Chasing Trim

The worst thing the previous owner did was to hack up the door mouldings in the kitchen. I don’t know … More

Stripping the Porch

I optimistically planned to get the house painted the first summer. This was complicated by my lack of scaffolding. I … More

One thing that was really good about the house was that there were already storm windows installed over the original … More

This is the largest room in the house, the first one you see when you walk in the house. The … More

The kitchen was freezing all the time. This was because the previous owner had removed the door between the kitchen … More

The bathroom had the absolute worst plaster in the house. The listing photos cannot conceal the extent of the problems: … More

There was so much to contend with. The stairway had terrible plaster, and the intense turmeric yellow walls and ceiling … More

The closing date was three weeks after I signed the papers. Strangely this date coincided with a deeply traumatic calendar … More