Wednesday, May 30, 2012

On-ward and Up-ward!

Hello everyone!

Well, I have continued to work on the exterior of the house, specifically the east side porch and foundation. After removing and replacing the foundation walls of the front porch, we continued to remove and replace the lime stone slabs that encompass the underlying supports for the porch columns. Although 4 of the columns had been previously replace, noone bothered checking to see if the brick/stone structures underneath were sound. Hey...guess what...they weren't! What a suprise...something new to fix! Yay!

I also discovered that the upper support beam for the east side of the porch ceiling/roof was completely rotted...going all the way back where it attaches to the house. So...I spent my memorial day weekend rebuilding and replacing the support structure and all of the trim work. I think it looks pretty good, if I don't say so myself.  I am now finishing up the repairs/replacement to some porch soffet and fascia. Always getting a little closer.










Monday, May 21, 2012

Everything starts with a good foundation!

Good morning, all! Well...I have been focusing my latest attention on the foundation of the house. I have a couple of masons who have been hard at work tuck-pointing the joints between the bricks around the garage, repairning the foundation around the basement windows on the 9th street side, and the most recent work has been on the east side of the house. The east side of the big wrap-around porch had sunk about 2 to 3 inches due to age and an over abundance of rain water from faulty guttering/downspouts. The porch's retaining walls were sagging and crumbling so I completely removed them. There was only dirt and brick/rock underneath, so I dug some of it out, reinforced it with treated 4x4 beams, rebuilt the walls with cinderblock and morter, and then refilled the voids with pea gravel. We got two walls done this weekend and once they are completely set, I will then jack up the porch roof about 3 inches, remove the back column, and rebuild the support structure underneath. Once we get all of this done, I will install a new column and base which will support the roof. Now I just need to find out who can rebuild a greek column for me. Here are some pics from some of the work.








Friday, May 18, 2012

THIRD AND FINAL ESTATE SALE THIS SATURDAY!

Hi Everyone.

I know. I know. I have been doing a terrible job keeping the blog updated. Sorry. I keep forgetting to bring my camera over to the house to take pics of the new work. Also...I have trying to sell/get rid of all of the stuff that was left in the house. So guess what?

WE ARE HAVING A THIRD AND FINAL SALE THIS SATURDAY, MAY 19TH!

10AM TO 3PM.

 EVERYTHING MUST GO!

I WILL NOT TURN DOWN ANY REASONABLE OFFER!

THERE IS STILL SOOOOO MUCH STUFF LEFT...AND I JUST WANT IT OUT OF THE HOUSE!

SO SHOW UP...MAKE ME AN OFFER...AND ITS YOURS!

For more info, email me via the blog or contact Jan at First Class Clutter (412-4720). Once I have this stuff out of my house, I will get back to updating the blog on a consistant basis. Thanks!

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

ESTATE SALE!!!!!!!!!!   ESTATE SALE!!!!!!!!   ESTATE SALE!!!!!!!!!

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVERYONE IS INVITED!

WHEN: SATURDAY, MAY 12TH FROM 10 am to 3 pm.

For more info: call Jan at 412-4720 or email me at via this blog site.

We held an invite only sale last Saturday for collectors and pickers and we had a great turn-out. The only problem is....I have sooo much stuff that you cannot even tell that I sold anything! There is simply too much stuff to list everything separately but here is a list of just a few of the items:

Old fishing lures, rods, reels, tackle.

Jewelry:
* rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, tie-clips, cuff links, belt buckles, etc. 
* gold, silver, turquoise, onyx, diamonds, rubies, etc.

Asian Art:
* bronze-work, paintings, stencils, wood-work, statutes, sculptures, tapestries

Japanese Textiles:
* scarfs, handkerchiefs, ties, table runners, tapestries, kimonos, etc.

Old phonographs, hundreds of old records

Vintage magazines
* LIFE, Saturday Evening Post, McCall's, House and Garden, Home and Garden, Connoisseur, American  Soldier, Hunting and Fishing, House Beautiful, National Geographic, and so many others that I have never even heard of!

Vintage Newspapers about General MacArthur, WWII, Assassination of JFK, Nixon, etc.

Vintage Books, first editions, Atlases, vintage road maps, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and hundreds of other books.

Japanese Literature:
* books, papers, Christmas cards, posters, maps, miscellaneous documents

Military:
* uniforms, hats, swords, boots, tents, cots, belts, pins, buttons, restricted documents, maps, restricted WWII documents, photographs

Vintage photographs and portraits (hundreds!!!!)

Purdue memorabilia:
* pennants, sweaters, invitations, notebooks, commencement books, yearbooks, boxes, photographs, miscellaneous items (no...casey...I did not sell your blanket!)

Japanese crates, teak wood boxes, vintage crates and boxes

Vintage typewriters, cameras, 8mm projectors, binoculars, microscopes, etc.

Vintage suitcases, boxes

Tools

Miscellaneous documents, some very old

Pottery, picture frames, dinner ware, glass ware, silver ware, figurines, lights, plates, lamps, etc.

And there is so much more that I am not going to list because my brain is getting tired of listing this stuff. So...if you want to see what the house looks like (the downstairs at least) and you are interested in some of the stuff listed above (and believe me...there is more. For example...I have a glass walking cane. Totally cool.), then come see me on May 12th from 10am to 3pm.

AND...WE ARE GOING TO EVEN SERVE YOU SOME WINE...BUT ONLY IF YOU ARE 21 OR OLDER. SO BRING YOUR CASH AND ID. THAT'S ALL I GOT RIGHT NOW...PEACE!