I am chomping at the bit to give this a try. The timing is perfect; with our family downsizing (kids leaving), replacing the old minivan with a small car makes a lot of sense.

This will no doubt be a time-consuming project, but it will be worth it. Just gotta figure out how to "fit" this into our budget (heh, heh).


2015 Honda Fit Kit - First DIY Honda Car by SimplyJustRandomness

 buzz wrote: 
It's up against a wall that used to be part of a hallway. The hallway is now incorporated into the adjacent rooms. The curvy wall is the East side of the room, to the west are windows that look out on the deck/sound. 

islander wrote:
so, its up against your original wall, or is it a room divider?

 islander wrote: 

I like it, very early 60s retro!

 islander wrote:  Nice when a vision becomes reality. Y'all did good.

 islander wrote: 
I hope you don't do your drinking in that room. Looks like it would induce nausea.

 buzz wrote: 
It's bendy board over a whole lot of vertical ribs. Here's the back:

islander wrote:
thats cool. whats behind it?

Red_Dragon wrote:
i'll give him a good deal.

 buzz wrote: 
I need to take some better ones (and some complete pictures of the rest too). Here's a cell phone pic that's a bit blown out:

 buzz wrote: 
I thought he was gonna fly you out to take it...

 islander wrote: 
In such an event, I imagine salvaging all the nice interior woodwork and having it refinished and re-installed. The windows would have to be custom-made to the original appearance but with modern, insulating glass - and would therefor be hideously expensive. What we'd have would be a house that looks 1927, with all the modern conveniences and efficiency.

islander wrote:
did you ever post pic of the finished curved wall?

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
We just put a fair bit of money into this place and really are happy with the results. But there are still many 'character' elements. I think that short of 7 figure new construction where you are on site to project manage the whole thing it would be impossible to get away from weirdness somewhere.But all new wiring is pretty nice. 

 islander wrote: 
When I win the lottery I'll have the place gutted down to the frame and completely modernized.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Character has value too. We live in an imperfect world, no sense having the illusion that you can escape that at home. Embrace the oddities (band name/tour). 

 islander wrote: 
I'm actually decreasing the load substantially by installing LEDs.

The panel is modern and all the 220 stuff and wiring on the large appliances is new, but the light fixtures and outlets are for the most part still on the knob & tube stuff in the attic. I'm going with character because other than this one fixture's flickering issue (now fixed) we really don't have any issues. 

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
The switches/outlets are the easiest and biggest improvement. The wire insulation is not at good but as long as you aren't putting huge loads on it (how big was that tree?) it's probably fine as long as you don't use spliters or plug in every socket on a powerstrip. 

Do you have a modern panel?  Any knob and tube?  You might be able to just do a circuit at a time now and then and get it done over time. Or, as long as you don't have any major issues, just chalk it up to 'character' of living in an old house.

 islander wrote: 
I try not to think about that; it would cost a fortune to rewire this place.