Museum District Kitchen and Powder Room Renovation

We recently completed a 3 week long kitchen and half-bath renovation in the Museum district of Richmond. 

The Superintendent for this job was Cody McIntyre and his Carpenter's Helper was Jerrett Clark.

The kitchen and bathroom weren't outright disasters, but the kitchen was a little cramped (as tends to be the case in the Museum district) and had outdated appliances, counters, and cabinets. Our goal was to remodel the kitchen and remodel the powder room while making it a bit smaller.

The first step was, of course, demolition. 

We got rid of that hot water heater in favor of a tankless one that we mounted on the outside of the house.

Once we tore up the vinyl we found some bad floor boards in the kitchen and powder room. Since we had to take the floor up to allow our plumber, Ronnie Gray, to rough-in the bathroom; we replaced the floor boards with some salvaged Tongue & Groove flooring from a house of similar age that was demolished.

We framed in the bathroom and installed a pocket door (to save space). 

Once rough-in of plumbing, HVAC, and Electric were done, we went to work on drywall repairs and hanging dry wall for the powder room.

 The cabinets and counter-tops came form Reico Kitchen and Bath who also did the installation.

Next we put up door trim and baseboards, installed plumbing and electrical fixtures, sanded and polished the floors, and then painted.

The finished product! 

There is no such thing as a small job for RBVA 

Petersburg history and charm

We are working for the Centre Hill Mansion in Petersburg, restoring their shutters. We've just begun the project by first surveying the existing conditions. The shutters were stored in the Southside Depot, a beautiful train station. Luckily the city of Petersburg aims to put some energy into this building, but unfortunately, we're not to be the contractor.

This doesn't look like a lot, but there are hundreds of shutters to be restored. Some are over 10 ft tall, and the original shutters were constructed very well. They have 1/4" thick paint on them, some mold, and some bug damage, but we are excited to have the opportunity to get these back on the house. The Centre Hill museum agrees; our contract is to replace a few shutters as possible.

We also had to survey the mansion to guage the conditions of the openings and hardware left on the frame. We were lucky enough to get to check out some of the more amazing details inside this house, like this shower from 1901. The fixture to the right on the jamb is a gas lamp.

The item of furniture that looks like sawhorses is a quilting frame, best we can tell.

A curved door leads from the servants' hall to a storage area. We can only imagine the master carpenter that built this thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

1920's Era Restoration

A perfect day for scaffold work and painting amidst the trees...

From the big green house to the pink house!

New pilaster trim for the replacement windows