Second Floor:
The Master Bedroom




We started with this



And ended with this



Click on this photo to see an enlargement, and also a slide show of the steps we took. Keep clicking each slide (right side) to advance to the next.




Master bedroom details



A dressing room adjoins the bedroom



I built the closet using two large mirrored doors. Click photo for enlargment.





We started with this



And ended with this




The frat boys had batted out 74 of our stairway ballusters. These are finely turned spindles with great detail. We had to save up for several years before we could get them made. But worth the wait. This photo is of the second floor run. Third floor looks the same.






We started with this



And ended with this




The master bathroom, on the second floor, was completely ripped apart when we got the house. We had the plumbing replaced from top to bottom (with one fatal exception). Then we began work.. Click the photo for a slide show.

We found this 1860 penny inside the trap of the sink before we installed it.







An example of our decorative bath tile




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