September 9, 20159 yr Awesome! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 9, 20159 yr Dude, your bike is ruining the awesome paint job! ;) The cornice looks fantastic, and the continuous sills came out absolutely great. When the whole thing is painted, it's going to look like dynamite. I may have stopped by at lunch, and they may have been laying the tile for the kitchen...
October 12, 20159 yr Wow, over a month with no posts. So, tile floor in the kitchen is done. Cabinets are in. Tile floor entry way and in one of the bathrooms are done. More tile put in this week. Hardwood floor install starts today. And painting of the exterior should start next week. A lot of stuff coming together.
October 12, 20159 yr Love the basket weave tile pattern in the bathroom. That's a classic look. Is that apron sink going to be porcelain, stainless, or copper?
October 13, 20159 yr Thanks. It is going very quickly now. I think the hardwood may be installed by the end of the week. They are moving fast!
October 13, 20159 yr Are you going to be able to buy a standard garage door or will you have to have it custom made?
October 13, 20159 yr The opening is a tad narrow, it's 15'-6" wide by 9'-0" tall, but a standard 16' x 9" door will work fine.
October 22, 20159 yr Hardwood floors are done, tile work is nearly done, painting on the outside has begun.
November 9, 20159 yr Paint and stairs (the replacement lintels for the two first floor windows are still in process).
November 9, 20159 yr Is there going to a tertiary color used for smaller details within the lintels and cornice? It's looking great. I love the color of the body of the buildings.
November 9, 20159 yr The cornice brackets are going to have some red accent color, along with the two entry doors, but the lintels are going to be all cream.
November 9, 20159 yr The cornice brackets are going to have some red accent color, along with the two entry doors, but the lintels are going to be all cream. Refresh my memory... are the missing lintels being replicated/replaced or being left as-is as a reminder of the building's history?
November 9, 20159 yr They're going to be replicated out of wood. I'm anxious to see how they turn out.
November 10, 20159 yr ...and then we can finally have our UO Party 2016!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 12, 20159 yr I walked past last Friday, and it's looking great. Mulberry is a really nice street. So many gems hidden up on the hillside streets around the basin. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
December 2, 20159 yr I am so tired of filling nail holes, caulking, painting trim, sanding...and haven't even gotten to the walls yet. Is it 2016 yet?
December 7, 20159 yr ...and then we can finally have our UO Party 2016!!! I *think* that will be able to work. Haven't completely confirmed it yet...
December 8, 20159 yr I was in the premises before any major work was done. Is the spiral staircase located where a wooden staircase was that was kind of in the center, and served maybe 3 floors?
December 8, 20159 yr Loving the colors! Thanks for saving this little gem of a building. I've done enough of my own to understand the monetary and emotional investment you've made here.
December 8, 20159 yr I was in the premises before any major work was done. Is the spiral staircase located where a wooden staircase was that was kind of in the center, and served maybe 3 floors? No--that staircase remains, but has been rebuilt. The spiral staircase basically replaced a very small staircase in the far left of the buildings, which is no longer there. The entrance to the attic on the 129 building now comes from the other end. Were you at the pre-construction open house? (Trying to figure out who you are....)
December 8, 20159 yr Also, if you are looking for an in-progress peek at the property, it is one of the homes on the OTR Holiday Home Tour this Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Tickets available at Mica or through American Legacy Tours website.
December 8, 20159 yr I *think* that will be able to work. Haven't completely confirmed it yet... Bring it!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 4, 20169 yr Getting close. Still need to work through punch-list, stair treads, backsplash tile, shower glass (no the curtain isn't staying), and the two replacement lintels on the first floor exterior, but it's almost there!
January 4, 20169 yr Thats one sharp looking renovation! “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
January 4, 20169 yr I believe that the north side of Mulberry is 45219, and so not technically Over-the-Rhine. So this house is in "OTR", as announced by that tile, by a mere 10 feet.
January 4, 20169 yr I'm on the north side of the street and am still in the 45202 zip. I'm within the OTR Historic District boundaries, not technically within the OTR Neighborhood boundaries, but the community council includes my property. Depends on which definition of OTR you are using. Also, do zip codes follow neighborhood boundaries at all? I know they often follow city boundaries, but I would be shocked if they followed the neighborhood boundaries except as remnants of old cities/towns that have been absorbed by the city (Madisonville, Westwood, etc).
January 4, 20169 yr I just looked it up...turns out I had bad information courtesy of John Back, if anyone here knows who he is. 45202 encompasses everything up to roughly Dorchester, which does not have any buildings on its south side west of Sycamore. Also goes up the Rice and Loth hills to a similar latitude in line with Dorchester. https://www.maptechnica.com/us-zip-code-boundary-map/zip/45202
January 4, 20169 yr Fantastic renovation! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 4, 20169 yr Looks great! What I really want to see is a before/after comparison of the exterior after those lintels are installed.
January 11, 20169 yr ^Thanks everyone! It's really close now. (Sorry, been a busy new year and haven't had much chance to post here.) Hopefully everything will be done by the time of any forum meet....
January 11, 20169 yr Here's a near-complete before-and-after photograph by the fine folks at Architects Plus:
January 11, 20169 yr Holy moly! (no pun intended) "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 15, 20169 yr The two replacement lintels on the first floor (made of wood) are finally installed.
January 15, 20169 yr The building on the right is unrecognizable. Really good job. I've loved watching the progress.
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