A Grand Idea
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 5:52 pm
Well, I'm back.
When we lived at Fix Farrington, my wife had her office in the carriage house. Her company was started by her great-grandfather in 1908 and has always been in Saint Paul. So when we moved to Retriever Ridge, she leased some office space in the city (not far from Fix Farrington). For a variety of reasons, it became apparent that it was time to purchase office space. At the end of October she purchased a building built in 1914 situated on one of the business/commercial avenues in the city. Like the building she purchased, many of the buildings on the street used to be homes but are now businesses. The new building is only a mile or two from the old house and her current office.
So far I've been scraping popcorn off the ceiling where possible and skim coating where not. I also have been fixing the light tragedy - there's a mixture of 4-foot fluorescent fixtures and track lighting in many rooms, which I'll be replacing with recessed LEDs. I'll be re-creating a kitchenette where the kitchen was when it was last a residence. And while the second floor bathroom just needs new flooring, the first floor bath need to be gutted.
So I have a project list to keep me busy between now and end of March.
When we lived at Fix Farrington, my wife had her office in the carriage house. Her company was started by her great-grandfather in 1908 and has always been in Saint Paul. So when we moved to Retriever Ridge, she leased some office space in the city (not far from Fix Farrington). For a variety of reasons, it became apparent that it was time to purchase office space. At the end of October she purchased a building built in 1914 situated on one of the business/commercial avenues in the city. Like the building she purchased, many of the buildings on the street used to be homes but are now businesses. The new building is only a mile or two from the old house and her current office.
So far I've been scraping popcorn off the ceiling where possible and skim coating where not. I also have been fixing the light tragedy - there's a mixture of 4-foot fluorescent fixtures and track lighting in many rooms, which I'll be replacing with recessed LEDs. I'll be re-creating a kitchenette where the kitchen was when it was last a residence. And while the second floor bathroom just needs new flooring, the first floor bath need to be gutted.
So I have a project list to keep me busy between now and end of March.