A cottage of this historical significance rarely comes on the market. And when it does, it gets grabbed up very quickly.
Dateline: September 10, 2022
See how we jacked up our 1905 Shed from years of decaying in the mud and installed a new floor!
Dateline: September 11, 2022
Neighbors have as great an interest in our cottage as we do!
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Dateline: March 4, 2023
Watch how most creations were made from reclaimed and restored wood!
Dateline: January 19, 2023
I don't throw anything away. And with the cost of wood these days, it makes sense to reclaim and restore as often as possible!
Dateline: November 22, 2022
Now we can close the closet door without the boiler sticking out into the room!
Dateline: November 22, 2022
Now circuit breakers won't trip when two things are turned on simultaneously!
Dateline: November 22, 2022
I repurposed and joined old louver doors found in the shed into panel sliders for the pantry.
Dateline: November 22, 2022
This is another "You gotta love it!" found behind the washer and dryer in the laundry room!
Dateline: November 1, 2022
We're ecstatic with the new floor covering and how it flows beautifully from the kitchen, tiny bathroom and laundry/pantry rooms! And how awesome the 2nd Floor bathroom floor turned out!
Dateline: November 1, 2022
Our plumber, Scott Guilfoil, will install our new toilet and sink. And our tiny kitchen bathroom is amazing!
Dateline: October 26, 2022
Now I have the power to run my lights and tools!
Dateline: November 3, 2022
The wonderful creation is attracting much interest and applause from the approving neighborhood!
Dateline: November 22, 2022
The three PODS warehoused in Fort Myers, Florida, are transported to our 1905 Cottage in the Lake Forest Community in Webster, New York!
Dateline: September 27, 2022
We began by sanding all the cupboards and ended the multi-stage process by applying Barbara's awesome color paint!
Dateline: October 17, 2022
In Part Two, new Luxury Vinyl flooring will be installed in approximately 2-weeks upon arrival from the manufacturer.
Dateline: November 28, 2022
These incredible lake stones will make a beautiful walkway from the back patio to the newly restored shed!
Dateline: November 22, 2022
This is Part One of renovating our tiny kitchen bathroom that measures only 2x6 feet!
Dateline: October 25, 2022
While digging the trench from our cottage to the shed for gas and electrical lines, we discovered an old foundation that remains a mystery!
Dateline: October 21, 2022
The Town of Webster required the location of all service lines leading from our cottage to the road to grant a permit to build our two-car garage.
Dateline: November 8, 2022
After my father, Albert, immigrated to America from Germany in 1928, one of his first jobs was as a blacksmith at the Rochester Wagon Works. The address was 178 West Main Street Rear Alley in Rochester, New York.
Dateline: November 22, 2022
The interior side of the door had old varnish, whereas the exterior had embedded dirt and grim.
Dateline: November 4, 2022
Expert door and window installer Bob Bassett installed our new sliding glass door.
Dateline: November 5, 2022
I went shopping at one of the oldest public markets in America, the Rochester Public Market, with my daughter Jennifer and Granddaughter Georgia. It was so much fun!
Dateline: October 16, 2022
I raised the Shed Windows three courses to build a standard height interior work counter and to provide better viewing of the park behind it. The Shed will be the future home of my Heirloom Custom Toys business.
Dateline: September 25, 2022
Aside from being a talented Interior Designer, my wife Barbara is also known as a colorist with the innate ability is choose the perfect color. She did it again when we wanted to lighten the walls of the dark Great Room.
Dateline: September 23, 2022
We had our diseased Sugar Maple tree cut down to make room for our future new 2-car garage.
Dateline: September 23, 2022
Along with grinding the Sugar Maple stump, we also had several other old stumps in the yard ground out. Then, we raked the chips into the hard clay soil to make excellent planting areas.
Dateline: September 22, 2022
Rob Kircher replaces several window sills that Carpenter Ants destroyed!
Dateline: October 2, 2022
I always try to use good quality products regardless of what I'm doing. In this case, I applied two coats of Kilz Primer and Premium Paint to my restored windows.
Dateline: October 2, 2022
Rob Kircher gives new life to an old crank-out window sill destroyed by Carpenter Ants!
Dateline: September 20, 2022
Out with the old, in with the new! How our old 2nd Floor Bathroom was transformed within hours!
Dateline: November 22, 2022
Watch how I install vintage tile around our 1905 fireplace.
Dateline: September 20, 2022
Our 1905 Cottage began life in the late 1880s as a mere tent on a wooden platform.
Dateline: September 19, 2022
Watch how I stripped layers of paint from my 1905 shed door and brought it back to life.
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