The unfinished portion of our basement has a remarkable amount of storage for a century home. One of the previous owners put up some walls to create specific storage rooms which is really nice. The problem with having a lot of storage, however, is that it tends to fill up very quickly. Stuff you might …
I have written about the window boxes on the front of our century home in the past. This spring was the first time that I attempted to plant something in them. It was generally a success. The boxes looked really nice with plants in them and the self-watering system we installed seemed to work really …
Earlier this summer we restored the original front door on our century home. It was a lot of work (you can read about it here). The next step was for us to makeover the storm door. The previous owner had had it custom made (the door opening is not a standard size) about 20 years …
We have a blank wall in our kitchen that was greatly underutilized. We decided to put a buffet or console table there because we were looking to add some storage as it is right by our back door. After looking for several months, we found a vintage piece that we really liked at the local …
While frequenting our local salvage store last fall, we stumbled across a set of vintage organ pipes. Although we rarely purchase something without having a clear plan for it, we just couldn’t leave without the pipes. So we purchased them and brought them home where they sat in the garage for about nine months while …
We had a fire pit at our previous home that was well-loved and much used. Unfortunately, even though our new home has two porches, both are covered and there is nowhere to put a fire pit. We decided that a small tabletop fire pit might be a nice alternative. It would allow the ambiance of …
The front door on our century home is amazing. It is solid wood with beautiful paneling and almost three inches thick. However, time has not been kind to the door. It had several large cracks through which you could see sunlight and the panels were pulling away from the door frame (see photos below). The …
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Our century home came with built-in window boxes on the second floor. As I am not much of a gardener (I have a habit of forgetting to water my plants), I found the idea of putting plants into the window boxes quite daunting. In fact, last summer (our first summer in our new house), I …
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