The Historic District

Merry Christmas and have a great 2024 everyone!

Correct, bringing a bit of the old home back and continuing its recent purpose as a commercial property. In this case we're not doing a restoration or even a "restovation". For the most part it's repairing or upgrading things that need it, along with some cosmetic renovations. The only exception is ...

Long term plan is that it will be the offices for my wife's business. While originally it was a middle-class home it's been converted to office space for at least three decades. First floor - what was the original living room and dining room will get re-decorated to look much like that: meeting spac...

Well, I'm back. When we lived at Fix Farrington, my wife had her office in the carriage house. Her company was started by her great-grandfather in 1908 and has always been in Saint Paul. So when we moved to Retriever Ridge, she leased some office space in the city (not far from Fix Farrington). For ...

For our 1895 built house, we did the same as what Mike has already said. We had a mason who specialized in old houses do it as part of a larger tuckpointing exercise on each side of the house (one side per year as it was a somewhat expensive proposition). While he re-tuckpointed, he replaced spalled...

I hadn't heard the evil spirits rationale before. I'd heard that supposedly light blue ceilings acted as an insect repellent.

Regardless, I like that little light fixture.

Though the work wasn't quite done our temporary housing lease expired at the end of February, so we were forced to move in at the beginning of March. A lot has happened during the month. Shower glass was installed on Friday, meaning all the bathrooms are now fully functional. We still have a punch l...

Tile work is complete. Things are starting to come together. We also got word from our contractor earlier in the week that we be able to move in before the end of February.

I am so looking forward to following along with your adventure! Fantastic house!

That's a beautiful light fixture.