I am always glad to see carpeting being pulled out to reveal wood floors. Your battles with the furry critters were relatable. So much hard and tedious work is paying off. Cheers for not taking the easy way.
I started watching after Caleb from 2nd Empire Strikes Back mentioned your channel as a good restoration channel to watch. You guys are doing great work on that old beauty. My favorite part of your channel is how well you 2 work together on all your projects. I'm looking forward to what's next. Have a great week!
That wall was trial and error again and again. But boy did you pull through. And I remember how beautiful it was to see the original flooring under that shag carpeting. This house has come a long way.
The most interesting to me was the carpet in the room and on the stairs. I was amazed at what you found underneath. It is truly breathtakingly beautiful
To me the most favorite and interesting project would be the brick drain and planter around the house. I also liked the building of the basement/crawlspace window.. And, and and! Too many great projects.
I enjoyed your recap of all the progress you have made to the house. I love this house, You both are great as well. I have enjoyed all the videos but my favorites are the stripping of wallpapers, Wood trim and taking up carpets to reveal beautiful natural wood. I also enjoy the clearing of the gardens and grounds. Blessings.
My favorite was the removal of the carpet because it was so instantly satisfying to see all that wonderful wood. All the projects are interesting, but I really enjoyed the installation of the laundry room and the building of the basement window. I felt like I learned some very useful things. I'm looking forward to the episode about the mystery structure - I hope it's soon!
My favorite was the discovery of the drainage system and restoring the brick planters. I am waiting patiently on the other side of the world to see what is going in them. I especially liked the saga of the squirrels too. I imagined them fuming about not being able to access your attic anymore.
Thanks for this update tour! Looking forward to the "reveal" of the Mystery Structure...I have to say my favorite episodes were the installation of the W & D, w/ the plumbing work; a good demonstration of how relatively easy that is, esp. w/ the PVC pipe...that, and the window-building episode for the crawl-space window. I must also say when I bought my first house (1925 millworker's cottage, in Ballard, Seattle), one of the first jobs was to strip the old, dingy carpet out of the living room (glued-down, ahrgh!!), and refinish the clear-grained fir floors (the PNW equivalent of Southern Pine, I'd guess). And I, too, created a "sanctuary space"--the one bedroom (in a four-room house), while the rest of the house was "in-work" (never did finish it--sold it and moved before then)...If I ever have the energy (and money!), I'd love to acquire our neighbor's house (vacant for several years) and fix it up--it's a 1930-vintage Tudor-esque bungalow...Looking forward to further home-restoration adventures!
Yes, we know Ballard! There are more Volvos per capita than anywhere else in the country. ;-) We used to visit the Fisherman's Terminal to pick up fresh salmon when it was in season. That would be amazing if you could pick up the old Tudor. Those houses have so much character, provided that a flipper didn't get ahold of it.
My favorite project was the removal of the carpet to reveal your beautiful wood floors. I am so glad there was something pretty underneath for you two! I think the neatest project was the brick planter though. I love how you discovered the remnants of the original and rebuilt it :) My husband and I really enjoyed this before and after look at your projects!
The electrical upgrades were my favorite so far. Maybe because during my working years I conducted a lot of insurance claim investigations involving electrical failures. 😊 Also, really like the restoration of that upstairs bedroom.
My favorite was finding the planters and water drainage. Watching it restored was interesting. It will be so beautiful when it's planted. Can't wait to find out what the mystery structure is. Enjoy the weekend. 🤗❤️🤍💙
Removal of the carpet was an instant improvement. We've been there too. Love our oak floors. The squirrel wars were fun to watch. Gophers are my nemesis here, though the rain seems to have discouraged them. Someone must have told the skunks and raccoons that March is the "Worm Moon", as they are digging everywhere. Your house has some great features; I especially love the porch, and that main hall stairwell. I've been thinking back to your "House That Got Away", the one with the columns, and plaster falling down everywhere. It was beautiful and had great historic features, but it was a really deep pit to dig out of, and a lot of house for two people. We had a few places we looked at where in hindsight I'm convinced we dodged a bullet. Sometimes things just work out for the best. :)
The nicest part was seeing you both restoring the old woodwork.. the thing that made me smile was watching you play cat and mouse with the squerles (sorry for my grammic, I’m doing a night shift, and not having english as my native langues makes it a bit hard). Just loving watching you’re channel. Many thanks to caleb to say and have a watch at you’re channel
Geezz…you want me to pick just one??? I would say the reveal of the brick thing in the backyard. Tied with all the work you’ve done on the bedroom!! I love your home and hope you will do the history of it soon. Maybe the local library will even have a photo of it from back in the day! That would be exciting!
You both are awesome. I have been watching from the very beginning. I have to say the brickwork planter and drainage is my favorite. Keep up the wonderful work of restoration.
This was very interesting. Thank you for the look back. I’ve been with you since before you bought this house. What a wonderful project . I’m so glad you get to continue your labour of love. Cant wait until the day when you can just come home and enjoy the fruits of your labour.
I love seeing all the improvements you made to the yard, and I also like the paint stripping. I am anxious to hear what that little structure is out in the back.
I guess my favorite is when you ripped out that yucky gold carpet to reveal beautiful wood underneath. I also find the "mystery structure" pretty interesting and I cant wait to find out what it really was! Jeanie's sewing room is pretty sweet too, I wish I had a room that size. 😊
Tough question. I agree with the replacing the floors in the previous house but my favorite in this house is a tie. You know how I love that staircase so pulling that carpet off it was very satisfying to watch. I also love the discovery of the drainage system in front and the new planter. I can't wait to see what goes in there.
You don't know why squirrels would like wire NUTS? Squirrels, nuts, I'm not seeing the confusion here, LOL. My home was built in 1930, and has been "modernized" and added onto since then. (At one point, it was an auto body shop!) Of course I appreciate MOST of the modernization work, but there is a great joy in the original 1930-era stuff too so I'm keeping what I can of it. Love your work so far!
Great episode! I loved watching you reveal the beautiful floors under the carpet. You've done lots of great stuff! I giggled watching the rewind of you using the tractor to pull the weed! 😀 Then I loudly groaned when you said we have to wait to learn about the mystery structure! 😜
Call me crazy, but I love to see the infrastructure being made solid again. My vote is for the electrical updates. A close second is demolition work -- yanking crap carpet, pulling down the dog run, etc.
I love the smell of cedar as well. My grandparents house had a cedar lined closet in there room. I loved just opening the door to smell it. Even after 175 years it still smells wonderful. I enjoyed seeing all that white painted wood come back it life.
@@1834RestorationHouse yes!!! With my graduation (1980) $$$ I purchase a nice cedar chest. It sits at the foot of our bed. I love opening it to dig out/put back in 🥴 my winter coats ❤️
Sorry I’m 2 days late. I’ve been busy too. I love this beautiful Victorian house of yours. It’s been magical watching you both bring back her original beauty. The most interesting n hard work is finding the cement drainage n making that beautiful brick planter wall. Another part is you making the oak window for the basement. Mike, your definitely taught yourself well. Your a Jack of all trades. Hope all is going well for you both. Oh, forgot to mention. I’m so excited to find out about the brick structure with door. You keep me hanging on LOL. ♥️😊👍🌟🌟
I love your tour videos. When you were stripping paint from the moldings I would start to get very anxious. It's silly but true. Guess it's because in 8 years of marriage we have restored 4 houses and we are done. So done that watching people do intricate long jobs make me feel I'm right there with you and I DONT WANT TO DO ANYMORE WORK. lol. There is a crystal chandelier on the dining table. Can you believe its been there a year? It will get installed eventually. We have 2 dogs and got a little kitten last Oct. At 74 we pray we can outlive her. We are enjoying our home and all we have done to it. So as long as you put out content I am here. Until you start stripping paint. Your friend in Fl, Kay
I never did understand why anyone would want to cover up beautiful hardwood flooring with carpet. If anything with throw rugs you can throw them away when they get too dirty or even damaged. I just recently tore out some carpet and planning on putting down some hardwood flooring in the near future while working on one room at a time. The carpet here was dingy beige in some rooms and dark brown in others. I never did like crawling around in a crawl space so more power to you and I must admit that yours is one of cleanest I have seen lol. Wise idea making a sanctuary in one room while you work on the rest of house that is something I failed to do. Hope your studies are coming along good and thanks for the lovely video. Much love to you and yours.💝
The most interesting was the planters/drain! Its hard to pick one favorite project but I will say the process of buying and visiting the house was exciting! I was so happy when you finally got it!
Hmmm my favorite project…sorry can’t pick just one. Most interesting project would be the frustrating and expensive plaster project. Hope school and work are going well for Mike. Hugs to both of you, Doc🫶🏻
I joined probably a bit later, but bingewatched from the beginning until I could follow along. The paintstripping, restoration and schelak part was very interesting. Your patience and perseverance are great. Very interesting vlogs
Oh, gosh! So many things to choose from! I've really enjoyed it all, from Mike's electrical work and building the window and the massive planter project and all the things you do together to Jeanie's canning and recipe videos. I'm hoping for a couple of those again this year. My favorites might be the gold carpet removal - such an immediate and satisfying change. And then allll those staples! The work on the bedrooms was fun, too. I even really enjoyed your travel videos when you were filling space while looking for a home and waiting for the sale to close. So many interesting places! Maybe I should just list every episode! 😂😂 Guess that just means I'm a huge fan. ❤❤
I loved everything. I’m so glad you didn’t have to sell. Thank you Jesus. I’ve been with you since your other house. Maybe the electrical being eaten and redoing that was my fav. Love you both 🥰
My favourites are any that remove paint from the beautiful woodwork. I also enjoy when you dig into the history of the house for instance I really enjoyed when you discovered the drainage system. I loved that you rebuilt it and I can’t wait until you get it planted. I am an amateur genealogist. Our family were among the earliest settlers where I grew up in a rural farm community in Northern Ontario, Canada. My Dad had all kinds of stories and I think I put more stock in those stories because our house burned down from a chimney fire when I was 6 and afterward I always was asking questions about the old house (it was finished in 1945) which to my dad was the New house. Lol it’s all relative. I love the channel so just keep up what you are doing. I can’t wait to see what’s next!
Wow!! Great progress on some HUGE projects over the last 2 years. Keep the momentum going guys. Cant wait to know what the mystery structure is. Mike, looks like you've lost a little weight! Lookin good buddy! Fun video. Have a great weekend!
My favorite project was the scraping paint with the Cobra, as I have a Cobra and learned a lot watching you do it. I also liked your discussions on old electrical wiring as I had my house rewired and feel better now about how much it cost!
I started watching your channel when you were working on your previous home, replacing damaged flooring and repairing the heating unit. So far, my two favorite projects were removing the carpet and building the flower beds (along with restoring the drainage system). Can't wait to find out what that structure in your yard is! Hope school is going well and you aren't overwhelmed with everything you have to do! God bless you both!
I love restoration on Victorian homes, the upstairs bedroom woodwork and plaster work was fun, discovering the hardwood floors under the carpet, and the brick planters! I guess I love it all. Can’t forget you making your own exterior paint with linseed oil. I’m excited for your raised garden beds!
I am so glad you did this video. It made me smile and feel the exact way I felt when I was discovering everything you were at the time. You've done so much work in such a sort amount of time. I really miss your Friday videos, your channel is my ABSOLUTE favorite. I would love a demonstration of the tool Mike used up in the attic where the squirrels ate the wiring etc. What is that tool, would you show us and demonstrate it? It looked really interesting. My favorite was the walls because I've never watched plaster restoration. I can't wait until you do some more.
We've added that to the list. That would make a good DIY demonstration so thank you for suggesting it. We're so glad that you are always enjoying our videos. Are you back stateside?
@@1834RestorationHouse Yes I am back home in America. I find the same troubles with our country is what is happening in Australia. I had to make myself "a non-political mindset" because so many people wanted to talk politics and what did we feel about what's going on. We refused to ruin our vacation whining about the state of affairs.
The most interesting HAS TO BE those planters! That was an incredible find and restoration. I loved this week's episode and I have watched you from the very beginning, you two are such a special couple and team.
It's amazing how much you've done, and daunting how much there must still be to do. I think my favourite renovation so far is the electrical system as it was very informative and interesting, and the new fuse box is very impressive.
You've done a lot of work with really interesting projects. I can't wait to hear about the mystery structure. My favorite project was seeing the electrical upgrades.
I have to admit that I can’t choose a favourite restoration project. I have enjoyed everyone which you have done. However, for a learning curve, the paint stripping was one that I learned a lot from. I actually used your technique on a small table and it is beautiful. So keep the vlogs coming.
I enjoy the restoration as a whole. I love seeing the original beauty and charm coming back with every project you tackle. That being said. I really liked seeing the fireplace being brought back to its original illustrious eye pleasing beauty. I still tune in every week; your channel is part of my weekend line up! Always looking forward to what you're going to tackle next. :)
Gosh, I have forgotten some of the different projects you've done! Pulling out the gold carpet was my favorite and anytime you build in the workshop, I love it. I can't wait until you fill the brick planters this spring. I am going crazy not knowing what the mystery structure is. I hope you let us know next!!!!!
You guys have done a lot of great work and as far as choosing between any of your projects, I really couldn't. I have enjoyed them all and am looking forward to future projects.
Hello Mike and Jeannie how are my favorite RU-vidrs you haven't got a dog yet I see but anyway I think my favorite one was the paint mixture s when you were trying to figure out how to make the best oil based paint I know it doesn't look good on the side of the house right now but I'm sure in the future you're going to figure out how to make it work that is very interesting to me to find out how you are going to do anyways take care guys love your episodes. 👍😁
What a journey! I remember the squirrels and what a job to outsmart them. Your back porch when you thought you might be moving, that wonderful tractor working so hard. Were there spiders under the house? So many memories, thank you❤️
I think my favorite projects so far have been those involving shellac. I love beautiful woodwork. Hopefully I'll be able to upgrade to a house that has some one of these years. The most interesting was probably also the shellac videos. Before seeing those, the only wood finishes I was familiar with were stain and varnish, or paint. A close second for most interesting was the plaster videos. I'd always wondered how that was done.
We started using shellac back in New York. We rolled our oak floors with two coats and let it dry overnight. Two years later, it still looked great underfoot.
@@1834RestorationHousewhere in New York was your house? I ask because one of my ancestors settled near Schenectady in the mid 1660’s. He came directly to New Netherlands from Holland. He arrived just before the British seized the settlement. He commented to a relative in a letter that “it was taken without a single shot”.
Very fun! Love seeing Jeanie's hair grow! I can't pick a favorite. All good to me. We are very unhandy, so always impressed by the two of you. Do you make house calls to Metro Atlanta?
I am so happy that you two decided to record and post your restoration work and I appreciate your explanations and thought processes in your choices and decisions - and also the trial & error. Such a great learning experience and journey! I have enjoyed many so many of your episodes and look forward to many more! Thank you! I can't quite decide which is my favorite!
I think the one I was the most impressed with is the floor in your last house, does that count? For most people, getting it to turn out so perfect and beautiful, like you all did, is incredibly hard and next to impossible. My favorite project isn't finished yet. Bringing all that wood back to life in the upstairs bedroom....It is going to be amazing! Can not wait for the complete reveal of that room being finished and decorated.
Absolutely the old house counts. That was hard work, fixing that floor but it was the right thing to do for the house. I hope to get back to the bedroom restore later this spring.
My favourite project you’ve done is the restoration of the floor downstairs, the one where you had to replace some of the floorboards. Watching you do it and do it properly, so seamlessly that you can’t tell what is old and what you had to replace. Instead of a poor job which most DIYers would do, you did it very well and you explained why and how you did it! I don’t own a house and probably never will but I still enjoy watching. I’ve been around since the early days. I’m not a very frequent commenter but I’m proud to be a subscriber.
Sharon, thank you for being with us for so long. It's good to hear from you! That old floor was a big job but it was so worth the effort. One of the benefits of doing that is that we now have woodworking equipment.
Fantastic!! I love the refinished fireplace. Is a kitchen overhaul sometime in the near future? Possibly with custom cabinets made to match the historic Queen Anne woodwork? I'd much prefer to see a more Aesthetic Movement design for wallpaper in the upstairs room, but that's just me. Excellent work! You two are one of the loveliest couples I've seen - you complement each other perfectly!
