We're on a mission to make our turn-of-the-century house into a home that's fit for the 21st century - and we want to share the ups and downs with you.
We don’t have many early photos of the house, with the exception of one. It was taken in 1908, when the house was about 4 years old, and from high up in the church tower about a block away: Of course, upon finding this in the town’s historical archives, the first thing we did was […]
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We don’t have many early photos of the house, with the exception of one. It was taken in 1908, when the house was about 4 years old, and from high up in the church tower about a block away: Of course, upon finding this in the town’s historical archives, the first thing we did was […]
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Just before Christmas, a cool package arrived in the mail: it was my framed Certificate from the Sustainable Preservation program I’ve been taking via eCornell. In September, I shared the news that I was excitedly going back to school by enrolling in the certificate program, led by Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. […]
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Kevin here. This time of year is always a favourite. Whether you’re headed back to school or just enjoying the seasons changing, early autumn carries a feeling not unlike a new calendar year: at work, the frenzy of year-end deadlines and planning for the next; in life, thinking about the countdown to the holidays; and […]
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We’ve been in the house for four and half months now. Well, kind of. If you’ve been following along on Instagram, you’ll know we were left with a nasty mess to clean up on Day 5 of living here: a sewer pipe full of grease, baby wipes, and ground garbage that backed up into the […]
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The very first time we saw the new house (for now referred to as Project GTown) one of the things that got us most excited was the primary bedroom. We couldn’t quite put our finger on why it felt so familiar and cozy, but driving home that evening it hit us: it felt exactly like […]
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Today we’re sharing some unexpected news: we’re going to sell our house. It’s hard to believe those words are real and on the internet. But life changes fast.
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We built off IKEA’s PAX wardrobe system to create a seamless built-in look for the formerly closet-less master bedroom of our 1880 Victorian.
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kevin & sarah
Follow along as we transform our (second!) turn-of-the-century house into a restored, 21st century dream home.
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