Dear Readers, Please Help Us Plan Sunday in Savannah

Can you help us? Help us make a plan? We are going to spend Sunday - part of Sunday anyway - in Savannah.<br /><br />I confess that this Architecture Tourist is woefully behind on his Savannah studies.<br /><br />Last year we saw <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2013/10/how-to-see-beaufort-by-buggy-with-paul.html">Beaufort by Buggy with Paul Newman and MaryAnn</a> and it was just delightful. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUto7h1-GQi9mRkDX9mG1-WivSo-97CgmX8E7_q6mn5BfYDvuN8OZzHBg97PmPFZa0Jp7qG_h9gQM1tDQstfgFHQwEK_zICQIDb0NuV2Fa1PkTO39lNeh-E8d-SrwUzajnx43V5RL3lw3/s1600/IMG_5702+Southurn+Rose+Buggy+Tours+Beaufort+SC+out+crew+the+Paul+Newman+the+horse.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUto7h1-GQi9mRkDX9mG1-WivSo-97CgmX8E7_q6mn5BfYDvuN8OZzHBg97PmPFZa0Jp7qG_h9gQM1tDQstfgFHQwEK_zICQIDb0NuV2Fa1PkTO39lNeh-E8d-SrwUzajnx43V5RL3lw3/s640/IMG_5702+Southurn+Rose+Buggy+Tours+Beaufort+SC+out+crew+the+Paul+Newman+the+horse.jpg" width="640" /> </a><br />This is our tour crew last year in Beaufort with Paul Newman. We'll be a bit more mature this time but we'll still wear some snappy outfits, except for me.<br /><br /><b>GUIDELINES? We don't need no stinkin' guidelines.</b><br />We like cool buildings, cool places, cool history, cool stories, and hot climates. Who doesn't? We'll probably get hungry in the process. Some of us (all of us) have some cranky knees so we need to minimize but not eliminate climbing. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10107729164" title="IMG_5664 2013-10-04 Southurn Rose Buggy Tours Beaufort SC KK LK JK TK by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5664 2013-10-04 Southurn Rose Buggy Tours Beaufort SC KK LK JK TK" height="450" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5338/10107729164_93ffc7579d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Thanks so much.<br /><br />I promise to blog it.

Dear Readers, Please Help Us Plan Sunday in Savannah

Can you help us? Help us make a plan? We are going to spend Sunday - part of Sunday anyway - in Savannah. I confess that this Architecture T...

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Happening Now: Painting a 1890 Victorian in Hapeville - the Madden House

<br />Al emailed me July 7:<br /><br /><i>"Tim and I are (about to paint) our old Victorian......we need...professional advise as to the color selection and which architectural pieces should be painted which color...</i><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIy1Exf7VTAUGc2-qxxbruvJ7mPrrfTByH4504qeTaRAwGtPCdP81HWKPpfdOX0a03xgnQGaeYsrfefH-QFm2FWkWbg81ZJ8tS0WMBuK_QYwZmIFqI6XbSWPchgNhE7-cf09wO9rynguYy/s1600/IMG_1711+2014-09-06+1890+Hapeville+Victorian+getting+painted+Al+and+Tim+with+calendar+picture+2x.jpg"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIy1Exf7VTAUGc2-qxxbruvJ7mPrrfTByH4504qeTaRAwGtPCdP81HWKPpfdOX0a03xgnQGaeYsrfefH-QFm2FWkWbg81ZJ8tS0WMBuK_QYwZmIFqI6XbSWPchgNhE7-cf09wO9rynguYy/s1600/IMG_1711+2014-09-06+1890+Hapeville+Victorian+getting+painted+Al+and+Tim+with+calendar+picture+2x.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><i>"I am an Aries, strong and dominate opinionated, Tim, my partner, is certified interior designer, who happens to be Virgo, so pairing these, I think a mediator could salvage what could be a heated discussion..."</i><br /><br />I asked <a href="https://twitter.com/JLJMcCarron">Jessica McCarron</a> who is in the Historic Preservation masters program at Georgia state.<br /><i><br /></i><i>"With your permission, I can forward to <a href="http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwhis/5539.html">Richard Laub</a> and Maryellen Higginbotham at GSU. Richard you may know, he's the director of the HP program. I'm in Maryellen's Historic Interiors class now; she would probably have some suggestions since her area of study is paint and wallpaper."</i><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15157086051" title="IMG_1714 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1714 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3878/15157086051_f8589e9721_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />I dropped by on Saturday and discovered work had begun. I think they are up to 800 hours of repairing, scraping, replacing, and priming.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14973503657" title="IMG_1731 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1731 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3848/14973503657_bc140c19c6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Exterior-Decoration-Nineteenth-Century-Historically/dp/0805003762">Victorian Exterior Decoration: How to Paint Your Nineteenth-Century American House Historically</a> is the key find from the consultations. This book is the bomb!<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15173798942" title="IMG_1735 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1735 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim detail" height="640" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5596/15173798942_bb91bb8e92_z.jpg" width="445" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.2000adinc.biz/">Al and Tim are design pros</a> and started rocking it. This is one of their studies.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622512117" title="P1090879-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Victorian-Fulton-Al-Dellinger-2000AD by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090879-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Victorian-Fulton-Al-Dellinger-2000AD" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5103/5622512117_2bc67f88fa_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was blue in 2011. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14973400120" title="IMG_1718 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1718 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5594/14973400120_c71ba9876a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />When I got there Saturday, the south side had at least 8 colors.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15159670982" title="IMG_1711 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim detail 2 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1711 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim detail 2" height="519" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5596/15159670982_bf8c836d7c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I confess: I'm in love with these crazy houses.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14973338769" title="IMG_1720 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1720 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3895/14973338769_c76e70065c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The back side of the house is primed out.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15159682342" title="IMG_1721 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1721 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5577/15159682342_faa0632556_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm fascinated to see a Queen Anne in white primer; lets my eye focus on shapes and textures.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14973407660" title="IMG_1726 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1726 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3910/14973407660_5407f9bef1_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Right: The porch  / sun-room is an addition that makes a bodacious acute angle.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15157102201" title="IMG_1730 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1730 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim" height="480" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/15157102201_9f0e1c17eb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Lot's of work ahead but no hiding the wrinkles.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/15159677842" title="IMG_1717 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1717 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim" height="480" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3897/15159677842_a8a4135f6d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There's not as much birdhouse material as you might expect.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5622513017" title="P1090894-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass-1890 by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090894-2011-04-15-Hapeville-S-Funton-Ave-Stained-Glass-1890" height="533" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5149/5622513017_b548cfce2a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Live painting now in Hapeville, Georgia.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/14987515190" title="IMG_1733 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim calendar detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_1733 2014-09-06 1890 Hapeville Victorian getting painted Al and Tim calendar detail" height="552" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14987515190_2c1e70a9fb_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Here's another look from back in the day. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4911115974" title="P1030502-2010-08-20-Howard-Kirkwood-House-Victorian-On-The-Mend-Detail by Terry Kearns, on Flickr"><img alt="P1030502-2010-08-20-Howard-Kirkwood-House-Victorian-On-The-Mend-Detail" height="514" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4120/4911115974_74c963a91e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />Here's a <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2010/09/mansions-of-howard-street-kirkwood.html">Kirkwood sister on Howard</a> a few years ago.<br /><br />I'll keep you updated.

Happening Now: Painting a 1890 Victorian in Hapeville - the Madden House

Al emailed me July 7: "Tim and I are (about to paint) our old Victorian......we need...professional advise as to the color selection an...

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