Historic Hatton House

11/16/2023

Wish us luck! Final electrical inspection tomorrow! Our house on 22nd St has come a long way since we got it as an abandoned burn damaged house cut up into 9 apartments. If you're looking for a 4 BR/2.5 bath historic home with tons of bonus space, all new electrical, plumbing, and HVAC you should buy this house! Gina Swanson is our agent.

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06/02/2023

Making a last minute trip to Sioux City to hang with Steve Wilke-Shapiro, Sara Andre, Terry K. Philips, Sandra Johnson, and the other cool kids at . AND I HAVE SHIRTS! Thanks to Jenn Sullivan for being the personal assistant who actually gets the things done!

04/22/2020

We're putting a door between our kitchen and dining room. The detail shot is the textured glass pattern in the stained glass transom I made. Question 1: anyone know where I can buy glass like that in the US?

Question 2: should it have a strained glass border around the textured clear? Which pattern? Or just clear glass? (These border pattern are adapted from windows in the house).

04/16/2019

This is why historic materials are important. The equivalents just don't exist anymore. You can't just run out to the field and cut down a 300 year old tree to make something.
This is an extreme example but things like this happen all the time with windows, flooring, and trim for historic homes.

07/01/2018

We had some water come in from above and below, but mostly we are fine. Wishing the rest of the city a swift clean up.

04/09/2018

It should be spring here in Des Moines but Mother Nature hasn't looked at the calendar yet. That means we get to continue the painting and corbel repair inside. After having the pieces dipped to remove the 130 year old lead paint, Arbitron, wood glue, sandpaper, and some hand tools have been working overtime.
Primer and finish coats are starting to go on so the end is in sight!

03/05/2018

Here's our neighborhood, begging you to vote YES on Measure A Tuesday March 6th.

When we first moved into River Bend, I owned a baby shop downtown called Simply for Giggles. We had only lived here a couple weeks when I realized I had to close my store because I wanted to spend …

02/22/2018

Our roof cost $43,000, and that didn't include gutters. Preserving history is expensive, but the end result is so beautiful. Help preserve our history, create jobs, and ask your Iowa Senator to maintain State Historic Tax Credits at the current funding level.

The Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee is meeting today, February 22, on a tax bill that will reduce and then eliminate the Iowa State Historic Tax Credit (SHTC). This would be a huge loss for ne…

11/16/2017

Fall at the Hatton House means the mad dash to compete warm weather project runs all day and a fair portion of the night.

10/20/2017

We're doing some scary things this Halloween season! Like painting the house on a 40' boom and transporting 16' siding in a minivan. Our new look is in progress!

10/10/2017

130 year old paint is so persistent.