My Happy Thought for the Week
My wife and I were reading this month’s edition of This Old House Magazine last weekend. They have an article about installing a beadboard ceiling on porches, and, in the story, they quote a figure of five-dollars-and-some-odd-cents as the cost of beadboard by linear foot.
All of the beadboard we used on the back porch, the rear addition ceiling and three of the four rear-hall walls are covered in salvaged beadboard. Thanks to the generosity of the Shannon brothers, we got it all for free from the Davis House before it was torn down two years ago. Curious, I calculated the worth of the beadboard using TOH’s figure, and we saved ourselves approximately $13,090.00. Winning the lottery must feel something like this; every time I think about it, I get a big, shit-eating grin.
All of the beadboard we used on the back porch, the rear addition ceiling and three of the four rear-hall walls are covered in salvaged beadboard. Thanks to the generosity of the Shannon brothers, we got it all for free from the Davis House before it was torn down two years ago. Curious, I calculated the worth of the beadboard using TOH’s figure, and we saved ourselves approximately $13,090.00. Winning the lottery must feel something like this; every time I think about it, I get a big, shit-eating grin.
posted by John | 8:37 PM
3 Comments:
Salvage totally rocks!
I love salvage and with salvage in mind I saved my old porch floor, ripped and planed it and made gorgeeous ballusturs for my mission style porch railing. I even ripped and planed an old rotting swing set that I grabbed from a neighbor and used it to re-frame my rotted pantry exterior wall and floor. I save big bucks this way and always have great stories of my thrift to tell. Plus, it keeps the landfills less full.
That reminds me of when we first got the house. We were missing one door knob set and I was searching the internet for a match. I couldn't believe how much they wanted on salvage sites for a complete set. The door knobs alone were worth 1/4 of what we paid to buy the house. It definatly gives you a warm fuzzy feeling :)
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