I visited the Victorian Farmhouse and read this post on winterizing. Those were the days. Described are various methods we also used in this house in the early days- straw bales around the foundations, plastic wrapped windows, etc. No-likey any of those useful, but awkward ways to keep warm. Old houses are drafty, that is […]
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Winterizing -Insulation
Odds and ends::floors and woodwork
This is just a short post to describe the floors and woodwork. In my previous house, in the city- which was one of the Craftsman type homes built in the 1917 to Twenties era, the woodwork and floors for even modest homes was beautiful. Generous dark English oak style appointments including coffered ceiling beams,built in […]
Old House Posts
There’s a play on words for you! Gardening is just not happening here right now, but I have many stories of the old house that I am starting to post. New one today :) Technorati Tags: old house blog,
Old Inhabitants
I tend to have many asides when I tell the tales of the house and the renovation, but I thought you might be entertained by a few stories about former inhabitants of the home. In my ‘Flooring’ post I didn’t fully explain the story of the reservoir. I had met up with the elderly lady […]
Bathroom Floor Choices
This isn’t a major essay- just a little conversation about choosing a type of flooring for the bathroom. It used to be that you had a few kinds of things you chose, but they have some new products out that widen the choice range. I’ve lived in houses that had the usual vinyl flooring, but […]
Ode to an Old House
Something about old houses calls to certain sorts of people. Is it the history, the sense of rescue from the brink of no return? or is it just more pragmatic motivations? For all of us: a poem, and a picture. Deserted THE old house leans upon a tree Like some old man upon a staff: […]
