This is my beach house In Ship Bottom NJ. Ship Bottom is in L.B.I, Long Beach Island. Also next to Surf City where we hung as kids. I'm told i was conceived on this Island... you may have heard these tall tales before... My grandparents bought this house(the Periwinkle) when my father was three. An old sea captain decided to take an early retirement due to an illness and made this little bungalow into his life's final work. He died here in the home and we still think he keeps us company. Everything was carved by hand, and old the hardware and copper accoutrement's were hammered and shaped by hand as well. Nut covers, hinges, gargoyles, you name it. These are just a few pics of this crazy old place. This is also the joint where the parties went down and the surfing hearse hid out. If you haven't heard the story before, the hearse had a giant middle finger on the roof with the phrase Fuck You Airplanes on the roof. Boards lay inside and most of my dads pals would borrow the hearse by day and return by sunset. Kenny Strange owned the Hearse...not my Dad. Apparently they deemed him "Strange" as he only showed up at night, unannounced. Everyone else surfed all day. The pale yellow board you see here is a UFO stubby, one of the 1st shorter boards to hit the market. My fathers board back in the day, and still my favorite board to ride. Can't explain, it's just one of those boards... I had a collection of board nose's for awhile. My dad and his buddies use to saw the noses off to make shorter boards before they hit the market. Some have since walked, but I do have a one really cool one left...no pics. The fat guy is Scott the neighbor. He falls down when he drinks, so he is quarantined to the back deck only. It is a rule at the Periwinkle, no Scott in the house! Scott's buddy Apple whom lives next store is also a drinker and half a mental patient also. They have the sickest bottle opener collection I have ever seen, museum quality. They take this shit serious! LBI is a cool place, lots of hot rod stories, surfing adventures, and some old drug running too that went on close by in the legendary "Pines". These guys were animals back then. Hot rodding cars and leaving them in the woods for drinking parties. The real deal! If I find some pics, I'll drop em on you. God bless the Periwinkle! Your all invited!
Couple more pics I found... that is my Dad taking the three window for a ride before I cleaned it up a little... still got work to do! he is a maniac, can't you tell? I think he is 59 now. More pics of house... Can't see in the pics, but I come form a long line of sea captains and fishermen myself. There are whales ribs, sharks jaws, bamboo reels and harpoons. This place is loaded with family history. Best break on the island too... Man, do I have stories...
Just put mine for sale... House is too big, garage is too small. This is a family's house. http://wpn.mlxchange.com/Pub/EmailView.asp?r=304259346&s=WPN&t=WPN
Just purchased this one, still getting moved in. Built in 1903. Was a country doctor's home/office. The octagonal room on the right was the waiting room, patients seen in the room behind it, minor surgery performed in the kitchen! 12 foot ceilings, all beaded board walls inside, 90% original "wavy" glass panes, an actual artesian well on the side porch. Needs lotsa work, doesn't have a level spot in it (sorta like walkin' through the Fun House at the county fair!) Has over two acres, lotsa room for our chickens and whatever livestock. We love it! Next comes a shop.
Wow, gorgeous place! We still have some original "wavy" glass in our house as well. I can't bring myself to replace it, it's too cool!
And I hope you never do! Theres absolutely nothing wrong with old windows. Theyre made of old-growth, dense-grained hardwood and are virtually infinitely repairable. Modern windows are throwaway units, basically. Youre supposed to rip them out and start over again every 20 years or so. Mine are 100 years old and still going strong, though currently suffering from some deferred maintenance. (That reminds me, I need to get a picture of our house in this thread.) Storm windows are definitely a must, and if you dont fancy carrying them up a ladder, I recommend internal storms on any upper storeys. And if youre really concerned about energy efficiency, consider insulating the walls and attic, as thats where most energy is lost. -Dave
Here are some of my 1940's house. It has been added onto and remodled over the years more times then I can count. We are doing it over again to. Before we moved in...we will be going back to spanish tile in the front eventually. Front door after stripping off the cover wood and staining it. Front door after new stucco, paint...wife decorating for halloween. It's a loooooooooong house... The kitchen/dining room gutted and now... the dining room Master bath gutted... and now It is funny tearing walls down and finding old windows/door areas etc... We also have a 1950's pool that we had to get new filter/plumbing on and the back carport is now a shop. This house/project has slowed down my working on my projects biggggggggggg time!
This is where I spent most of my childhood years, with fond memories......... Around 1960 my folks got out and we moved.
This is where we ended up........... not much, but the view was killer and had a nice breeze most of the time
Thanks for the compliment, Boyd. Yeah, we'll be searching for more original glass to replace the few modern panes that have been installed over the years. Old houses have character. (Kinda like old cars!)
Here's a house we looked at yesterday and may be putting a bid on today. 4 bedroom, super solid foundation. No door on the garage
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