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Letting Go of Old Roots
The past several days have been awash in noise and commotion—in what has become a never-ending saga of surprise after surprise. On Sunday, while mowing the grass, I noticed a…
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First Attempt at Masonry (and What We Found Along the Way)
Work has picked back up in the parlor/office after a few weeks of delays for family commitments. From the beginning, it was obvious something was hiding within the fireplace wall…
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Restoring the Old Parlor: Update
Another month has passed, and we’re still renovating the office. What started as a simple “let’s freshen things up with some paint” has escalated into what will likely be a…
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One Room at a Time: Restoring the Old Parlor
For the past several weeks, it’s been demolition and restoration work in the office—what may have originally been the home’s parlor. There’s still a lot to tackle in this space.…
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Expert Care, Neatly Done: Our Tree Removal Experience
For nearly two weeks, we've had a couple of tree experts working diligently to clean up our property, removing dead and diseased trees. When we came home yesterday, it looked…
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Outside Demo: Complete
It’s been a good week and signs of real progress around here… Shout out to the Donaldson Execuvating crew for making quick work of things. The view driving up to…
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Brick by Brick: Summer Kitchen Demo
Today, we took down about half of the remaining brick wall to the summer kitchen. We’re trying to salvage as many original bricks as possible. My wife is a good…
Demo Days Ahead: Exciting Times for Our Project
Finally, it feels like we're making progress. Gutters - check Water softener - check Outbuilding demo scheduled - check Hey we'll take the wins... the gutters are critical to control…
Shed’s Last Stand: Planning an Upgrade
This is the second outbuilding on the property and also in the sightline of the insurance company - meaning it has to go. Much like the summer kitchen, it too…
Summer Kitchen to Salvage: The Fate of a Historic Outbuilding
Unfortunately, not much is left of what I'm fairly sure was the summer kitchen for the home. I've heard rumors that some believed this to be enslaved housing—unlikely, given that…