Skip to contentSkip to sidebarSkip to footer
blake hill house logo
  • Let’s Work Together
    • Window Restoration Consultations
    • Window Restoration Workshops
    • Book Stacy To Speak
    • Influencer Collaborations
  • Blog
    • Respectful Renovation
    • Travel
    • Maintenance
    • Exterior Projects
  • Podcast
    • True Tales From Old Houses
  • Shop (New!)
  • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Affiliate Disclosure
    • Cookie Policy (US)
  • About
  • Let’s Work Together
    • Window Restoration Consultations
    • Window Restoration Workshops
    • Book Stacy To Speak
    • Influencer Collaborations
  • Blog
    • Respectful Renovation
    • Travel
    • Maintenance
    • Exterior Projects
  • Podcast
    • True Tales From Old Houses
  • Shop (New!)
  • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Affiliate Disclosure
    • Cookie Policy (US)
  • About
Instagram Facebook Youtube Pinterest

The Kitchen – Layout Planning

Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationFebruary 26, 20162KViews0Likes11Comments
For our first meeting with the Lowe's kitchen design team, Andy and I had to bring measurements of our kitchen and our wishlist for the project. We met with our project manager, Janet, and Karen, the team member who would translate our wishlist into their computer program in order to create the layout of our…

Read More

The Kitchen – Getting Started

Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationFebruary 18, 20162KViews0Likes8Comments
This week, I am going to talk about the kitchen again, specifically about Lowe's kitchen design. We were snowed in on Tuesday. We got so much snow that even Andy took the day off. With him home all day, I was able to spend most of the day in M's room finishing up the prep work.…

Read More

The Kitchen

Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationFebruary 11, 20163KViews0Likes25Comments
We are still in the midst of M's room renovation, but can we talk about the kitchen instead? When I sat down to write this week's post about the bedroom renovation, I realized that there really is no news. Our optimistic deadline of having the room painted last weekend has come and gone. We are…

Read More

Progress Looks Like Polka Dots

Living & DecorFebruary 4, 20161KViews0Likes6Comments
The room is coming right along, and progress does indeed look like a bunch of polka dots. There are so many tiny imperfections on the walls from the wallpaper scorer, the scrapers and places where sections of paint flaked off. All of these need just a little bit of patch and an overall sanding with…

Read More

Girl’s Bedroom – Week 3

Living & DecorJanuary 28, 2016639Views0Likes2Comments
There is not much to report this week. Due to our schedules, we have had very little time to spend in the room doing the physical work that is required in order to boast about any sort of accomplishment. I spend an awful lot of time in that room in my head, but my hands…

Read More

Girl’s Bedroom – Week 2

Living & DecorJanuary 20, 2016853Views0Likes4Comments
Things are moving right along in M.'s bedroom. Andy and the kids removed the wallpaper over the weekend. I did not help at all. I am becoming adept at wandering around with a broom and "looking busy" so I do not have to run the steamer or scrape the walls. It is not that I…

Read More

Posts pagination

<Page 1…Page 44Page 45Page 46Page 47Page 48…Page 57>
Search
Categories

Sign up for the free Window Newsletter!

Listen to the Latest Episode of True Tales From Old Houses
True Tales From Old Houses
True Tales From Old Houses

The Podcast For People Who Love Old Houses

Listen OnApple PodcastsListen OnGoogle PodcastsListen OnSpotify
193: Ghost Stories From Reluctant Witnesses
byStacy Grinsfelder

Season 14 of True Tales From Old Houses kicks off with our annual Spooky Season stories!

What happens when you’re a skeptic but the ghosts don’t care? Four listeners share their encounters with the unexplained, including mysterious figures, strange voices, and a possible brush with time travel. Their stories might make even the most committed doubter question what they believe.

Plus, Stacy shares a few summer updates and big news about the future of True Tales From Old Houses.

Mentioned in This Episode:

  • Join Stacy onSubstack
  • Caitlin – The Preservation Peach (Instagram)
  • Caitlin – Blue Dog Preservation (Instagram)
  • Aimée Struble – Nola.Paint.Girl (Instagram)
  • Jillian Pelkey – RoseHomesteadRehabCT (Instagram)

We Love our Sponsors!

Many thanks to the sponsors who help make this show possible. When you shop at the websites and use the codes below (where available), you’re directly supporting their small businesses and the podcast, too!

Sutherland Welles – Maker of exceptional polymerized tung oil finishes since 1965. To save 10% on your first order, use the coupon code TRUETALES26.

Brouns & Co. Linseed Oil Paint – Flax plant-derived linseed oil paint and stain. Anti-mold with only trace elements of VOCs. Wicks moisture from wood. Prevents metal from rusting. Brouns & Co. is trusted by preservation professionals and homeowners who value authenticity.

Heritage Supply Co. – Heritage Supply Co. (formerly The Craftsman Store) is the same trusted company you know for window restoration supplies and more. Use code TRUETALES10 for 10% off your entire order. Spend $250 or more for free shipping.

The Old House Shop – The store for people who accidentally turn every conversation into a discussion about windows, plaster, or old-growth lumber. Find preservation-minded t-shirts, cozy sweatshirts, mugs, and gifts that celebrate process over perfection. Use code OLDHOUSELIFE for 10% off your order.

Intro and Outro music by AudionautiX

193: Ghost Stories From Reluctant Witnesses
193: Ghost Stories From Reluctant Witnesses
October 19, 2026
Stacy Grinsfelder
192: Robert Khederian & Old House Culture
June 15, 2026
Stacy Grinsfelder
191: Dreams, Dust, & Due Diligence
June 8, 2026
Stacy Grinsfelder
Search Results placeholder
Become a Patron

To support Blake Hill House or the True Tales From Old Houses podcast, visit our patron page here.

blake hill house footer logo
Thank you for visiting the Blake Hill House. Feel free to contact me. I love hearing from the old house community.
di*@************se.com
Blog Links
  • Respectful Renovation
  • Travel
  • Maintenance
  • Exterior Projects
Links
  • Home
  • About
  • Lets Work Together
  • Contact Stacy
The Podcast
  • True Tales From Old Houses
The Store
  • Shop Now
Like & Follow Us
Facebook Instagram Youtube Pinterest

©2014–2025 Blake Hill House, All Rights Reserved | Web Design by JSB Collaborative | Affiliate Disclosure | Cookies Policy

Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional cookies Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}