Thread: Remodelling House to Maximize Halloween Architecture

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Hi everyone.

Some of you may remember me posting design plans last year to remodel the front of my house into a true Victorian manor to fully maximize the architectural elements for Halloween (follow the link to the old thread).

Well, I have been working on the building plans for almost a year and I hope to start building in the spring.

So, here is what my house looks like without any decorations:





And this is what I'm hoping to build.





So, if the IRS isn't too evil and I don't get laid off in March 2012 (that's when the company always announces layoffs so first quarter can look good on the books) I hope to start building in the spring. Just to kick things off, my wife and I went to an architectural salvage store and build new front doors for $190. I'll strip the old paint and fix them up, but it's a start!

I'm also hoping to use some actuators to build a camouflaged garage door that works like this:

OH Man.....I can't wait!!!

Me either.....is it spring yet. That is going to look fantastic TK, love those doors and keep us posted with every detail.

The Sara Winchester Compulsion? We were watching the old Brit.show "Blakes 7" and they are on a strange planet, they see a small strange hut but it has a very tall, thing tower coming out of the top, one character says:"What is that?"
The other character says:"Looks like early maniac to me!"
I laughed a lot at that line since I built a room at the rear of my 1880 Italianate house using the steel frame of a radio tower (1947)thick, galvanized steel) to make a similar thing! Good Luck!
There are some pics. of my house at hauntedravensgrin.com

Love the new doors! And if you ever do a garage door like that, that would be way cool. Imagine it would take up a lot of space inside for clearance though. I've been following your house pics for a few years now and hope this spring will be the start for you (and hopefully mean you've made it past the layoffs).

Gym, Blake's 7 is one of my favorite SciFi series. Think I have every episode on Beta boxed away somewhere which tells you how long ago I use to watch it. Our PBS station out of Chicago use to air it late at night on the weekend. Personally I enjoyed it more than Dr. Who or what was the other one, Red Dwarf?

Originally Posted by Ghost of Spookie

Love the new doors! And if you ever do a garage door like that, that would be way cool. Imagine it would take up a lot of space inside for clearance though. I've been following your house pics for a few years now and hope this spring will be the start for you (and hopefully mean you've made it past the layoffs).

Gym, Blake's 7 is one of my favorite SciFi series. Think I have every episode on Beta boxed away somewhere which tells you how long ago I use to watch it. Our PBS station out of Chicago use to air it late at night on the weekend. Personally I enjoyed it more than Dr. Who or what was the other one, Red Dwarf?

I'm having lunch with a mechanically inclined friend tomorrow who is going to school me in actuators. I'm hoping I can have the doors open out instead of in. I might have to support the doors with cart wheels, but it'd be worth it.

Glad your still a go on this. Kinda funny you would post this today.. Just the other day I was trying to find the previous post about this topic, and couldn't find it. I wasn't sure if you were still interested or not. I can't wait to see the outcome. Im assuming you plan to have at least the outside done by next Halloween?

Very nice, I guess the other half is on board with this. You're so lucky.

There's no doubt the design is awesome. Before proceeding though, I'd get some second opinions from your neighbors. Something like this might out-class or otherwise look very out of place in your neighborhood.