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Dave Ramsey’s Tips For Renovators
It’s nice to know that all the back-cracking work we’ve been doing on the house provides manifold benefits. The housing market slump this year really slowed down new construction. As an owner of an old home in the midst of vicious suburban sprawl, I was actually happy to see the new construction slow down. Something [...]
Continue reading...A House Made From Garbage
Friday, March 20, 2009
No! It’s not MY house I’m talking about. Although it could be…. nah, MY house was made from good stuff. 150 year-old stuff. It’s actually turning into garbage now. Anyway, this is about a rather cool and very eccentric house called the Nit Wit Ridge house. There’s a whole slew of photos on a Flickr [...]
Continue reading...Everything and the Kitchen Sink
Monday, August 25, 2008
I must be one of the most tolerant homeowners on earth, or perhaps the stupidest, lol. You know how you get so used to something that you tend to not notice it after a while? I went into the kitchen this afternoon, to fill the tea kettle with water for tea. I noticed a new [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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- The Silent Summer: No Crickets, No Peepers!
- Building a Winter Cat Shelter
- The Tempurpedic Mattress Update
- How to Create a Serfdom
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- Marg: I am sure there are lots of things wrong with an o...
- lin: Was the owl alive or dead? We have a house bui...
- Mrs. Mecomber: Marg-- good advice. At the time, however, we were ...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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