My goal is to make this kitchen feel like it flows with the rest of the house. One of my [b][i]major[/i][/b] projects will be replicating all of this old woodwork. I am not a master craftsmen by any means, but it gives me an excuse to buy all sorts of new tools :D
My question is what type of wood stock I should start with? From what i can tell, most of the trim in the house is 120 year old pine. Everything is painted right now, but we plan to strip it all eventually (even if it was originally meant to be painted, I think that the pine will look fine stained by today's standards). The two staircases in the house are walnut...
With all this in mind, should I be trying to find antique reclaimed lumber to mill my trim from or should I just do the kitchen in new white oak, etc?
Picture of the door/window trim:
Woah! I love the trim, especially the scalloped top! I wish you luck stripping it. That is a lot of detail, and I'm sure it will be quite tedious and slow going. If you need pointers, I would suggest checking out Greg's blog at:
ReplyDeletehttp://petchhouse.blogspot.com/ .
He seems to have experience dealing with stripping wood and may be able to give you some tips. The trimwork in our century home isn't as elaborate as yours, so I'm not much help there.