Renovating Denver - One House at a Time

Building the Deck

The front porch/deck has been going up this week! The first step was to get the ledger attached to the brick face. Then the deck supports were constructed and installed. Below are some photos of the framing process, Tony used his truck at one point to raise the main support. One of the photos below is an upclose of the *awesome* awnings. Just kidding, I can’t wait for them to go, but this photo does have great detail of the dentil molding and the corbels, which are staying.

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We have been hammering out the plans for the second floor. Now that we decided not too finish the attic, we want to create a master bath and a second bath on the upper level. Here are some photos in the master bath area. The photos show a wall in the middle of the room which will be torn down. We are really combining a closet and a bathroom for this space. The bathroom will have a curve in the wall, which is great architecturally, but a bitch when laying out a bathroom. We decided to lose the master bathtub, in lieu of a large master shower. I know this might seem silly to do, but we’ll put a jetted tub in the second bathroom. There just isn’t the space in these old houses for everything.

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More wallpaper found! This came from the main staircase area on the lower level. I think the entire hall may have had this paper, we found some upstairs as well. I love the gold sheen in this paper and would love to emulate it somewhere in the new interior design. The last is a victorian wallpaper reproduction I found online, it has a similar feeling, although not totally the same at all.

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