all three rooms at the same time. In 2008, he got a new unfinished dresser that we stained and poly'd. We cut our headboard in half, shelved and painted our closet, refinished a trunk, repainted everything, carpeted the stairs and the "now" guest room, drapery, and polished the woodwork. The bathroom remodel took place in March 2008. Again we gutted it, and found papers as insulation dating to 1937 (we framed one page for the bathroom). We tiled the tub area, re-tiled the floor and added new fixtures and an inset storage cabinet.

INTERIOR- 3rd Floor (Finished attic and storage, studio)

The attic is a finished space that is used as out painting & design studio, we have plans for some changes.

Asher Pictures