3/03/2005

Not a craftsman, but didn't destroy it

The contractor that sold us the house was not what you would call a craftsman, and he probably wasn't all that concerned about keeping the integrity of the house. The vinyl trim on the exterior, and the new solid pane windows are probably good from a maintenace and energy standpoint, but they do make it hard to tell what the house used to look like. There are very cheap and well, frankly ugly light fixtures in every room of the house. The kitchen "renovation" does not match the character of the house(cheap oak veneer cabinets, beige laminate counters roll vinyl floors). Someone at some time turned the breakfast nook into a laundry room. BUT we of course new all of that going in, and we do have things to be thankfull for. The bathroom still has the hexagon floor tiles, and black and white wall tiles. All of the doors and door hardware are original, the wide base molding is still here (don't know where the crown molding went), the hall still has the textured plaster walls, and the floors are in fairly good shape (only two rooms left with carpet).

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