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1:)EBBW IRAT!IIWY• '
Many people chive past
the large yellow house across
from the Melville Presbyter-
ian Church, and wonder what
'who Made tint$1 three
aparthlents, one used"by the
fao,jiy •(the' first f1904 'end
tWO On the secOnd floor,
ozi siciO and t—SY•Ktitone op,
the eaSt side of the kitchen.
This coinbined with a dark
•gatypt on the floor, made the
room very dark.; The walls at
A before photo (below)and an after photo show the many hours of work
,
the Sandersons have put into renovating their large •Brussels home
•
,
,
tact leen '4ividod Into two the -cnph0-1X,....". -shrround the property iMo p. *jovely 4part., ..
rotlialS.,,a.kitchen and a smallperhnetOr Of the kitchen, :merit. When OP far110 ;IVY. ,„.,.:.....
Pantry. , making use egviWeli,§p4e. - ed V thei new .home, the
One of the first things.they . .,OPartinent was just one big•
in the previons 'pantry,
-dtti • was to sett ttt °Id , •40w open to the test of the -ntera'ge !Pace where Prghab".
room, ere is a cuphoara t,
there ' ' ' ' ly thehay an_ 0 'straW 'thr the ,
cupboards while .they were '
,•still in the ,honse and then . ,,,,,PrSes had been stored.
"remove thein', ' : ' 6tnrag,c.aren, n den'iC area and * The couple deSigned • a
They cut ari.tipenin$ in the" a - - single apartinea with one
• In order to give the kitchen
:bookshelf area. ' - b.cdr(?orn'; kitchlren• \viol eating,,
' towoe'roinstallwtall.t4cl4: ng'south i.fctlt ina rustieloo' kb, the Sanderson*.
appileci4k. rick f,cing bet,, :area, living room, front en-,,
rd
trance, closetS and bath:
Patio 400r, for ' a hrihtr
weep the kitchen counter top •room .
kitthen and a better view of and .the upper cupboards' as ' '
the river. They cut a hole for .'' ' The first thing the Sander-
. wall, putting in a' support ' ' sthol:tsthdeidouwtasisdetowinasawkneastuhreer '
well as on •the south -wall
the six foot Patio dpor in the r-
satraortinldngthientoPatihi: ddnenskr and proof and re-shinglecl the
header ahove the door, •-cupboard storage area. roof. They • installed new
They removed the archway
. between the . kitchen and cti- Wpbboe4ilitsb,eYsainncisrearisloendsr7tiirt waniaddanlvvi st'heeireeTuiieraeld wiringl
small pantry to make it into' in tiouresee.nt 4b,tins
one large L-shaped room. ahave- ins, They insulated the out-
7in:etakaidt-chof6-anbtualbkl--ehe,.aandda
.- There_ -t op.aing ad panelled the
-s-wail-ws. all-, and-ceilink,:applied
Then they lowered the ceilin4-'
e', is a dec9rative light above, inside partitions - and ' door
to eight fetdryWalled the t
. eailing and all the wills, light. above the desk. n*.
primed "all the drywall and . • . .
stucco sprayed the ceiling. . Before dryWalling the ' - Ceiling tile and new sub -
After that, the Sandersons kitchen, they insulated , tbd flooring: over the old boards
- outside wall, fearing off the ' were added, The Sandersons
installed new plywood sub
floor and then a bright `hard old brick and plaster and -insulated the floor and ap-
surface floor. Newcupboards re -insulating 'it. . plied drywall under the floor • -- ,
• followed,i, The Sandersons' The Sanclersons also ren- to keep the apartment• floor
kitchen table is now located ovated what lia5,1 once been warm. •
in front of the Patid door and an old coach:house on the 1(Continued on page 0
ove tliat old wrec
ut of your backlfar
nd into ours!
•in your poc
the' fine old house 'looks like
on the inside. • f'.".
• Quite a 'few 'in the com-
munity realize that it Was
once used 1 by Dr. `Charles
Myer :for his ''hOrne and
Offices 'and soine,-knOw,, the
house once .contained 'three
.apartmenis. Today, Brian
•-Sanderson, .his', wife D,Onna
'and their two children Brandi
and Devon have 'Most Of the
house to themselves, except
jet -one -large- rerited--apatt-'.
ow, the Sandersoos' 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
,cupboardsThe main reason
• the Sanclersons decided
•'-reitovate Was that there- Were
only two small windows; one
inept npstaits.
; Mrs. Clarke Ivlatheson has
•'collected some ',:intereSting
historiCal''. information ' on
Many of the older hones in
• Brussels: and Supplied the
: following :"---history of the
':house.
-• The housewas built
• 188 13'Dr. William HOlines -
for his family, Mrs. Holmes,
• daughters 'Nora,and -Dorothy
and son • Carl. -he
• Moved to Cranbrbok, B.C.
the hcipse became 'the iiro-
• perty of Dr. Thouias • T.
McRae who practiced-rnd-
icine
,
there until his death. "
,
Dr C A MyersStiCeeeded
.aniriiiieticed until he
moved tb §ii,katoon. • The
• hoitad was bought by Calvin
Of--.-AtWoodT.whb,tived,...,—,
•
there 'until. hisdeath. ',The
• house then became the ,pro-
perty of: Ronald Ristimaki
• _
that time -were yellow.'
PecauSe the w' d -ws were
• srnall,.the:Sandetions had- to
get uitO Idolt: Out of them if
• tleY• W4.1ritPcl. 'AP: check on.'the
Children' playing in the yard. ;
They were" also: biassing the
. pleasant ,view of the Ivlait-',‘
land Rivet which their ren-.
••ovations-liaw give them,.
• The kitchen area bfore .
the Sanclersons' renovatiens
onSttuCtil
New Homes • Agricultural
Renovations Commercial
Additions • Framing
• Concrete Foundations
BRIAN SiltIDERSON
ox 298 Brussels 887 9200
WE PAY SPOT 'CASH FOR WR CKS
15 THE PERFECT TIME TO,
DISPOSE OF OLD FRIDGES & STOVES
AND ALL OLD APPLIANCES
WE'LL TAICE SCRAP MET,ACTOO.
:RT
„.'FOR 'LATE MODEL
itckili rebuilt and used
trioc4cinics.
, .
Form -Passenger -Commercial
TIRES
BY DUNLOP *10AD KING GOODRICH
GOODYEAR *
Radials - Belted - Polyester Ply.
• AT SPRING SALE PRICES!