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Shiny!
13/07/2025

Shiny!

Our old house was built in 1940. The original owner lived in it until she was 94 years old. We bought it after she moved...
13/07/2025

Our old house was built in 1940. The original owner lived in it until she was 94 years old. We bought it after she moved to an assisted care facility. She told the neighbors she wanted to live in a castle, so the architect created this entrance for her. 😃 It was in excellent condition, but we had to renovate the kitchen. The floors were carpeted and we lived with them until they needed to be replaced. We had the beautiful wood floors refinished and repainted the walls with colors we liked. ☺

Our home was built in 1900, but this panneling is around 50 years old. We debated ripping it out vs painting. It was a l...
13/07/2025

Our home was built in 1900, but this panneling is around 50 years old. We debated ripping it out vs painting. It was a lot of work and prep, but worth it! The result is beautiful and bright. I don't see many people post knotty pine panneling before and after, but for those contemplating it, here ya go

"It'll do."With some urgency in finding ourselves an equine property on a very tight budget, we looked at a small horse ...
13/07/2025

"It'll do."
With some urgency in finding ourselves an equine property on a very tight budget, we looked at a small horse farm which had just cime on the market. The farmhouse was decidedly "meh!", but the price was right. We toured the barn, and both it and the pastures were perfect for our needs. As we walked back to speak with the agent, my wife and I discussed the property. I asked about the house, which lacked charm and needed a good bit of work. "Would it do?", I asked. Her response: "It'll do."
We made an offer and it was accepted. It turns out the house was built about 1850, expanded around 1880, and remained in the original family until the 1970s. After that, it was "updated" inside and out. Fortunately, we could see past the existing condition to what it could be.
Here is Tranquility Ridge Farm: today, in the 1880s, and as it was when we found it.

You don't have to buy a huge old Victorian to spend too much time working on your house... you can do it with a little h...
12/07/2025

You don't have to buy a huge old Victorian to spend too much time working on your house... you can do it with a little house as well.
We were wanting to downsize from a big old stone house in the country when my wife saw a listing for this cute-ish little cape, which we bought.
"Well", I told her, "the first thing I'm doing is getting rid of the plastic siding." After 40 years in restoration I know that vinyl often covers up an unknown number of problems. Well this siding certainly did. (More on that another time)
Anyway, fast forward about 6-7 months, and we are back to the original, AMAZING, 10 inch vertical grain old growth red cedar, which we scraped and painted.
Because matching siding would have cost almost $10/ft, in areas where I needed more siding, like the screened porch which I turned into a dining room, I used cedar shingles instead. We also used antique diamond paned windows in this room and several other areas of the renovation.
Additionally, in these photos, I did chimney repairs, slate roof repairs, built a more "dignified" porch roof and columns, replaced the front door, built stone walls and a brick walk, and new plantings. Our son made the "dragon fly" shutters.
And that was just the front of the house. Turned out to be a big little project... but so much fun (if you like that sort of thing... I do)

Spring and summer are near ❤️ our 1914 Georgian
12/07/2025

Spring and summer are near ❤️ our 1914 Georgian

My 1887 Victorian Terraced house....last photos of my bathroom...sorry if it is an overkill.but photos somehow glued to-...
12/07/2025

My 1887 Victorian Terraced house....last photos of my bathroom...sorry if it is an overkill.but photos somehow glued to-gether.

Just ripped up hallway carpet in our 1860's house in Lincoln. Tiles have the Lincoln Fleur-de-lis. Needs a good clean, b...
12/07/2025

Just ripped up hallway carpet in our 1860's house in Lincoln. Tiles have the Lincoln Fleur-de-lis. Needs a good clean, but are in better condition than we thought.

I’m in desperate need of help. I cannot choose a flooring that will go well and not clash, any help welcome! Not positiv...
12/07/2025

I’m in desperate need of help. I cannot choose a flooring that will go well and not clash, any help welcome! Not positive that the counter is staying either so I’m trying not to go by that.

Dug up the lawn…
12/07/2025

Dug up the lawn…

My old house...but not that old. Built in 1953, remodeled in 1980's, and abandoned and neglected since the early 2000's...
12/07/2025

My old house...but not that old. Built in 1953, remodeled in 1980's, and abandoned and neglected since the early 2000's. I bought the property for the four car garage (2wide, 2deep) and never even went inside the house prior to purchase. I thought the house a complete tear down. Roof leaking, Masonite siding over the original wood siding, thick with mold and rot, back porch roof collapsed, front porch had collapsed, exterior doors so rotten that they came apart in my hands, water running in around rotted out windows who were only held in place by equally rusted nails.
A horrible rotted hulk that looked, from the outside, like a death trap.
Imagine how surprised I was to get inside, after clearing out the previous owners belongings, to find the majority of the interior was in good shape. I decided to rehab instead of tear down.
And I needed it dried in first. This old woman has no business on a roof so I hired that done. Only two layers of shingles, the original and a drive over looking something like a three tab. Absolutely shocked to find that none of the underlaying wood needed replaced. We kept the 1950's character of the exterior. Work continues as time and finances allow. But she's dried in, new windows and doors.

I am just starting my work on this beautiful house. One of my favorite features is the wrap around porch. It has great b...
12/07/2025

I am just starting my work on this beautiful house. One of my favorite features is the wrap around porch. It has great bones - 12 foot ceilings - I’ll post more another time

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