Tag: finishing the job

Chronicling my adventures restoring and updating a quirky old Philadelphia rowhouse

Back to the Porch Ceiling

We don’t really have a porch, but that’s the best name we’ve got for the underside of the cantilever out back. This project has been on hold for years, so here’s a recap: When I bought the place the bay was crudely stuccoed and the underside of it was clad in that faux rustic textured…
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This concludes Phase 1

And I didn’t even notice! Which is funny because I’ve been fixated on the end for a solid 3 years now. And it was 3 years of scope bloat. At first it was the things I needed to make the place safe, like this chimney. (This is behind my bookcases in April 2014) To the “while…
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