Captain Hardy Smith House

The Captain Hardy Smith House is located in Dublin, Georgia. It is the oldest home in Dublin on its original location. Built in 1873 it is located at 307 West Gaines Street in Downtown Dublin.

The restoration of the home included searching for mature pine suitable for cutting the large barge boards with no knots. The ones used came from the Altamaha Swamp around Hindsville, Georgia.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Master Bedroom


From the start the master bedroom had windows that were fogged up, paint peeling all over and the floor had been painted years ago with many coats of polyurathane.

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The first thing to be done was scraping the walls and the ceiling.
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After the walls and ceiling are prepared then they were primed.

Now for the fun part......first touch of wall color.


Painting the walls and the ceiling took many hours.

Ahh the floor......with such a crude surface to start with the first thing to do was to get a heavy duty floor sander. On the left is what it looked like before sanding. On the right after sanding showing how some areas were not touched by the sander due to the floor not being perfecting flat. Note the transition from original to sanded floor.

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After using the heavy duty floor sander the remaining areas on the entire floor had to be done by hand...inch by inch. This shot shows the result.



Now the surface is prepared for staining with a natural stain.

Finished with the floor!

Finally after about three months the final product!

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