Victorian Entropy

With the back porch finished we needed to move on to work on the side porch. This porch was originally an open porch and very likely the...

Until now, I have largely focused on our outdoor projects.  Outdoor work in Ohio is over in October for the most part.  But we don't...

With the windows nearly done and the upper trim work repaired and painted, it was time to turn our attention to our porches.  No amount...

Like many, we almost always come and go by way of our back door.  While completely functional, it was just plain ugly.  Of course it was...

It's hard to appreciate how long it takes two individuals to remove, repair, and rehang every window in a large Victorian home!  In...

I apologize for my long absence.  The year gone by was not a kind one.  I spent a good deal of the year caring for my sister, who lost...

During the restoration of our windows I came to an important realization: Those windows on the first floor where the original woodwork...

Somehow I have managed to overlook talking about the privacy fence we installed along our property line to the north!  When we first...

In between window repair and shingle fabrication, we had time for a few miscellaneous jobs. First was the basement door.  Rob had...

We are just a few days into autumn, and I am taking a break to ponder what we have accomplished during this past summer.  As I consider...

With all third floor windows but the turret repaired, we turned our attention to the eaves and trim.  Once April showers subsided, it was...

We are finally emerging from a long, cold winter!  How the heck, with 8 beautiful fireplaces, can we have been so darned chilly?  For...

From the instant the house became ours, I thought of little else but possible color schemes for the exterior.  As we walked our dogs...

With the completion of the garage, we have a little more elbow room for storage and project work.  While it's just a garage, it is a very...

With our former home sold, we could finally begin a big project.  I would consider many of our projects to date to have been...

When the house was converted to a double, many changes were made to create more private rooms on both floors.  Downstairs, a hall was...

Just about the time we were wrapping up our retaining wall project, our old house finally sold.  While the sale was certainly necessary...

I was concerned that Rob would spend the entire summer in the basement, but as the temperatures rose to record highs, he probably wished...

While I was outside enjoying unseasonably warm weather and tinkering with various landscaping projects, Rob was diligently working on the...

In an earlier article, I alluded to a problem in our landscape. Notice just left of the back porch (and left of the tree that was allowed...