In February, mere weeks before COVID-19 turned the world upside down, My friend, Drew, and I went on the first True Tales From Old Houses field trip. Unfortunately, Devyn was still on medical leave.
The plan was to interview two restoration specialists and visit two historic buildings in Indiana and Kentucky. Episode #29–Rhonda’s Colorful Life, was…
I finally have a new window restoration video to share. Producing video content takes such a long time--all the grooming! So much for working while wearing pajamas. Anyway, my latest video is about how to restore a window jamb. There is so much information available about restoring sashes that it is easy to overlook the…
Progress progress! In case you missed it, I am in the beginning stages of an enormous staircase restoration project. This week, I sealed the stair treads with LOBA Impact Oil, also known as LOBA 2K Impact Oil.
Who can forget 2019? That was the year we all traveled to the grocery store with wild…
Do I even finish anything anymore? Does anyone? Will there be toilet paper at the store today? These are the questions I have been asking myself lately. Invariably, when I bring up the fact that I feel scattered or unproductive, someone will reassure me that I do plenty. That's not what I am getting at…
Yes, I am still plugging away at the front entry makeover, and installing flexible shoe molding was my latest task. As a quick reminder, last fall, I partnered with Spoonflower. They provided all of the beautiful William Morris reproduction wallpaper for this room, and Andy and I hung it together with the nailbiting twist that…
Three weeks ago, a couple of days into self-isolation, there was a funny meme going around about how we should all stop mopping and shining our floors because that was a "day 15 of quarantine task." It was too soon for such a painstaking chore. Now that about twenty days have passed, it does feel…