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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-04-30, Page 21FOR LATE MODEL CARS &, TRUCKS * Both rebuilt and used * Installation service by licenced mechanics Farm-Passenger-Commercial TIRES BY- DUNLOP * ROAD KING GOODRICH * GOODYEAR * Radials - Belted - Polyester Ply AT SPRING SALE PRICES! • HURON - Construction • New Homes • Agricultural • Renovations • Commercial • Additions • Framing • Concrete Foundations BRIAN SANDERSON Box 298 , Brussels 887-9200 How, *HOARDER' pmFoRovEmERT- SUPPLEMENT By. DEBBIE RANNEY Many people, drive past the large yellow house across from the Melville PresbYter- ian Church and wonder what who made it into • three apartments, one used by the family (the first floor) and two on the second floor. on thesouth side and one. OP the east side of the kitchen. • This combined with a dark carpet on the floOr, made the room very dark. The walls at • • had been divided into two rooms--a kitchen and a, small pantry. One of first things they did was to sell, the old cupboards while they were stillin: ' the tPt hh.Pus and then remove They cut an opening in the two walls facing south in order'. to install a six foot patio: door, for a-brighter kitchen and a better view of the river. They cut a hole for the six foot patio door in the wall, putting in a„,••• support header above tliedeor They' removed the archway between the kitchen and small pantry "to Make it into one large L-shaped room Thenthey lowered the ceiling to eight feet, drywalled the tiding and all the • walls,, primed all the drywall and stucco sprayed the ceiling. After that, the Sandersons installed new plywood sub- floor and then a bright hard surface floor. New cupboards followed. The Sandersons' kitchen table is now located in front of the patio door and the cupboards surround the perimeter of the kitchen: making use of wasted space, In the previous pantry, now open to the rest of the room, there is a cupboard storage area, a deSk area and , a bookshelf' area. In order to give the kitchen a rustic look, the Sanderson& applied a brick facing bet- ween the kitchen counter top and, the upper cupboards as well as on the south wall .around the patio door and standing into, the desk and cnpboard storage area. When they installed their cupboards, Sandersons put in flourescent lighting above instead of a bulk head. There is--a decorative light above the kitchen, table and a poi light above the desk. Before drywalling the • kitchen, they insulated the outside wall, tearing off the old brick and plaster and re-insulating it. The Sandersons also ren- ovated what had once been an old coachhouse on the Property into a lovely apart- ment, When the family mov- ed to their new fame, the apartment was just one big storage space where probab- ly the hay and straw for the horses had been stored. The couple designed a single apartment with one bedroom, kitchen with eating area,, living room, front - en- trance, closets and' bath- room. The first thing the Sander- sons did was to make sure that the outside was weather proof and re-shingled the roof, They installed new ' windows, electrical wiring, and all the required plumb- ing. They insulated the out- side wall and ceiling, applied inside partitions and door opening and panelled the walls. Ceiling tile and new sub- flooring over the old boards were added. The Sandersons insulated the floor and ap- plied drywall under the floor to , keep the apartment floor warm. 1(Continued on Page 6) A before photo (below) and an after photo show the many-hours of work the Sandersons have put into renovating their large Brussels home. the fine old house looks like on the inside. • Quite a few in the com- munity realize that it was once used by Dr. Charles Myer for his home ' and offices and some know the house once contained three apartments. Today, Brian Sanderson, his wife Donna and their two children Brandi and Devon have' most of the house to themselves, except for one large rented apart- ment upstairs. Mrs. Clarke Matheson has collected some interesting historical information on many of the • older homes in Brussels and supplied the following history of the house. The house was built in 1887 by Dr. William Holmes for his family, Mrs. Holmes, daughters Nora and Dorothy and son Carl. When he moved to Cranbrook, B.C. the house became the pro- perty of Dr. Thomas T. McRae who practiced -med- icine there until his death. Dr. e.A. Myers succeeded him and practiced until he moved to Saskatoon. The house was bought by Calvin Smith of Atwood who lived there Until his death. The house then became the pro- perty of Ronald 'Ristimaki Now the Sandersons own the lovely old house with its huge staircase and long living-room with two fire- places. The kitchen the Sander- sons, inherited was about 15 years old and had plywood cupboards. The main reason the Sandersons decided to renovate was that there were only two small windows, one that time were yellow. Because the windows were small, the Sandersons had to get up to look out of them if they wanted to check on the children playing in the yard. They were also missing the pleasant view of the Mait- land River which their ren- ovations now give them. The kitchen area before the Sandersons' renovations Move that old wreck out of your backyard and into ours! It's $$$ in your pocket WE PAY SPOT CASH FOR WRECKS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO 0 0,00" DISPOSE OF OLD FRIDGES & STOVES AND ALL OLD APPLIANCES WE'LL TAKE SCRAP METAL TOO.