Classic Interior & Exterior Design

11/25/2024

04/04/2023

Tiled this fireplace in a 60s Modern split level in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA. The existing wood-burning fireplace was damaged and dirty and not very attractive. Thanks Jim Kendall and Gregory Snyder for the opportunity to be involved in this very cool renovation project.

03/03/2022

This was my floor refinishing project in Lititz, PA this past fall. We sanded and stained the 1920s yellow pine floors with a custom mixed color…or 2…or 3. The floor had been patched before at several different points and then was patched again during these renovations with new material, so the challenge was to get everything to match as best as possible without taking a week to apply layers of stain. Thanks Tim and Marcy Diem.

01/23/2021

These yellow pine floors in this cottage were in really rough shape. The grey areas were literally black from decades of water damage. We were able to remove about 75% of the stains. Thanks Bill Grace and Jim Hadfield for the opportunity to work on your project. (The large grey stripe is a shadow from an overhead collar tie.)

08/29/2020

Sanded and refinished the Living Room, Dining Room, and Hall of a Victorian townhouse in the Chestnut Hill Neighborhood of Lancaster, PA.

07/20/2020

Basement lounge remodel of an 1953 architect-designed home in Dover, DE. The bulkhead conceals major mechanicals and the white shelves with the glass sliders were upgraded originals. Thanks Jim Gerace and Greg Springer.

01/17/2020

My fall porch restoration project, consisting of reconstructing deteriorated stone bearing walls, replacing rotted porch framing, flooring, stairs, stair balustrade, and right end balustrade with new mahogany treads and flooring and Spanish Cedar trim components, bringing all new work to code compliance in the city of Lancaster, PA.

12/11/2019

Last year during college winter break I refinished the badly damaged Entry Hall floor and stairs of this student housing building on the campus of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA for the Project Architect and G.C., Suzan Matos Design Construct. This project included patching the rotted random-width pegged red oak flooring at the entrance, replacing about 30 of the pegs, sanding, staining, and applying a fast-curing commercial water-based polyurethane in a breakneck timeframe.

12/11/2019

I refinished the floors in this 1830s farmhouse renovation in Wrightsville, PA. The Living Room floors were oak veneer installed in the 1920s or 30s, and the rest of the house had badly cupped and warped pine floors. I did not do the patching, some of which was done decades ago.

06/20/2017

Guest bathroom at beach condo in Lewes, DE: gutted and remodeled with grey marble subway tile in a herringbone pattern, oversized white subway tile, and through-body black porcelain tile for the floor. Clean and crisp.

03/07/2017

Facade restoration of 1903 Victorian townhouse in Chestnut Hill Neighborhood of Lancaster, PA, involving removal of formstone stucco, repointing and repair of brickwork beneath, installation of new gutter and downspout, restoration of windows and door frame, and fabrication and installation of window boxes and shutters. This type of project ran around $12k but immediately added $25k to the value of the house.