June 2013

There has been a flurry of activity around here..

We are putting the little front porch on the log cabin..just big enough for a dog bed so they can snoop out the front gate and be out of the weather

And we demolished the old stone house kitchen.

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And working on opening up a doorway between the pub (now log cabin basement) and the wine cellar (now servants quarters basement)

Cutting stones for the archway of the jailhouse door.

None of the basements of the three structures communicate. In order to allow access without having three interior stairways, we knocked out a small section of the foundation between the servants quarters (middle section) and the basement of the log cabin.

The log cabin basement, shown below was built three years ago. It took about a year to complete.

The horizontal cement line is where we had to excavate to be able to have a full basement. The stone behind the stairs is the original foundation for the servants quarters. It has been re-pointed.

The log cabin basement will become the bar. I'm calling it a 'circa 1940's English nautical pub'.

Back wall of the pub.

The old jail house door from the Ellicott City, MD jail.
Circa 1820.

The New Kitchen

The kitchen lights, from Rejuvenation.

Old butcher sign.

The front door to the kitchen, pantry side.

Easter baskets in waiting.

The country store display case.

Old country store scale., and crock for  'rabbit pellets'
I'm fairly certain that these are food for rabbits, but I won't eat out of it, JIC..

Old containers with new purpose, (bread box and coffee storage).

The parlor stove. No. 18 Wherle.

The front door to the parlor.

Detail of tin ceiling.

Every parlor needs a couch.

The Grand Opening of the Gatchelville Store 2013

It was a chilly sunny spring day this last Saturday.

Our very good friends opened their store for the 2013 season. Surrounded by friends, smiles and tales of the passing winter we were all happy to be back together.

For information on the store please visit the facebook page;

And remember if you see anything with a "K" in a heart is MINE! I'll be in to collect it shortly.

Please also remember to give the resident guard poodles (complete sarcasm) a kiss for me..and tell Linda and Carroll that we said "Hello!"