I sure know what you’re going through renovating while you are living there. We live my my husband’s grandfather’s old house. Which was started in 1908 and finished in 1910. There is an outside caboose which goes into the cellar which was a dirt floor and hubby dug it out and poured cement. The only way to the basement inside was a very small trap door. We decided to go under the stairs and piewedged a staircase to go down to the basement. We covered up the the small trap door and piewedged stairs to the attic above the kitchen. Been here since 1994 and still renovating. You’re right, nothing is level or square and we put wedges under furniture so they’ll be level, but we love it! You’re right, prioritize because the hay in the canning is gotta get done. The farmers old saying gotta make hay when the sun shines.
Yes to everything! I could not agree more. We do the same with our furniture, just shim it and go on. Sometimes it is so hard to stick to daily work like hay and canning because we would rather renovate but then we remind ourselves it will feed us through winter and the animals, lol.
Omgoodness your pantry is going to be awesome, in our last cabin we had a root cellar under the kitchen floor and you are right about the stairs. We ended up building a ships ladder and it worked good for us. But your cellar might be taller than ours, it was easy for us to pass things down to the person who was down there, I also used a basket to carry stuff up and down. We also put a rail so I had something g to hold on too. Anyways, your place is really coming along. Great job guys 🌷🇨🇦
That's going to be such a nice panty, so much more room. You'll be able to get it more organized and stocked up than the little original one. The original one was cute but with how you can and preserve, this one make so much more sense. I love bead board, I think it's a great choice for this area. Very nice!
My home place had a cellar. You could access it from outside or inside. From the inside, it had wooden steps just like going down into a basement. The steps weren’t real steep. I’ll never forget that clay smell. We use to play down there some. Never thought about mice or snakes. 😂 My mother put all her can goods down there and of course potatoes and onions. The oil furnace was also down there. I like the wood paneling. Have you thought about staining it. It has a pretty pattern in it on video. You all are such hard workers and so patient. Wishing you luck.
I just now got comfortable enough down there to work. Before it was cleaned out I hated being down there it was just creepy. I couldn't imagine playing down in a cellar, lol. We didn't in person it has a lot of imperfections and defects since it is paneling and not high quality wood. So we will probably paint to help hide some of that. Thank you!
You’re doing an amazing job. You’re very fortunate to have family that is helping you and Ben. One of my former homes had similar access, as what you’re doing, to the basement. Except, the hinges were inside, like a cabinet. It had a small area approx. 2”x2” inches that was carved a bit lower than the rest. In this carved out area there was a brass ring to pull the door out. Basically the ring was somewhat hidden, it wasn’t sticking out. Can’t wait to see the final result.
Howdy, have been binge watching. Another You tube channel I watch has a play list on a 1840 cellar/Larder th-cam.com/video/e2HcYFDKY74/w-d-xo.html Maybe this would help? Great work!
You all are so awesome
So exciting to see this really taking shape!!! Nice work!
I sure know what you’re going through renovating while you are living there. We live my my husband’s grandfather’s old house. Which was started in 1908 and finished in 1910. There is an outside caboose which goes into the cellar which was a dirt floor and hubby dug it out and poured cement. The only way to the basement inside was a very small trap door. We decided to go under the stairs and piewedged a staircase to go down to the basement. We covered up the the small trap door and piewedged stairs to the attic above the kitchen. Been here since 1994 and still renovating. You’re right, nothing is level or square and we put wedges under furniture so they’ll be level, but we love it! You’re right, prioritize because the hay in the canning is gotta get done. The farmers old saying gotta make hay when the sun shines.
Yes to everything! I could not agree more. We do the same with our furniture, just shim it and go on. Sometimes it is so hard to stick to daily work like hay and canning because we would rather renovate but then we remind ourselves it will feed us through winter and the animals, lol.
white will keep it light...and look bigger...I'd do white in the pantry...great progress.
Good work !
I enjoyed watching the process of this! Thank you so much for sharing your journey! ;) :)
Omgoodness your pantry is going to be awesome, in our last cabin we had a root cellar under the kitchen floor and you are right about the stairs. We ended up building a ships ladder and it worked good for us. But your cellar might be taller than ours, it was easy for us to pass things down to the person who was down there, I also used a basket to carry stuff up and down. We also put a rail so I had something g to hold on too. Anyways, your place is really coming along. Great job guys 🌷🇨🇦
Lookin great!
That's going to be such a nice panty, so much more room. You'll be able to get it more organized and stocked up than the little original one. The original one was cute but with how you can and preserve, this one make so much more sense. I love bead board, I think it's a great choice for this area. Very nice!
Thank you! I cannot wait to get it done and have all the storage space!
Cellar stairs are just weird. It’s usually more ladder like with a crappy hand rail. Yours looks pretty GOOD to me.
You’re right! Ours was a ladder until we built these stairs. Thank you!
My home place had a cellar. You could access it from outside or inside. From the inside, it had wooden steps just like going down into a basement. The steps weren’t real steep. I’ll never forget that clay smell. We use to play down there some. Never thought about mice or snakes. 😂 My mother put all her can goods down there and of course potatoes and onions. The oil furnace was also down there. I like the wood paneling. Have you thought about staining it. It has a pretty pattern in it on video. You all are such hard workers and so patient. Wishing you luck.
I just now got comfortable enough down there to work. Before it was cleaned out I hated being down there it was just creepy. I couldn't imagine playing down in a cellar, lol. We didn't in person it has a lot of imperfections and defects since it is paneling and not high quality wood. So we will probably paint to help hide some of that. Thank you!
You are going to have a very nice pantry😊😊😊
Thank you! ❤️
Great progress! Have fun canning.
Thank you! Will do!
I love the video update. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
We live in a over 100 yr old house but has always been kept up, we have done a few projects too. It's never easy.
I'm hoping once we get the entire house renovated we can do regular maintenance and upkeep and it won't be so hard on us anymore, lol.
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Cannot wait to see it completed! Also, we're living parallel lives with canning dominating our days. ☺
I cannot wait either! It is definitely taking over right now I cannot keep up lol.
@@LewisAcresHomestead Totally! Can't keep up and don't want any to go to waste!
Totally get the stairs situation. Our house is 100 plus years old and our steps are the same.
You’re doing an amazing job. You’re very fortunate to have family that is helping you and Ben. One of my former homes had similar access, as what you’re doing, to the basement. Except, the hinges were inside, like a cabinet. It had a small area approx. 2”x2” inches that was carved a bit lower than the rest. In this carved out area there was a brass ring to pull the door out. Basically the ring was somewhat hidden, it wasn’t sticking out.
Can’t wait to see the final result.
Thank you so much! I know, we are so thankful we have friends and family that come and help us. That would be such a good way to do it!
Could you all dig outside to make an opening to the cellar
Everything is coming together nice! It will look beautiful when your through!
Thank you!!
It's probably too late but trace around the wall, unscrew the hinges and lift the wood up from that end without cutting or removing the wall panel.
We ended up using a multi tool to cut at the bottom it was a quick easy fix thankfully.
Looking good. Can't wait to see the finished pantry.
Thank you! I cannot wait either!
P.s. would like to see your canning process if you have time to film it.
I’m trying to film some as I go. I have some older videos from last summer where I shared some canning also.
Would a small spiral staircase fit?
We thought about that but with the amount of stuff we would need to carry up and down the stairs we thought it would be even more dangerous.
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Howdy, have been binge watching. Another You tube channel I watch has a play list on a 1840 cellar/Larder
th-cam.com/video/e2HcYFDKY74/w-d-xo.html Maybe this would help? Great work!