EP140 Opening Up the Attic Access
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- Опубликовано: 11 янв 2024
- We have some brand new "old fashioned" lumber to reframe the attic opening.
We finish building the box-joint jig in the woodshop. Will it work?
Jeanie heard your suggestions for the Victorian drapes, and we'll be showing you what they look like.
The draperies look nice. A tip for next time, make them floor length & windows will appear larger. Also curtain rods can go up high. 😊
I have to agree. They would look more to the historical look. ♥️😊👍
That is some creative, careful work. Inspiring. To treat everyone with love and attention for the best outcome. Love the new drapes!
Hi, friends! The whiteboard illustration for your attic access project was very helpful. I understood the gist before but that made it crystal clear! Your drapes look great! I hope you enjoy your time with your special guest. They're so lucky to get to stay in your amazing house!
Thank you!
🙋♀️❤ It really does pay to do it yourself! And, the curtains look just elegant!
Beautiful box and curtains! Typical drapery fullness is 2x the width of the opening for weight and graceful folds. Draperies are not just for privacy, though! They can be as tall and wide as you like to change the feel and scale of the room. If you have tall ceilings, placing the rod higher, and making the drape longer, closer to the floor, will carry the eye upward and make the room feel bigger. With heavy brocades, you are also adding some insulation and sound dampening. Weights in the corners will make them hang straighter, or can buy weighted cord that can be sewn into the hem.
Love the music! And the drapes!
Yes, I love the fullness of the two curtain panels much better! Very pretty!
Yes! Thank you!
Agree!
Love the drapery!! If it were me I would make them a little longer but I love the pattern and colors!! Great job! Can’t wait to see what you will make with that box joiner Mike!!! ❤
Very interesting woodworking, and the drapes look very nice!
Hello!! Thanks for the update on progress. Woodworking is always very zen. So interesting see how things are made. I probably will never have to do it, but if i did I'd have some idea how it's supposed to work.😁 The drapes are so nice. You did a fantastic job!! See ya next week.🤗❤️🤍💙
Pretty fabric for the drapes, they look very rich!
Thank you!
I like the drapes! Something else they used to do back in the day to keep those old farmhouses warm, was to make what they called a "window quilt" which were drapes that were insulted and quilted and hung up in the winter to keep out drafts and the cold.
Sounds like a good solution for those chilly months!
Drapes in a home of this period should go all the way to the floor in my opinion. It looks too modern to have the drapes stop at the bottom of the window. Love the box construction jig, that was cool.
Mike and Jeannie great job.👍
Yes love the drapes. Great job. I am interested in this furnace and ceiling project. I get what you want to accomplish but a little uncertain how it will come together. But, I am confident you have it under control.
We've got a plan! :-)
You are spot on about just stepping away. Sometimes just a little is all you need. I don't know how many times I've done that and have come back to see the solution was sitting right in front of me the whole time. Sometimes we are just to close to see it.👍🏼
Oh that can go for people too.😂😂🤗
Years ago we lived in an old mill house down in Greenwood, not far from you. The house was built using full dimension rough cut lumber. Really well built, especially for mill worker housing.
We've heard that a lot of southern mill villages were very well built. The fact that they're still standing, and the mills have come down is a testament to that.
I loved the music, very smooth! I kept wondering what a box joint was, until I caught on that it was dove-tailed. Jeanie, those drapes are lovely. I understand why folks keep saying they need to go to the floor, but my goodness, I would think you would be spending a fortune on the fabric alone. They are perfect for what you need now, in my opinion. Stay warm, and safe until I get to see your next video. 💖💖
Thank you!
The drapes look very period appropriate. Great job!
Thank you!
I like the curtains with one panel on each side , I was taught years ago curtains should be 2.5 X's the width of the window so I try to get close to that I've done 2 X's and it's worked fine I think the fabric of the curtain allows variables in the 2.5 width for example thinner fabric like cotton looks gorgeous doing the curtain 2.5x's the width of the window but a tapestry fabric looks good 2x's the width plus allows you to see bit more of the pattern along with fullness. Excellent video and team work you two.
Soft and cuddly wood. Made me laugh out loud. So great to spendvtime with you as always!
Lol!
@@1834RestorationHouse After25 years of shivering in winter, in our upstairs bedrooms, and sweltering in the summer I finally broke down and had insultation blown into the attic to an R factor of 60. It's -15C this am and I don't even need a sweater. Plus ( added bonus) squirrels don't like it! Something to consider? -Penny
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🤣SOFT AND CUDDLY!! LMBO😂
Have a great weekend you two! ❤
Lol! 💖
Love the trailer. Looks like a classic.
It's a 1978 model.
@@1834RestorationHouse beautiful.
Ooo, have you thought of putting in a drop-down stair in that space? If you have to enlarge the area, make it large enough to install one and eliminate lugging up the latter. It'll also be easier when you do any maintenance on the HAVC . Jeanne, the drapes lo😅ok so much better with the fuller panels. That is very heavy material and when I've used heavy fabric I always had pinch pleats so it was hard for me to determine even though it looked like the covering was being stretched. I also have used the rod pocket but only with sheer curtains, and then I always used 3Xs the window width. Consequently, your curtains look really nice. Oh, I forgot. Have you considered using the gold lace down the other side as well? It might look more balanced plus you would have gold up against the gold braiding, thus tying in the
gold better.
Definitely consider the drop down stairs. I did have to add a bit on the legs so that they sit flat on the floor under our 9ft ceiling. I have seen some sliding stairs (rather than folding) but have no info about cost and availability.
I like your draperies over the lace panel. I've done something similar in our 1890's house and the key to a more authentic look is layering. You've done a lovely job and those panels should help keep some of your heat in as well as blocking the summer sun later on.
We're looking forward to seeing if the furnace runs less. The house's thermostat is in that room.
Patience makes perfect!
The drapes look great!
Much better on the drapes!
I like them like that but when I make drapes to pull back I make them longer. But. That is just me.
They also used to put a layer of bunting between the drape and the lining for insulation. Also drapes were a it longer than the windows
Very nice drapes for window
❤ The curtains look good Jeannie.
The drapes are perfect and I loved the woodworking lesson! I was given a whole lot of tools and I don't know how to use them. Keep those lessons coming! :)
Glad it was helpful!
The drapes are fantastic! Very period appropriate as another commenter said. Great job! I persevere with watching the making of the box joint jig, didn’t have a clue what you were doing. In the end it all made sense to me. Another great job. I’m learning too! ❤
Sorry it took so long, but now we have the jig and furniture can be built! :-)
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No worries. If you hadn’t explained properly, I wouldn’t have understood it. 👍
So that’s how you make a box jig. Very interesting it really was. Now you can start making all kind of things. Jeannie, your curtains look so much fuller now but I think they should have been longer. But they definitely serve the purpose of keeping light out n hopefully keep some cold from coming inside.
Mike, I’m curious how you’re going to match up that beautiful bead board on the ceiling? Since you’re making the entrance larger. I’m excited to see everything come together. Stay warm folks. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍
Regarding the beadboard, I'm going to try my hand at making a perfect replica and then cut them to length.
@@1834RestorationHouse oh wow! I hope you’ll do a little bit of a video on it. I would love to see that n I’m pretty confident you can do it too. ♥️😊👍
Drapes should go the floor on a grand old house.
The curtains look really nice. It is better looking with the two panels.
Obviously better with two panels….but for a high ceiling in a house like this, they should be floor length and hung much higher closer to the ceiling for a more aesthetic and elegant look.
Awesomeness ❤
The drapes look really nice! Great job!
Thank you! 😊
I love the curtains. Sorry I’m English , so it may sound odd to Americans haha. Great job guys. Love to you both Lisa xxx ❤
We use the term curtains and drapes interchangeably here. It must be our English roots! :-)
@@1834RestorationHouse haha that’s great. Love to u both xxx♥️♥️♥️😘👍
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Are you going to add more insulation? I think you could build that up by another foot?
That would surely make a difference :)
It would make a big difference. What's up there now is pretty useless.
I missed the Last Vlog !!!
Have you considerered relocating and making the attic access larger; i.e. a pull down stairs in the hallway, for example?
We're trying to keep the historic part of the house as original as possible, especially the public areas.
You need a topper
Wood working is science and art mixed. Just go ahead and whip out some wood shutters for windows!
Unless that nice straight green 2x material is stored flat and stickered and maybe even banded together, it will not be straight when it is drier. It will react exactly like the wet pressure treated stuff from box stores. You carefully select the straightest available, bring them home, put them in the garage and a few week later they are all sorts of warped and twisted.
If you are putting HVAC in this attic, then you really need easier access than a ladder. Why not put in actual pull down stairs? No one wants to haul a ladder up stairs just to change the air filter!
As for the drapes. They are too short for such heavy fabric and they need to be on traverse rods so they open and close. Drapes with actual pleats at the top, with pins into the holes in a traverse rod, also make the drape look neat. Drapes should hang straight. The rods are meant for fabric like the lacy stuff, but they don't work with heavy drape material. It just leaves the drape splayed out and looking well not good.
Really drapes fall into 2 categories. Ones for looks and ones for function. Functional ones that open and close need traverse rods and no tie back. Ones that never move, can have tie backs. But fabric of that thickness needs to be floor length and on traverse rods in order to look right.
The drapes are way too short. Raise the rod to the ceiling and make the drapes graze the floor. More in keeping with the style of the house
Agree
Aren't you sad that you painted the wood in that room?
It was all dirty white and really ugly. The good news is that all layers can be removed in the future to reveal the wood underneath.
Please no music! It is so distracting. One of the things I liked about your videos is that you didn’t add silly music!
I thought you might enjoy some easy jazz better then the screeching of a table saw and dust collector.
Nope, tool noise is always better than jazz.