Old houses are rad… there’s always new things to discover.
Whilst most of our home’s period features had been stripped out sometime in the late 1960s, we have luckily retained 4 plaster decorative ceilings and uncovered some really beautiful floorboards that had been protected by carpet for 90 years.
Sweet, we’ll be having you polished.
Disappointingly as part of the ‘60s makeover the original three panel bungalow style doors typical to these weatherboard cottages were long gone and and replaced with something not unlike balsa wood…
Paper thin! And grey!
Yep, they’re pretty crapola.
Anyway, one afternoon as Wookie went to get the mower from the garage he looked up to the rafter beams and found…
TWO DOORS !
Up in the rafters just waiting to be found…
One in better condition than the other, however a restoration was doable according to Papa Amos.
Easy…easy…
Once you get the rat droppings and dust off she’ll be good as new!
Partly sanded, coming along nicely.
Papa Amos took them for surgery and we hope you agree this one has come up beautifully.
Splendid original wooden door now back to its best, 1 down, 1 to go, and three to find.
Now to get them hung…that’s easy right?
Livin’ the dream in Sydney’s (inner) western ‘burbs with a Wookie and a bossy cat.
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