Last month, after a two-year delay, we finally had our newly crafted lunette windows installed. When we bought our house nearly five years ago, it had three lunette windows. Well just two were intact, and those had most of their panels missing and replaced with clear glass. The third window, in the attic, was “recreated” […]
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A New Porch
While I’m under stay at home orders due to our pandemic, I’m finding time to update our progress on the house. Another new project for our 1910 Queen Anne home was to have a brand new wrap around porch built, following the exact plans and dimensions of our existing porch. Over the course of time, […]
It’s been a year since I’ve written about our house restoration project, and a lot has happened during that time. Over a year ago, Scott and I bought 2400 linear feet of heart of pine flooring from Legacy Architectural Salvage in Wilmington. It was removed from an 1890s home in Beulaville that was torn down. […]
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Windows on the World
One of the unique and special charms of our home is its lunette windows. Our house has three of them, and two were intact but missing several panels. We set out to create exact replicas of them to re-install them when we paint our home exterior. These “lunette windows” are found in many older homes […]
Redoing all the house’s systems It has been awhile since I’ve written an update on the restoration of our Victorian home. The reason for the long absence is — we were waiting for tradesmen to finish their work. Now I can proudly say that we have all new systems roughed in the house, and inspections […]
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Plaster Repair and More Layers
We are tackling two more rooms in the demolition of our home – the kitchen and the parlor. These are the last two rooms covered in paneling and wallpaper. They are the last two that need unwrapped down to the bare plaster, and are projects we are under taking while waiting for our plumber to […]
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Layers and Layers
While Scott and I have been waiting for our plumbing rough in to be finished in the house, we are tackling other projects in the house. One of these has been to take off paneling in rooms in order to bring it back to its original state. On most of our rooms, paneling have been […]
Preservation Zebulon has been awarded is tax exempt status by the IRS. We are delighted to announce that PZ recently received its 501 (c) (3) designation! Stay posted to see some exciting plans and updates for this Spring! Preservation Zebulon advocates for the preservation and appreciation of historic districts, buildings, and landscapes that embody important […]
This past year we’ve been on the hunt for antique lighting for the Finch house. No original fixtures remained when we bought the house last year. The entire home was outfitted with brass 1970s era chandeliers and light fixtures from big box stores. None of it was right for this house. And once we took […]
Finding 2 more hidden windows and a door Scott and I celebrated our one year anniversary of buying the John D Finch house by continuing our work on the original rooms in this house. We thought that after spending a year taking down plaster, ripping out rotten wood, and prying off paneling that we’d […]
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