Sunday, March 29, 2009

Getting started...





























Today we decided to make a commitment to start documenting the projects we do towards the renovation of our 1893 Queen Anne Victorian home/bed & breakfast. It's been an ongoing project for 12 years already, but we've never been very dedicated to keeping good records and before and after photos. My goal is to be able to post a photo of some progress we've made every few days, even if it's small progress! Today I really had fun because my 10 year old son and I decided to start polishing the brass door pulls and doorknobs in the front entry of the house. It's something I've been meaning to do for years, but I never seemed to get around to it. My son enjoys projects like this where you can work on it and really see some immediate results (and so do I!), and we were surprised to find that all the trim pieces were not brass, but were a mix of brass and copper! The photos were just taken with my phone, so the clarity probably won't be great, but we felt like we'd discovered a treasure! Have a look and enjoy what we found.