Tracking the renovation of the 125-year-old family farmhouse in the Thumb of Michigan
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
The new back porch
The back porch was in such rough condition that we pulled off parts of it by hand when we first started working on the house. Six years later, it was the last major house project we hadn't tackled. A year after talking with a contractor, it's still not quite done, but that's a whole different story.
The siding is a 7" Perfection Shingle in Red Cedar by Foundry, with matching corners.
The stone veneer is Top Rock in Realen by Stonecraft.
The house before a 1929 remodel. The photo date is an estimate based on the apparent age of Dan, the little boy on the rocking horse. L to R: Dan (b. 1891) in the wagon with the team of horses, George (b. 1845), ?, ?, George (b. 1897), ?, John (b. 1888) and Annie (b. 1858).
Farmstead: Before
This is a satellite view of the farmstead from Google Earth. We can't wait to see what it looks like next time they update it. So much improvement has been made! You can't even see the house here, but that will soon change.
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