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A mid life wife, mother, and new grandmother who along with her amazingly talented husband crafts, creates, thrifts, and repurposes in Coldspring, Texas.
I am not sure what the original owner built it for, but the last owner turned it into a wood working shop complete with reclaimed hardwood flooring and running water. We have had contractors give us estimates on putting in new roof trusses that will allow us to raise the ceiling height and cover the new addition The exterior is going to have a metal roof, mostly board and batten siding with some reclaimed wood on the bump out bathroom, and a small covered porch. Next step in the process is to get everything out of the building, get the walls and porch built for the bathroom, the front door moved over and a regular sized door installed.
The old harvest gold building reached the point where it got moved to the top of our to do list when the last warm front blew through here and the fiberglass roof panels lifted with each gust of wind and ripped the 25 year old (just guessing here There was a lot of up ad down latters, but once the roofing was down, Mr. Math saw immediately that the wooden sill plate was rotted from water leaks in the roof and as he tore in the amount of rot was a lot worse than he thought. Because the building will get warm in the warmer weather we are installing an exhaust fan with a thermostat so that it will move air when it gets too warm and also a vent that will let in fresh air. Our next steps on the building are to add stained cedar siding trim on the corners, around the door and window, get shelving and storage built and the inside organized and the fan/vent installed.
We have added glass doors to all the exterior doors. The door was completely sealed so it wouldn’t open until we expanded the front porch. We decided to put in steel doors at both the back door and off the carport with full glass and mini blinds between the glass panes that we bought at Home Outlet. We decided to paint the trim, the soffits, and doors all new colors and I am so happy for the update.
The posts didn’t match the rest of the house and there was a lot of things that needed to be replaced. The first step in the process was to determine why in the world a twelve foot span required two corner posts and two single metal posts. Once we earned it wasn’t a problem Mr. Math and our wonderful neighbor jacked up the porch, took out the old posts, and put in treated 6×6 posts at the corners. We still have to work on the electrical, caulking the gaps and staining the cedar, we are going to put in a new back door to add more light into the house, fill the holes and paint the concrete, change out the siding on the front of the porch, and paint the soffits and trim.