A Bath Restoration and Renovation for the Historic Tyson-Stedham House: Welcome to the 132nd Metamorphosis Monday!

Happy Metamorphosis Monday! For this Met Monday, I'm excited to share another fabulous update for historic Tyson-Stedham home in Adel, Georgia.  Dustin, owner of Van de Fleet Designs and Restoration has been bringing this 1912 Arts and Crafts bungalow back to life over the past few months. (If you're new to this ongoing restoration, you'll find links to all the pasts posts following this amazing restoration from start to finish, at the end of this post.)

Here's how this home looked before Dustin began the restoration...it was in rough shape with peeling paint, mis-guided additions, and multiple roof-overs.  Over the years, it had been sadly neglected inside and out.

Dustin and his crew have come a long way with the restoration of this soon to be 100 year-old treasure.  The past few weeks they have been hard at work restoring and renovating what was once an old sewing room in the Tyson-Stedham home.  Prior owners had converted the space into a walk-in closet and in the process, they had boarded up a window and cut a doorway to the back porch.

I'll let Dustin take you through the restoration process...take it away, Dustin.

The sewing room was the heart of the home back in 1912 and it was so important that it earned its own specific room with a full window. This room was where the lady of the house would make clothing, bedding, table cloths, and knit.  Other then the kitchen, this room made the house run.

The room was a mess and we had to demolish all of its original plaster as it was in too poor of condition to repair.

After this we took out all the door and window trim in the room, cleaned up the massive mess and prepared for the historic transformation from sewing room to a bathroom.

You can see the doorway previous owners had installed leading out to the back porch.  This area had to be restored.

First, we installed our 1 X 6 walls.  The material we selected was knotty pine so we could replicate the look of a vintage space. We wrapped the walls in rustic pine horizontally once again, to give a very antique rustic feel to the room.

We then moved on to reusing the historic 1912 bead board we had to remove from another portion of the house. Once we installed the original bead board it has to be scraped twice and sanded on numerous occasions.

We put in the ceiling, again using 1x6 knotty pine.

The original sewing room had access to the attic so we opted to rebuild the attic access to keep the room as close to original as possible.

Before:

After:

Soon after, it was onward to the vintage octagon tile floor...

...and the vintage subway tile in the shower/tub surround.

The window was finished in glass block to take a very traditional space and give it a punch of modernism, which is a great design technique.

We then placed all of the door and window molding back on.

Another trick to designing small spaces is to use your corners; don't let them just sit as dead space. I used a corner to install the toilet on a 45 degree angle.  This took an other wise dead corner and made it a part of the bathrooms overall flow.

Not to mention, it was the best solution to not making the bathroom look and feel cramped.

For another vintage surprise, we found a 100 year old mirror frame up in the attic.  It will be painted black and used as the frame for the bathroom mirror that will hang above the vintage sink.

Soon the vintage tub will be set into place, re-glazed and the tub will have a rain jet shower head coming down from the ceiling. The space has come together very nicely and in a timely fashion.

Dustin, thanks so much for taking us through this beautiful bath restoration in the historic Tyson-Stedham home.  I love the blue and white color scheme, the subway tile and the wonderful flooring!  It is absolutely stunning!  I can't wait to see the tub you've chosen for this space!

Paint Colors for this bath: Valspar, White Gondola and Blue Promise.

Love a great bath renovation? Click HERE to view Mary's beautiful bath renovation. She used American Olean and it looks just like marble. Amazing!

Links to other posts in the restoration series of the Tyson-Stedham home:
Part I: The Beginning
Part II: A New Front Porch and Roof and Celebrating an award for Excellence in Rehabilitation
Part III: Front Porch Completion, Preparation for Painting and Demo of Back Porch
Part IV: Restoration of the Back Porch and A New "Dress"
Part V:  Painting and Continued Porch Restoration



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Looking forward to your "Before and Afters" this Met Monday!

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Historic Tyson-Stedham Restoration, Part V: Welcome to the 127th Metamorphosis Monday!

Happy Metamorphosis Monday! For this Met Monday, I'm excited to share another update on the historic Tyson-Stedham home in Adel, Georgia. This beautiful Arts and Crafts home will be turning 100 years old next year. Wow! Unfortunately over the past 99 years, previous owners had made renovations that were not in keeping with the original style of the home. Dustin, owner of Van de Fleet Designs and Restoration has come to her rescue and he is taking this beautiful lady back to her original design, revealing her true personality and beauty.

Here's a look at how she looked prior to the restoration process. Burdened under the layers of 6 roof-overs and in deteriorating condition, she was badly needing someone to save her before it was too late.




Today she is coming back to life with a zest she hasn't known in many years!

Dustin is very particular about all his restorations, including all paint choices. Dustin told me the colors he chose for the Tyson-Stedham home are "true Arts and Crafts colors." He selected these colors from a vintage 1912 Sears color swatch."




Dustin noted these colors were not widely used which makes them an ideal choice since his client was seeking something unique. I love her new patriotic dress. I can't wait to see the exterior complete with landscaping.

Dustin has entrusted the meticulous painting of the Tyson-Stedham home to Kristy and Rick Palmer, owners of Paint Slingers.

Dustin and his crew have been intently focused on the back of the home where extensive restoration was needed. Here's how the back porch area looked prior to restoration. You can read more about the removal of the poorly added porch enclosure in THIS post.

Dustin said, "The back of the house has come a long way. I had to redesign everything on this portion of the house. My men have changed, restored or touched every surface on the rear portion of the house.

Roof, siding, ceiling, soffits, columns, bench seating, flooring, foundation, paint, stairs, banisters and spindle work were all custom designed. Dustin said, "It was a massive project to undertake and complete in only a few weeks." As you might imagine, Dustin's client is beaming and is thrilled with how it has turned out. :)

Below you will see some of the custom bench seating, flooring and spindle work the back area received. Dustin said he designed the Arts and Crafts pattern in the ceiling and flooring to perfectly match one another, making this back porch design both attractive and functional.

Have you ever seen lovelier soffits? Beautiful work, Dustin!

The stairs were built by Dustin's lead carpenter, Justin. An old sign was found in the attic and added above the back entrance. It reads, "House Plants & Woodcrafts."

Isn't the sign absolutely wonderful?! What a fabulous find!

Dustin chose a vintage 1912 Arts and Crafts light fixture to compliment the Arts and Crafts ceiling design. The vintage French doors currently have just one of the three coats of paint they will be receiving. Dustin said, "The mix and match clapboard siding is now painted and a thing of the past."

I asked Dustin about the final color for the ceiling and flooring. He said the ceiling will ultimately be painted red just like the ceiling on the front porch. The flooring will be stained.

A newly installed glass block window stands in an original window opening. Dustin said, "This opening had been closed for over 60+ years during renovations to the rear of the house. I designed in a glass block window because this space is a bathroom and the window looks on to the rear porch."

Dustin explained, with this style glass block, no one can see in, yet in magnifies the light into the room.

Dustin said, "I just love the way this is all coming together. My designs are just the way I envisioned them thanks to Justin, Tim, Rick and Kristy. The vintage French doors in red, the siding, the vintage sign above...no one would ever know once completed, that this home was ever restored or modified. It all seems to blend in a seamless manner."

Dustin thanks so much for taking us along on this amazing journey. I can't wait for our next update!

Links to other posts in the restoration series of the Tyson-Stedham home:

Part I: The Beginning
Part II: A New Front Porch and Roof and Celebrating an award for Excellence in Rehabilitation
Part III: Front Porch Completion, Preparation for Painting and Demo of Back Porch
Part IV: Restoration of the Back Porch and A New "Dress"

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The Tassel House Giveaway ends on Monday. Click HERE to leave a comment to enter.
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Historic Tyson-Stedham Restoration, Part IV: Welcome to the 123rd Metamorphosis Monday!

Happy Met Monday! Hope your Memorial Day weekend has been relaxing. I've been busy scrubbing labels off colorful bottles...ummm, what might that be about? :) I'll share this little project soon but today I want to bring you a fabulous update on the Tyson-Stedham house.

When we last left this historic home, Dustin of Van der Fleet Designs and Restoration, along with his crew, had just completed restoration of the front porch. The home had also received a new roof and was in the midst of being prepared for a new dress, better known as paint.

This old girl also had her unattractive and "not original" back porch demo'd to make way for a full restoration of that area, too.

Check out the back porch now. New custom columns were built for the back porch project.

Here's a little close-up of the base of the column and the custom shadow boxing Dustin's crew created for the skirting of the porch.

Justin Holcomb, Dustin's master carpenter, continues to make progress on the rear restoration project. For added interest, Dustin designed the floor to have a pattern, a process that wasn't hard to accomplish but was definitely time consuming. They had to create a detailed support structure for the boards that were not running straight up and down. Dustin said, "This type of pattern is an easy way to add drama and detail in a space that could other wise be quite bland."

New set of totally custom stairs was built for the new open rear porch. These stairs were 100% custom made; Justin even hand made the stringers.

Newly installed 1912 historically correct French Doors. Dustin said, "I love these doors and no one would ever know that they did not originally belong to this house." I love them, too! What a beautiful design!

Dustin and his crew removed the stairwell that had been added leading up to the attic. This created a grand back hallway/entry for the custom, vintage French doors.

Dustin said, "Now that the doors are completed we have begun the long and hard process of putting the original siding back into place. All of the siding had to be removed from the house and reapplied. This is 100 year old siding that has not been protected with paint in a good three or four decades, so it is easy to split or crack. This portion of the job will be very time consuming, but well worth the effort."

Dustin continued, "The original siding is being put back into place. I love this look and I love the way the back of the house is shaping into an asset instead of a liability."

Time for a sneak peek at how this lovely lady's dress is going to look. The first coats of paint are just going on now. Richard Palmer and Jr. Miller, owners of Paint Slingers, are the painters chosen for the painting of this historic home.

As you can see here, the trim is going to be a creamy white. The window sash color is a delightful surprise and will take a good three coats to cover as it should.





Here's another look at the front porch showing the window sash color and the white trim. Dustin said, "We have yet to unleash our fourth color as it will be top secret until we get to the brick foundation." I can't wait to see what Dustin has planned!

I just got back from vacationing in Savannah, Georgia and while there we took one of their ghost tours. We were told all about ghosts and this thing called orbs. So, I'm wondering, is that a drop of water on the camera lens or does this home have a friendly visitor from days past? ;) (wink, wink)

Well, if that is a past resident, I think they must be grinning from ghostly ear to ghostly ear over what Dustin and his crew have accomplished for the Tyson-Stedham home.

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To see the amazing transformation of the Tyson-Stedham house from start to finish, click HERE. Looking forward to your fabulous Before and Afters!



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