The Historic District

Old (1773) stone house here, which still has original lime stucco on 2 walls, with the other two walls stripped and repointed many years ago. We keep two large catalytic wood stoves going pretty much 24/7, and still burn 1000 gallons of oil each winter, although the stone portion of our house is not...

Another option. Keep original transoms, and add a third over the entry door:

I could just have new doors made to fit existing openings, minus transom windows. I'll Photoshop that up tomorrow. Comments I've received here and elsewhere has me leaning this way. http://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/p2050004-original-sizes-fimbel-rt-11s-jpg.149735/ Left door still does need to...

how about lifting the barn and then keeping all do0rs in place, just slide them down a foot. I wouldn't worry abou tthe difference in the door width and if it is a narrow man door who cares, if you have something big it can go in the other door. I think swapping the doors around too much is more tr...

Actually I like your barn the way it is. Are you removing the transoms due to the new floor you created? The transom set up is typical of old barns in New England. Moving the entry door around the corner might improve the appearance but as you said it's a lot of work & expense. I didn't notice ...

Renovating my barn, already added a second floor (interior to existing building envelope), and now in the process of figuring out insulation, heating, etc. I'm seeking opinions on the arrangement of doors, but since I can't upload suitable photos here (256 kB limit), I'll just post a link to the sam...

Oh... one thing I can post now. I am frustrated that past carpenters to work on this house haven't done a perfect job of matching the original moldings. So, I have started building a shaper and router bit collection of custom-ground molding profiles, taken from the original moldings around the house...

Then, I ran into some trouble. I couldn't figure out how to get the old stonework out without doing more damage than I wanted, nor how to set the new window frame into the opening. So, I consulted a mason. Local masons seem to deal with this issue very frequently (lots of colonial era houses in thes...

Mortised, tenoned, and assembled, again with full wing treatment:

Then I bought some KD oak timber (not cheap!), and milled out the final parts: