1900 Farmhouse

On the north part of my house, I have a little section that's always been in need of some type border to separate it from the yard. When...

This is about the only thing that is postable for this week - my bay window / door getting stuffed with insulation. It's amazing how muc...

While removing more of the lathes, this time with the sawzall, I accidently cut the wire from the switch to the ceiling light in the office....

Welcome to another exciting installment of the 1900 Farmhouse blog. And what could be more exciting than installing insulation? Trying to ge...

The neighborhood I live in is called Montavilla and it celebrating it's 100 year this year. I have been really surprised with all the ho...

This time of the Stargazer variety. Regarding the remodel, I just got back into it early this week since coming back from a two-week jaunt ...

I don't usually show people my Basement , but it is a pretty important part. After all, it holds up the house. The previous owners left...

Second Floor Tour So, as I mentioned in the First Floor tour, having the stairway open to the Family Room is great. And Scully likes it to...

First Floor Tour The Entry Room was an addition to the house, I believe, sometime in the early 80's. It was repainted to a cardinal re...

Since being in this 106 year old house for the past 11 years and constantly seeing the old insert for the wood stove, I've really been w...

Yesterday, I had an idea of how to light up the oak tree mural. Place track lighting on the hearth floor, aiming up to the tiles. To try it...

Before I started on this whole project, I was really banking on finding a HUGE sum of cash hidden in the walls to help me pay the expenses o...

I have actually gotten a lot done on the dining room this week with tearing out the walls. However, there's really nothing worth posting...

Here's the last wall of plaster to be removed in the dining room. Before: After: How it was done:

The moment I've been waiting for. The sole reason why I'm redoing the dining room: the 70's style siding that covered my east wa...

After about an hour and a half, the north wall of my dining room becomes plasterless: And the aftermath of the removal (or at least a part o...

After going to St. Louis for a few days for my mom's birthday (yes, she's still 39), I came back to some pretty exciting changes, no...

I actually started with the paster removal a few days ago, but wanted to jumpstart the blog again. So here it is....a new post. I'll hav...

Hello! After getting my first cell phone, I've decided that technology has finally won me over and I'm creating a website (with the ...