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Here at BHH, June is the month that passes by in a blink. Our calendar might as well read, January, February, March, April, May, July, August... Maybe it is the same at your house. During June, school ends, two kids go to summer camp, and we…
A couple of months ago, a friend from my running group sent me a text. He had a friend Ed* who had just received an estimate for vinyl replacement windows for his late-1800s house. The estimated amount? $73,000! Yes, you read that correctly. My friend, who also loves old windows, wondered if I would be…
Before we hosted the baby shower nearly two weeks ago, I did a little maintenance on the Street Side Front Porch. Currently, the big door, on the grand entrance side of BHH is off-limits, and I wanted all of our guests to use this small porch instead. For day-to-day, our family uses both entrances almost…
It has been a few weeks since I wrote a Friday post. The One Room Challenge is an intense six weeks, and it seems to suck all spare time away. Since it has been a while, there is plenty to share.
The big Blank Slate Laundry/Office reveal was on a Thursday, and Friday…
Five years ago, to the day, we closed on Blake Hill House. I began blogging about it immediately. We've made a lot of progress in this big old house. Remember when BHH looked like this?
Or this?
All of the trees and bushes were overgrown and threatening to swallow the house whole! A…
In this episode, my long-time dream of talking to someone who has moved an old house comes true. Larissa and Kris Munsch moved a bungalow, affectionately titled, "The Governor" from Ness City Kansas to their farm 71 miles away. The process was just as exciting and nervewracking as you can imagine. Devyn and I listened…