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23550 Fairmount, Shaker Heights, OH 44122 is an 1853 farmhouse on a quarter acre lot. It's a perfect little house, with emphasis on the "little" - the only reason why I'm not interested in it is the size - 1200 square feet. The windows and interior t [Read More]

First of all, I must apologize to those who came here the last two days only to find that I had neglected to post again. I know there were tears of frustration and moans of "where is she?" (I can dream can't I?)Truth is, for a few days there, I had t [Read More]

Part of the continuing saga of the old farm house down the street from us. The renovation is complete, all they need to do now is plant grass or something, probably have to wait until spring for that. Here are Part I and Part II of this series. It [Read More]

Here we have farmhouse library table with fabric swatches.Fabric swatches for a comfy chair or two.or three...And/ or a small sofaOn which to recline while reading a much beloved tome.Not to mention these fabulous side chairs to carelessly toss aroun [Read More]

My brother and sister-in-law put an new porch on their Victorian farm home this summer. Tim was supposed to help do this in exchange for all the help Tom's done for us over the years, but Tom must have gotten tired of waiting for him to get around to [Read More]

1:30 P.M.: Back at the house, the woman and her daughter continue their work. The girl helps her mother shoo two plump chickens to be killed later back into the henhouse to calm them. Mother and daughter work together at baking tasks. The mother lets [Read More]

Hey, we don't live in the Little White Bungalow anymore!  I think I mentioned a while back that we were sort of casually looking for a new place (for many reasons), but were having a hard time envisioning life somewhere else.  Well, we ac [Read More]

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."br /-- Henry David Thoreau [Read More]

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To go on a long weekend in the Finger Lake region of upstate New York. To Ithaca, specifically, so we can celebrate Joe's 10-year reunion at Cornell (go Big Red!) =)br /br /Ah, it will be so nice to be in a house (we rented a house with a bunch of ot [Read More]

Yeah, I get that question a lot. br /br /The answer I give people is this: "Phase? Oh, the house is in a phase all right -- it's called 'It doesn't phase Joe'." [Read More]

I have no interest in "doing it myself."br /br /That's right. There. I said it.br /br /Now, don't misunderstand me (and please don't pepper my blog with hate posts) -- I love, respect, and treasure old houses as things of the past. Things with hist [Read More]

Just because I don't enjoy *doing* home improvement work, doesn't mean I'm not very grateful for the fact that my husband (the ever-talented and corny-joke tellin' Joe!) does. I appreciate the end results, just not the process. br /br /So I guess t [Read More]

So, to pick up the earlier thread, of "beginning at the beginning", here are some more "before" pictures (before as in, "before any demolition").br /br /So here is a close-up of the house on the day we came with our home inspector before the closing: [Read More]

The restoration of the plaster was completed on the second floor a while ago. The woodwork is currently being stripped of the old layers of paint and prepped. The windows are next to be stripped and... Going it alone: restoring an 1820's Victorian f [Read More]

WOW. I'm inspired and floored by the floors at 1900 Farmhouse. If my floors can turn out like the floors there I'll be one happy camper. My floors in the kitchen are in fairly good shape and should... Going it alone: restoring an 1820's Victorian fa [Read More]

While I'm waiting for the materials to arrive for the kitchen's tin ceiling I figured I would take another look at the front porch and the work to be done. The bottoms of the posts are a bit rotted -... Going it alone: restoring an 1820's Victorian [Read More]

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Here is a little bit about the other two homes on Friends of Historic Preservation's upcoming Parade of Historic Homes:645 South Governor-The original house was most likely built around 1890-1 on land that was formerly part of Strohmn’s Tree Nurser [Read More]

Making space in the kitchen to continue working, the base and wall cabinets were removed from the kitchen to their new home in the garage. The existing cabinets that I pulled were simple cabinets... Going it alone: restoring an 1820's Victorian farm [Read More]