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Street Side Porch | One Room Challenge Week 1

Exterior Projects, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationApril 5, 20184KViews0Likes40Comments
Hooray! It is One Room Challenge time again! I would specify that this is the spring One Room Challenge, but Mother Nature is playing a cruel, cruel joke on us. The snow flurries are back, and it's a balmy 25°F outside this morning. If you are visiting the BHH blog for the first time via the…

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Guest Bathroom Update – An Electrical Problem

Living & Decor, Maintenance, Respectful RenovationMarch 29, 20181KViews0Likes10Comments
We had a setback in the guest bathroom right before our guests came to visit. Does anyone else notice that things never fall apart at our convenience? Andy and I were about to go out of town on a long weekend, and his parents were coming to BHH to hang out with the kids and…

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Why Tear Up One Bathroom When You Can Tear Up Two?

Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationFebruary 27, 20182KViews0Likes15Comments
For the past few weeks, I have been trying to figure out something that I could start right now. The main bathroom renovation is still in limbo while we wait for bids. During February and March, I have room in my schedule for a relatively quick and inexpensive project. Last Thursday, I was watching the…

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What We Love and What We’d Do Differently

Exterior Projects, Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationFebruary 21, 20182KViews0Likes10Comments
When we first moved to BHH in June of 2014, the amount of work to do was daunting. Crippled by the fact that we had two mortgages at the time, we worried that something significant would happen, and we would not have the money to fix it. I had real nightmares that the stone foundation…

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More Bathroom Demo

Maintenance, Respectful RenovationFebruary 13, 20182KViews0Likes9Comments
Demo in this room is so different from our past projects. Since this is our main bathroom, even though we are tearing it up right now, we still need to use the shower, sink, and toilet every day. It is a challenge to balance the demolition without impairing the function. After each workday, we have to…

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Upstairs Bathroom – An Update

Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationFebruary 8, 20182KViews0Likes18Comments
I have not talked about the upstairs bathroom for a few weeks, so it may seem like nothing is happening up there. However, there has been some forward progress on the project. Due to our partial demo, the bathroom looks worse than it did. (How is that even possible?) Andy removed all of the wallpaper, and…

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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.

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