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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-05-01, Page 29HOME Sc GARDEN IMPROVEMENT .SUPPLEMENT , _FICIgiifirE•RAMEY Many people dthre, past 'the large yell,* houSe across frOnt the Melville PreshYter- ian..Chnrch and wonder what .s whin made • it into three • apartments, one -nsed by,the family (the first floor) and- tw-o On the secOnd floor, on the's0ath Side and one on the east side of the kitchen,. This combined with a dark garpet on the floorr, made the room, very dark. The walls at Abefore photo (below) and an after photo show the many hoUrs, of Work , , , , , . . . . . the t •Sandersone have put into renovating, their large- Brussels home . . . „ .„ had been divided into two rooms --a kitchen and a small pantry. - One of the first things they did was to sell the old cupboards while they were Still in the hourpe and then remove. theta, 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 th the wall, putting in a support mcu -hiiird-Starage area. roof. installed new — windowS, electrie4 wiring,. , and all the reduired plumb- ing. They insulated the out, side wall and ceiling, applied inside partitiong-Iiid-'-dttar"---- Opening and panelled ..the walls. Ceiling tile and ne'W .sub- header above _the. door,. , They removed the archway between the kitchen • and When they installed thek cupboards, Sandersons put in small pantry. to make it into floures-C-ent lighting above one large L-shaped room. lowe,recv.the cci • instead of a bead, There is • a. decorative light a ove to eight feet, ,drywalled the itihgehtkiatbcohveen.trebideesakn.d a pot cUing and all the walls, primed all -the drywall and ' stucco sprayed the ceding. Before --drYwalittig the After -that the SauderSons kitchen? they insulated the flooring oVer the old boards o installed new '- utside wall, tearing off the were added, The Sandersons plywood sub floor and then a bright hard old brick and plaster and insulated the floor and aP- soilace floor, New cupboards re -insulating it. plied drywall under the floor. - to keep the apartmen. t floor -followed. •The SandersonsThe Sandersons also reAll4 kitchen table is now located ovated What had once been waruri. in front of the patio door and ' an old coachhouse .on the (Continued on Page 0) es the clipboards surround the property n a ove y pa petimeter o f the kitchen, meat. yVhen, the family,rnov- makirig, use of wa.stecl space, 04 to flieir new -Wine the .. . . , ' In the previous " pantry, "-Pertinent VMS just one big • now..pperi to the rest of the---siteragc spaCe.where-PrObab- ,room, there is a c4pboarcilY the hay and straw for the Storagearea, a desk area and h9ite's had been sti:"d', a hookShelf area. sinniglee, :;aurtPinleepleswigithirpn'ea - In order to give ths kitchen bedroom, kitchen With eating a rustic look, the SandeP°116` area, living memo frent aPP,IieCI a bricI5 facingibet- trance, closets and bath- wanedthe en'thf3nkpipteehrelCptanaSa t:;tops tt)°,fluh-o first tiiiii;the sao4er„ Well as or the :9tditehs wall andk re4hingled the' sons did was to make sure aroUnd the Patio doork :nndof d togbarrhe oursido was weather tanding thto th ove t cut old wrecli ut_of your backyor nd ifito ours! • . • • 1 • • 1 '•the fine old house looks like . ow the Sandersons own• that time were yellow. • on the inside. ' t Quite a few in the Com- muoity 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, ..ali.4e.K2P'!„.his:...v.qfe and theietwO children Brandi : haVe,most of ,the houSe to themselves, except for one ...large tented. apart- rnent Upstairs. , ' Clarke Matheson has --cAlected—sente---interesting,----L-7 historical inferaiati.on many of 'the older homes hi Brussels.,.atid supplied the: : following 'history of the house.: The, house. was built in Dr,: William .Holmes ;for his family, MrS..Holfaes, daughters Nora and 'DOrOthy:. and son When 'lie uloyed to CranbroOlt;,-, , thehouse became the phi.' pero; . 'of Dr. ' Themas T.:" McRae who 'practiced 411 -ed- . ichiethere, nntil his death. Myers succeeded him and practiced until. he moved to Saskatoon. -. The he lovely old house wi huge,.staircase . • .;atict; :tong ving7rooni with re- places., . . The 'kitahen, the ' Sander', SOnS, inherited.WaS about 15 yearS, old, and 'had' plywood eupbriards. The Main reason the :SandersOns 'deci'ded : to renovate Was .thafthere Were only windows, one Becausethe windows were small, the Sandersons had to get up to loo out' of'themif 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 $$ in your pocket INE pAy spOT CASH FOR WRECKS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO DISPOSg OF OLD FRIDGES & STOVES AND ALL OLD APPLIANCES WE'LL TAKE SCRAP METALTOO. PARTS FOR LATE tAODEL CARS & TRUCKS * Both rebuilt arid used * Installation service by licenced mechanics New Homes 'Renovations Additions Agricultural Commercial Framing Concrete Foundations Farrn-Pcissenger-Cornmercial TIRES _ DUNLOP * ROAD KING * GOODRICH * GOODYEAR * Rcidials-- Beiteci - Polyester Ply AT SPRING SALE PRICES! BRIAN SANDERSON hotise waS bought by Calvin there until his death. The n wiftab house then became the pre- D0X 47° perty of Ronald Ristimaki UNDe russels 887-9200 482-3217 TO INREcKE Ifighwat 8; Three mi..west ofPinton•