Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit - WIN

Dan and I took a trip to Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit to see what sort of goodies they had. I have been meaning to go there for a while but never seem to remember until the day after. It was cold, snow covered warehouse, and of course we neglected to note the hours of operation because we were there 1/2 an hour before they opened. We pulled up to the gated parking lot and and my eyes widened as I saw it.
It was covered in snow, with a plastic tub parked on top of it. It was big, it was glorious, it was heavy, it was...a two chamber cement laundry sink!
Now to come back when they were actually open.

We spent about an hour looking around the warehouse at all the goodies and finally asked about the cement laundry sink outside - $30. Deal, now how about a delivery service? I recall the exact response was "Hell No!!! Do you know how much that thing weighs?!?!" Nevertheless I managed to talk them into delivering it to the basement for another $30. :)

Bathroom Re-Vamp

The melimine wood board on the shower backslash had to go - iew!
it revealed a lovely hole?
why?
what is that for?
nobody knows

A new stainless steel back splash installed.
Thanks for helping Mushka!








That looks so much better - and the start of painting the bathroom Grey.

The little cubby in the wall will also get a stainless steel liner. 





Removal of Troll Door - also known as a laundry shoot. The shoot is full of pipes, and can not be used as a laundry shoot :( so the decision was made to take off the door and patch up the hole.

Stripping - Bathroom Things

Why so much paint on EVERYTHING???? Wall Sconces, Mirror Frame, and Radiator Shelf/Deflector...

Smells Like Burning

It's never a good thing to smell something funny just before a fuse is blown.
Bathroom light fixture:

I Hate Calk!

Painters calk really erks me!
Calk was my fathers solution for everything, its like duct tape! Over the years I think my dad picked up on my annoyance for the use of calk and started to throw it out as a solution for every problem.

Me: "the brick mortar is falling out"
Dad: "just calk it"

Me: "the wiring is loose"
Dad: "just calk it"

Me: "the handrail lost a screw"
Dad: "just calk it"

Me: "the wheel of my car is making a funny noise"
Dad: "just calk it"

...and thus the hate of calk.

Seldom do people use painters calk correctly, regardless I still hate it!

Stripping - Breakfast Room Wall Sconce

What lies beneath 17 layers of led paint I wonder...START THE STRIPPING PROCESS!

lol - They look like mashed potato swans...ieeewwww

Oh, now that is much better. Why on earth would you want to paint these wall scones white???? look at all that delicate detail...Quick get me some crappy house paint to cover them up with (sarcastic).

I do not believe that the glass shades that were on the sconces are original, I think they are a generic glass shade; I'll need to do some research on them. However during the Boston Edison Attic Sale I met a neighbor that was selling three frosted glass shades that she dated back to the late 20's. The price was a bit higher that I wanted, and I really only needed two shades. I walked away...only to return the next day to purchase them at a slightly lower price.

Please note, the breakfast room has not been patched or repainted and the scones are screwed in with temporary screws to hold them in place on the walls. 

Master Bedroom Plaster Demolition

Some days it just feels good to take a sledge hammer to a wall...

Coming back form a really bad vacation, frustrations were take out on the bloody bedroom - the wall in the bedroom bumped out about 2 inches around the chimney; it looked dumb, and part of the plaster was lose to the touch, and cracked. So instead of fixing it, the wall came down.