Undoing the Powder Room

This was the worst room in the house. I think it had originally been a pantry. Kitchens in the late … More

Undoing the Kitchen

The kitchen was such a mess. The walls and ceilings had bad, cracked AND lumpy plaster, there was trim missing … More

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

There is an addition behind the kitchen. It looked like it was built in the 30’s or 40’s, possibly by … 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 greenest house is one that is already built. A pre-1900 house is built of natural materials, that have functioned … More

I had two moves. I had a storage unit at the cheapest place I could find, at the opposite end … More

The building inspector burst out laughing when he saw the furnace. It was an octopus gravity fed furnace, and appeared … More