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My name is Sam and I fell head over heels in love with {and bought} an 1860s brick farmhouse (Italianate-inspired) in Indiana. I have lurked around here a little bit, enough to know that I was (am?) headed in the direction of some big mistakes with my beautiful home. *cough, vinyl, cough*
This won't be a drive by - I've never owned an old home but have always loved them; I'm thrilled to have found this group and plan to stick around. Unfortunately we have to make decisions quickly regarding an addition (I know, probably frowned upon). I think I need some tough love to avoid mistakes that would destroy this old home. I have a lot to learn in a short period of time, so blunt is better. I like snark
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Let me know if anyone might be interested in providing some opinions, and if so which part of the forum I should start my help thread in (Old House Discussions?). Thanks!
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